In basketball you have to use your hands the whole time. Unlike baseball you both a bat and your hands. You have to pass the ball to other players and drible that is two key parts in basketball, in baseball you hit the ball and through the ball. Another one is you use your hands to dribble. It helps get ball closer to the basketball to the basket. Though in baseball you run to bases and when make a homerun you get points. You use your hands to block other players