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backdoor breaking ball - A breaking pitch, usually a slider or cut fastball that, due to its lateral motion, passes through a small part of the strike zone on the outside edge of the plate after appearing it would miss the plate entirely. It may not cross the front of the plate but only the back and thus have come in through the "back door." A slider is the most common version, because a slider has more lateral motion than other breaking pitches. The most famous backdoor slider may be the one that Kirk Gibson hit off of Dennis Eckersley for a game-winning home run in the first game of the 1988 World Series, which the Dodgers went on to win.
A common grip of a slider a pitcher uses In baseball, a slider is a pitch halfway between a curveball and a fastball. ...
In baseball, a cutter, or cut fastball, is a type of fastball which breaks slightly as it reaches home plate. ...
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// The Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York. ...
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// A breaking pitch, usually a slider or cut fastball that, due to its lateral motion, passes through a small part of the strike zone on the outside edge of the plate after appearing it would miss the plate entirely. ...
Kirk Harold Gibson (born May 28, 1957) is a former American two-sport athletic star, best known as a Major League Baseball player noted for his competitiveness and clutch hitting. ...
Dennis Lee Eckersley (born October 3, 1954 in Oakland, California), nicknamed Eck, was a Major League Baseball player elected to Baseball Hall of Fame in 2004 (his first year of eligibility). ...
Dates: October 15, 1988–October 20, 1988 MVP: Orel Hershiser (Los Angeles) Television: NBC CBS Radio (Jack Buck and Bill White announcing) Announcers: Vin Scully and Joe Garagiola Umpires: Doug Harvey (NL), Larry McCoy (AL), Bruce Froemming (NL), Durwood Merrill (AL), Jerry Crawford (NL), Derryl Cousins (AL) ALCS: Oakland Athletics...
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backstop -
- The fence behind homeplate, designed to protect spectators from wild pitches or foul tips.
- Catcher, sometimes "backstopper".
The position of the catcher Catcher is also a general term for a fielder who catches the ball in cricket. ...
bad-ball hitter - A batter who excels at hitting pitches that are outside the strike zone. Notable bad-ball hitters include Yogi Berra and Vladimir Guerrero.
Lawrence Peter Yogi Berra (born May 12, 1925 in St. ...
Vladimir Alvino Guerrero (born February 9, 1976 in Don Gregorio, Nizao, Dominican Republic), nicknamed Vladdy, Super Vlad,Vlad The Impaler, Bad Vlad, and known in his native Dominican Republic as Miquéas (Spanish for Micah), is a Major League Baseball right fielder who plays for the Los Angeles Angels of...
bad hop - A ball that bounces in front of an infielder in an unexpected way, often as a result of imperfections in the field or the spin on the ball.
// Colorful term used to describe the appearance of a baseball caught in the tip of the webbing of a glove. ...
bag - A base.
bail -
- A batter who sees a pitch coming toward his head may "bail out" (hit the deck).
- When two fielders are converging on a fly ball, one of them may "bail out" to avoid running into the other.
- A relief pitcher may come into the game with men on base and bail the previous pitcher out of a jam.
- While the first two examples are analogues to bailing out of a plane via parachute, the last one is akin to bailing out a boat that's on the verge of being swamped, or perhaps bailing somebody who is in trouble out of jail.
// The Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York. ...
// Indicates a participant in the game who hears things perhaps too well for his own good. ...
// A home run or to hit a home run. ...
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- A ruling made by an umpire against a pitching motion that violates rules intended to prevent the pitcher from unfairly deceiving a baserunner. When a balk is called, each runner can freely advance one base. The rules specify which pitching movements are illegal. The spirit of a balk is that certain movements mean that the pitcher has begun the pitch, so the runner cannot then be picked off. Some balks result from errant or unsuccessful motions, such as when the ball slips out of the pitcher's hand. Far more rare is a catcher's balk, when the catcher moves from behind the area of the plate before the pitcher starts his delivery.
In baseball, a pitcher may commit a number of illegal motions or actions which constitute a balk. ...
In baseball, a pitcher may commit a number of illegal motions or actions which constitute a balk. ...
