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[ike]

Hello. I'm wondering what the difference of the two similar sentences is.
Would you teach me that, please ?

(1) I'm on the baseball club.
(2) I'm in the baseball club.

I think (1) is rephrased in another way.
That is "I'm a member of the baseball club."
If so, how about (2) ?

Thank you.

[pugachevV]

I think it would be more common to say I 'm on the baseball team (this means you are a player).
I 'm in the baseball club, or "I'm a member of the baseball club." (This does not mean, necessarily, that you are a player.)

[ike]

Thank you for your reply, sir.
I still don't understand one point.

I was taught in the folloing way many years ago.
It is that the following two sentences are almost the same meanings.
(a) I am on the baseball club.
(b) I am a member of the baseball club.

We can see the examples in some dictionaries indeed.

Would you teach me what is wrong in detail?

Thank you.

[asterix]

I would say that it is just a matter of usage; in other words, what people normally say every day.
I don't think there is a grammar rule that covers it.
You just have to learn such conventions and remember them.