February 23rd, 2010

Free Online Baseball Games

There are so many types of free online flash games on the internet, and the sports games are among the most famous. You can play all sorts of sports and there is probably a flash game with any existing sport. Some of the most famous are the soccer games, the racing games, the basketball games, volleyball, American football, ski, surfing, baseball and many more.

Baseball is a really famous sport all over the world, but especially in the United States of America. So today we are going to discuss about a free online baseball game, and one of them can be found on the famous site miniclip.com, with simply the name “Baseball”. If you are new to this game we suggest reading the instructions first, because they can be very useful and the game play is quite complex.

The pitcher will wind up, and while he does this a red target marker will appear on the screen showing you where the ball will pass you. You must use the mouse to move the red aim circle towards that marker. And as closer as you get, the better will be your hit. You can also choose to “hook” or “slice” the ball by moving the aim circle relative to the marker.

You will see a red shape behind the pitcher that shows which direction the ball will travel. If you want to hit the ball up you have to aim below the marker, and if you want to hit it down you must aim above the marker. After the ball is thrown by the pitcher you have to click the left mouse button to swing. And of course timing is very important here. If you choose to play in the “easy mode”, you will see a yellow strike zone on the screen. If you see that the ball is going outside that box, you can not hit it and leave it alone to get a “Ball”.

After hitting the ball you must run to the first base (or to more bases if your hit was good). To run to the next base click on the “run” button and to reach the base faster click on the “slide” button as the player gets close to it. To get maximum points try to land the ball as close as you can to the center of the target. When doing your first bounce you will receive double points. You can create your own team, and change its color. Unfortunately you can only change the color of the helmet and just some other small elements, and the players equipment will be mostly white.

After all this is a really fun game and it will definitely be liked by the fans of baseball. And of course this is just one of them, but there are so many more other free online baseball games on the internet. Just search for them, and when you find one that is really cool and worth playing, tell us about it. Good bye!