// Abbreviation for Union Association, a one-year (1884) major league. ...
// To throw pitches at the edges of the strike zone. ...
// To throw pitches at the edges of the strike zone. ...
// A breaking pitch, usually a slider or cut fastball that, due to its lateral motion, passes through a small part of the strike zone on the outside edge of the plate after appearing it would miss the plate entirely. ...
// A breaking pitch, usually a slider or cut fastball that, due to its lateral motion, passes through a small part of the strike zone on the outside edge of the plate after appearing it would miss the plate entirely. ...
// To throw pitches at the edges of the strike zone. ...
ball in play - In sabermetrics, "ball in play" and "batting average on balls in play" (BABIP) have specific technical definitions that are used to determine pitchers' ability independently of the fielding defense of a team. In this definition, a home run is not a ball in play. See Defense Independent Pitching Statistics. Also see in play.
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In baseball, Defense Independent Pitching Statistics (DIPS) are statistics which measure a pitchers effectiveness based only on plays which do not involve fielders: home runs allowed, strikeouts, hit batters and walks. ...
Mark McGwire swinging for the fences. ...
In baseball, Defense Independent Pitching Statistics (DIPS) are statistics which measure a pitchers effectiveness based only on plays which do not involve fielders: home runs allowed, strikeouts, hit batters and walks. ...
// Colorful term used to describe the appearance of a baseball caught in the tip of the webbing of a glove. ...
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- A short downward swing intended to make the ball rebound off home plate or the packed dirt immediately in front of the plate. The goal is to produce a bounce high enough so that, even if the ball can be fielded by an infielder the batter will reach first for a base hit. This was a tactic of the Baltimore Orioles of the National League in the 1890s. John McGraw is supposed to have had the earth in front of home plate compacted for this purpose. When it happens in the modern game, it is more often simply a result of poor contact that just happens to aid the batter-runner.
The Baltimore Chop was a hitting technique used by batters during Major League Baseballs dead ball era. ...
The Baltimore Chop was a hitting technique used by batters during Major League Baseballs dead ball era. ...
// The Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York. ...
// Colorful term used to describe the appearance of a baseball caught in the tip of the webbing of a glove. ...
// A breaking pitch, usually a slider or cut fastball that, due to its lateral motion, passes through a small part of the strike zone on the outside edge of the plate after appearing it would miss the plate entirely. ...
// The World Series -- the championship series of Major League Baseball, in which the champion of the American League faces off against the champion of the National League. ...
// A breaking pitch, usually a slider or cut fastball that, due to its lateral motion, passes through a small part of the strike zone on the outside edge of the plate after appearing it would miss the plate entirely. ...
Major league affiliations American League (1901–present) East Division (1969–present) Current uniform Retired Numbers 4, 5, 8, 20, 22, 33, 42 Name Baltimore Orioles (1954–present) St. ...
For other uses, see National League (disambiguation). ...
John Joseph McGraw (April 7, 1873–February 25, 1934), nicknamed Little Napoleon and Muggsy, was a Major League Baseball player and manager. ...
// A breaking pitch, usually a slider or cut fastball that, due to its lateral motion, passes through a small part of the strike zone on the outside edge of the plate after appearing it would miss the plate entirely. ...
bandbox - A ballpark with small dimensions that encourages offense, especially home runs. A crackerbox.
The Olympia Stadium: start and finish lines visible, defining the length of one stadium (in this case 192. ...
Mark McGwire swinging for the fences. ...
// The group of teams that conduct their pre-season spring training exhibition games in Arizona where the cactus grows in abundance. ...
bang -
- A baseball player's term for cancelling a game because of bad weather: "I thought we were gonna get banged but we got in 5 innings."
- To hit the ball hard, especially to hit a homer. "Utley banged the game-tying home run."
- Players who are banged up are injured, though may continue to play. Example: "Banged up Braves ready for playoff rematch with Astros."
- A bang-up game is an exciting or close game. Example from a sports headline: "A Real Bang-Up Finish."
- A bang bang play is one in which the runner is barely thrown out, a very close call, typically at first base. Perhaps reflecting the "bang" of the ball in the first-baseman's glove followed immediately by the "bang" of the baserunner's foot hitting the bag.
