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Team captain Sisko
Niners in the dugout
The Niners were an amateur baseball team, formed in 2375 by Starfleet Captain Benjamin Sisko and consisting of crew members of starbase Deep Space 9 as well as several of its civilian residents.
Assembled to meet a challenge issued by Captain Solok and his team, the Vulcan Logicians of the starship USS T'Kumbra, the Niners participated in one baseball game in one of DS9's holosuites. With only team members Benjamin Sisko, his son Jake Sisko and girlfriend Kasidy Yates having any experience with the game, the Niners' experience was one of intense training. Benefiting the team were the gymnastic talents of Ezri Dax, the genetically-engineered physical abilities of Julian Bashir and the natural strength of Klingon player Worf, the team nevertheless lost to the Logicians. Sisko was ejected from the game by umpire Odo, and shortly thereafter, Rom was brought in as a pinch-hitter. The Niners scored a single run from Nog, on an accidental (but triumphant) squeeze bunt by Rom. When the Niners exuberantly celebrated the run, Logicians manager Solok complained to Odo, accidentally touching him, and got ejected. (DS9: "Take Me Out to the Holosuite")
Quark recalled playing for the Niners later that year. (DS9: "What You Leave Behind")
Defensive alignment:[]
- Pitcher: Jake Sisko (#78)
- Pinch hitter: Rom (#13) (9th Inning)
- Catcher: Nog (#25)
- First baseman: Worf (#32)
- Second baseman: Benjamin Sisko (#15) (ejected), Julian Bashir (#22) (after Sisko's ejection)
- Third baseman: Kasidy Yates (#47)
- Shortstop: Kira Nerys (#9)
- Left fielder: Leeta (#55)
- Center fielder: Ezri Dax (#43)
- Right fielder: Julian Bashir (#22), Quark (#7) (after Sisko's ejection)
- Quark (#7)
Line score[]
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Logicians | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 14 | 0 |
| Niners | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 |
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Apocrypha[]
In Star Trek Online, the Niners are part of an interstellar baseball league supported by now-Grand Nagus Rom, which also includes the Logicians (now playing for the city of ShiKahr on Vulcan), the Pike City Pioneers, the London Kings, the Caitian Claws, and the Ferenginar Liquidators, among others. The team pennants can be seen all around the Promenade on Deep Space Nine.
| Baseball |
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| Baseball players: Batter/Hitter (Runner) • Catcher • Fielder • Infielder (First baseman, Second baseman, Shortstop, Third baseman) • Outfielder (Center fielder, Left fielder, Right fielder) • Umpire |
| Events: Baseball game |
| Equipment: Baseball • Baseball bat • Baseball cap • Baseball glove |
| Locations: Ballpark (Base, Baseline, Home plate, Pitcher's mound) |
| Moves/Strategies: Batted ball • Bunt • Curve ball • Home run |
| Baseball teams: Atlanta Braves • Boston Red Sox • Brooklyn Dodgers • Buffalo Solar Knights • Cestus Comets • Chicago Cubs • Cleveland Indians • Crenshaw Monarchs • Gotham City Bats • Homestead Grays • Logicians • London Kings • Major League Baseball • New York Giants • New York Yankees • Niners • Pike City Pioneers |
| Rules: Ball • Designated hitter rule • Double play • Error • Infield fly rule • Out • Safe • Strike • Time at bat |
| Terminology: Baseball-related phrases |
External link[]
- Niners at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works