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Contents 1 Structure 2 Name origins 3 References 4 External links

Structure

Bleachers are long rows of benches, often consisting of alternating steps and seats. They range in size from small, modular, aluminum stands that can be moved around soccer or field hockey fields to large permanent structures that flank either side of an American football field. WikipediaNaming Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered Field hockey is a Team sport in which players attempt to score goals by hitting the Ball across the pitch with a stick American football, known in the United States and Canada simply as football, is a competitive Team sport known for mixing strategy with Bleachers are hollow underneath, aside from their support structures. Some bleachers have locker rooms underneath them. In indoor gymnasia, bleachers can be built in so that they slide on a track or on wheels and fold in an accordion-like, stacking manner. The word γυμνάσιον (gymnasion was used in Ancient Greece, meaning a locality for both physical and intellectual Education of young men (see Gymnasium A wheel is a circular device that is capable of rotating on its axis facilitating movement or transportation whilst supporting a load ( Mass) or performing labour in machines The accordion is a portable box-shaped Musical instrument of the hand-held Bellows -driven free-reed aerophone family sometimes referred to as a Squeezebox The seats of these bleachers are often made of wood. Wood is hard fibrous lignified structural tissue produced as secondary Xylem in the stems of Woody plants notably trees but also shrubs

Name origins

A key feature of bleachers is that they are typically uncovered, i. e. unprotected from the sun; thus the seats, and the fans themselves, are subject to "bleaching" from prolonged exposure to solar radiation. Some sources claim that the term is primarily derived from that feeling of being bleached by the sun while sitting in them. ^[1]

However, The Dickson Baseball Dictionary discusses the term in greater depth. The open seating area was originally called the "bleaching boards", as early as 1877. Year 1877 ( MDCCCLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common By the early 1900s, the term "bleachers" was being used for both the seating area and its inhabitants. Year 1900 ( MCM) was an exceptional Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar Thus, Dickson lists the fans themselves as "bleachers", as a secondary definition. Other terms, such as "bleacher seats" and "bleacher entrance" and "a home run into the bleachers", are ambiguous enough that they could refer to either the seats or the fans. However, in modern usage the term "bleachers" almost always refers to just the seating area, and its participants may be called "bleacher fans", or "bleacherites", or (in Chicago) "bleacher bums". Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States.

In baseball stadiums, the bleachers are usually located beyond the outfield fences. Baseball is a Bat-and-ball Sport played between two teams of nine players each However, center-field bleachers are located in the line of sight of the batter, and the presence of fans makes it difficult for the batter to pick out the ball. As a result, most stadiums have vacant areas or black backgrounds where the seats would be. This is known as either the "Backdrop" or the Batter's eye. The batter's eye (short for batter's eye screen) is a solid-colored usually dark area beyond the center field wall of a baseball stadium that is the visual Yankee Stadium has featured black-painted vacant bleachers -- nicknamed the black by baseball fans -- since it reopened in 1976 after a two-year renovation. The original Yankee Stadium is a Stadium located in The Bronx in New York City. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. In the original Stadium, the center-field section of the bleachers was originally occupied, though from the 1950s they were obscured with a portable screen. Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Bleachers can be used for all sports known.

The term "under the bleachers" is imbued with cultural meaning from the post-war era of American high school American football stars and cheerleaders. Culture (from the Latin cultura stemming from colere, meaning "to cultivate" generally refers to patterns of human activity and the symbolic World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The development of the culture of the United States of America — music, cinema, dance, architecture, literature, poetry High school is the name used in some parts of the world (in particular Scotland, North America and Australia) to describe an institution American football, known in the United States and Canada simply as football, is a competitive Team sport known for mixing strategy with Cheerleading is a Sport that uses organized routines made from elements of Tumbling, Dance, jumps and stunting to direct spectators of events In the sexually conservative society of post-war America, some students would find places like the bleachers at the American football field, or a secluded car park, to interact socially and sexually with their peers. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the American football, known in the United States and Canada simply as football, is a competitive Team sport known for mixing strategy with Parking lot (called a car park in Australia and the UK) is a cleared area that is more or less level and is intended for Parking vehicles The "bleachers" have been given cultural connotations of the innocence of high school, youth, and this period of American history, as well as the defiance, excitement, and intrigue of stolen kisses and forbidden love. The development of the culture of the United States of America — music, cinema, dance, architecture, literature, poetry Innocence is a term used to indicate a state of moral purity or general lack of Guilt, with respect to any kind of Crime, Sin, or wrongdoing A kiss is the touching of one person's lips to another place which is used as an expression of Affection, Respect, Greeting, Farewell Love is any of a number of Emotions and experiences related to a sense of strong Affection. The British equivalent is "behind the bike sheds".

References

1. ^ American Heritage Dictionary

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