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Romanian Education System
SPORTS in ROMANIA
Romanians claim oina was invented by shepherds in the first century and say documents from 1310 describe a variation of the game called hoina being played in southern Romania.
Oina has 11 men per side, with one team batting and the other in the field. Each side is allowed one at-bat, in which all 11 players take the plate.
A pitcher is provided by the team at bat and he serves up a lazy underhand toss. The batter tries to hit the ball as far as possible, then has to run 120 yards through nine bases.
But if the batter is tagged by a fielder or hit by a thrown ball, the fielders can score points - so teams can score even while not at bat.
Oina uses a ball almost the same size as a baseball but filled with horse hair. The bat is similar to a cricket bat and fielders do not wear gloves.
Oina still is a Romanian national sport, with forms of the game being played in various regions of the Balkan country. Though there are 1,675 teams around Romania, as opposed to about 15 baseball teams in the country, its popularity has slumped in recent years.
``Fifty years ago everybody was playing oina, all the high schools and elementary schools,'' Costescu said through a translator. ``But handball, basketball and volleyball appeared and oina started disappearing.''
It has been a quarter century since the heyday of Eugen Cocut, the Babe Ruth of oina whose height and huge hands allowed him to hit powerful shots and fire the ball with terrifying speed.
Oina has 11 men per side, with one team batting and the other in the field. Each side is allowed one at-bat, in which all 11 players take the plate.
A pitcher is provided by the team at bat and he serves up a lazy underhand toss. The batter tries to hit the ball as far as possible, then has to run 120 yards through nine bases.
But if the batter is tagged by a fielder or hit by a thrown ball, the fielders can score points - so teams can score even while not at bat.
Oina uses a ball almost the same size as a baseball but filled with horse hair. The bat is similar to a cricket bat and fielders do not wear gloves.
Oina still is a Romanian national sport, with forms of the game being played in various regions of the Balkan country. Though there are 1,675 teams around Romania, as opposed to about 15 baseball teams in the country, its popularity has slumped in recent years.
``Fifty years ago everybody was playing oina, all the high schools and elementary schools,'' Costescu said through a translator. ``But handball, basketball and volleyball appeared and oina started disappearing.''
It has been a quarter century since the heyday of Eugen Cocut, the Babe Ruth of oina whose height and huge hands allowed him to hit powerful shots and fire the ball with terrifying speed.