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A baseball chapter where one team bats until the universe says three outs.
means A division of a baseball game in which each team takes a turn at bat, ending after three outs per side.
from From Old English innung, meaning a taking in or gathering, originally about getting crops or land in — fittingly repurposed for getting runners home.
Always pluralCricket uses innings, even for one turn.
Nine standardBaseball settled on nine in 1857.
No clockExtra innings can run nearly forever.