Chase Cameron Utley (born December 17, 1978) is a Major League Baseball second baseman for the Philadelphia Phillies. ...
banjo hitter - A batter who lacks power. A banjo hitter usually hits bloop singles, often just past the infield dirt, and would have a low slugging percentage. The name is said to come from the twanging sound of the bat at contact, like that of a banjo.
// A breaking pitch, usually a slider or cut fastball that, due to its lateral motion, passes through a small part of the strike zone on the outside edge of the plate after appearing it would miss the plate entirely. ...
// Main article: Sabermetrics Sabermetrics is the analysis of baseball through objective evidence, especially baseball statistics. ...
For other uses, see Banjo (disambiguation) The banjo is a stringed instrument of African American origin adapted from several African instruments. ...
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- See hit.
In baseball statistics, a hit (denoted by H), sometimes called a base hit, is credited to a batter when he safely reaches first base after batting the ball into fair territory, without the benefit of an error or a fielders choice. ...
In baseball statistics, a hit (denoted by H), sometimes called a base hit, is credited to a batter when he safely reaches first base after batting the ball into fair territory, without the benefit of an error or a fielders choice. ...
// The Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York. ...
base knock - A single. Also see knocks.
// Main article: Sabermetrics Sabermetrics is the analysis of baseball through objective evidence, especially baseball statistics. ...
// The traditional abbreviation for a strikeout. ...
Baseball Annie - Female "groupie" known to "be easy" for baseball players. Susan Sarandon played such a role as the character Annie Savoy in the 1988 American film "Bull Durham."
A groupie is a person who, while he/she may be a fan at some level, seeks intimacy (most often physical, sometimes emotional) with a famous person. ...
Susan Sarandon (born October 4, 1946) is an Academy Award-winning American actress. ...
Bull Durham is a 1988 American movie about love and baseball. ...
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- Runners on first, second, and third base. Also known as "bases full," "bases packed," "bases jammed," "bases juiced," or "bases chucked"
In the sport of baseball, The bases are loaded when there is a runner on each base (1st, 2nd, and 3rd). ...
In the sport of baseball, The bases are loaded when there is a runner on each base (1st, 2nd, and 3rd). ...
basement - Last place, bottom of the standings. Also cellar.
// The group of teams that conduct their pre-season spring training exhibition games in Arizona where the cactus grows in abundance. ...
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- A baserunner (shortened as "runner") is a player on the offensive team (i.e., the team at bat) who has safely reached base.
In baseball, baserunning is the act of running around the bases performed by members of the team at bat. ...
In baseball, baserunning is the act of running around the bases performed by members of the team at bat. ...
// Double-A (AA) is the second-highest level of minor league baseball (below AAA), and includes the Eastern League, the Southern League, and the Texas League. ...
// Indicates a participant in the game who hears things perhaps too well for his own good. ...
basket catch - Catching a fly to the outfield with open glove near the belt level. The signature catch of Willie Mays.
Willie Howard Mays, Jr. ...
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- A baseball bat is a smooth contoured round wooden or metal rod used to hit the ball thrown by the pitcher. A bat's diameter is larger at one end (the barrel-end) than at the other (the handle). The bottom end of the handle is the knob. A batter generally tries to strike the ball in the sweet spot near the middle of the barrel-end of the bat, sometimes referred to as the fat part of the bat or the meat end of the bat.
- The player who uses it to strike the ball — a batter, hitter, or batsman — can be said to bat the ball.
Four historically significant baseball bats showcased in the National Baseball Hall of Fames traveling exhibit Baseball As America. ...
Four historically significant baseball bats showcased in the National Baseball Hall of Fames traveling exhibit Baseball As America. ...
Four historically significant baseball bats showcased in the National Baseball Hall of Fames traveling exhibit Baseball As America. ...
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// A breaking pitch, usually a slider or cut fastball that, due to its lateral motion, passes through a small part of the strike zone on the outside edge of the plate after appearing it would miss the plate entirely. ...
bat around - A team is said to have "batted around" after each of the nine players in the lineup makes a plate appearance and the hitter who led off the inning returns for a second at-bat in that inning.
// To throw pitches at the edges of the strike zone. ...
// The Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York. ...
// To hit the ball very hard, typically a line drive. ...
// Colorful term used to describe the appearance of a baseball caught in the tip of the webbing of a glove. ...
// Double-A (AA) is the second-highest level of minor league baseball (below AAA), and includes the Eastern League, the Southern League, and the Texas League. ...
bat the ball - To hit the ball with the bat -- whether into fair territory or foul.
In baseball, a fair ball is a batted ball that has not yet become a foul ball, and that. ...
In baseball, a foul ball is a batted ball that is not a foul tip, and that: touches the person of an umpire, player, or any object foreign to the natural ground while on or over foul ground, or settles on foul ground between home and first base, or home...
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- The player who is at bat and tries to hit the ball with the bat. Also referred to as the "hitter" or "batsman."
Barry Bonds batting Photo:Agência Brasil In baseball, batting is the act of facing the opposing pitcher and trying to produce offense for ones team. ...
Barry Bonds batting Photo:Agência Brasil In baseball, batting is the act of facing the opposing pitcher and trying to produce offense for ones team. ...
// Double-A (AA) is the second-highest level of minor league baseball (below AAA), and includes the Eastern League, the Southern League, and the Texas League. ...
// The Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York. ...
// A breaking pitch, usually a slider or cut fastball that, due to its lateral motion, passes through a small part of the strike zone on the outside edge of the plate after appearing it would miss the plate entirely. ...
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- A solid-colored, usually dark area beyond the center field wall that is the visual backdrop for the batter looking out at the pitcher. It allows the batter to see the pitched ball against a dark and uncluttered background, as much for the batter's safety as anything. The use of a batter's background has been standard in baseball (as well as cricket) since at least the late 1800s.
- One example of a batter's background is the black area in center field of Yankee Stadium. At one time, there were seats where the black area is now, but because of distractions the seats were removed and the area painted black.
The Batters Eye is a solid-colored, usually dark area beyond the centerfield wall that is the visual backdrop directly in the line of sight of a baseball batter, while facing the pitcher and awaiting a pitch. ...
The Batters Eye is a solid-colored, usually dark area beyond the centerfield wall that is the visual backdrop directly in the line of sight of a baseball batter, while facing the pitcher and awaiting a pitch. ...
The position of the center fielder A center fielder, abbreviated CF, is the outfielder in baseball who plays defense in center field - the baseball fielding position between left field and right field (e. ...
// A breaking pitch, usually a slider or cut fastball that, due to its lateral motion, passes through a small part of the strike zone on the outside edge of the plate after appearing it would miss the plate entirely. ...
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Bowler Shaun Pollock bowls to batsman Michael Hussey. ...
This is about the stadium the New York Yankees currently play in. ...
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- A rectangle on either side of home plate in which the batter must be standing for fair play to resume. Only a foot and a hand out of the box are required to stop fair play.
In baseball, softball, and similar sports and games, the batters box is the place where the batter stands when ready to receive a pitch from the pitcher. ...
In baseball, softball, and similar sports and games, the batters box is the place where the batter stands when ready to receive a pitch from the pitcher. ...
// The Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York. ...
// A breaking pitch, usually a slider or cut fastball that, due to its lateral motion, passes through a small part of the strike zone on the outside edge of the plate after appearing it would miss the plate entirely. ...
battery -
- The pitcher and catcher considered as a single unit. Henry Chadwick coined the term, drawing from the military sense of the term artillery battery. It also suggests a play on words, as its activities center on the batter.
// To throw pitches at the edges of the strike zone. ...
// The group of teams that conduct their pre-season spring training exhibition games in Arizona where the cactus grows in abundance. ...
Henry Chadwick (October 5, 1824 – April 20, 1908), often called the father of baseball, was a sportswriter, baseball statistician and historian. ...
Remains of a battery of English cannon from Youghal, County Cork. ...
// A breaking pitch, usually a slider or cut fastball that, due to its lateral motion, passes through a small part of the strike zone on the outside edge of the plate after appearing it would miss the plate entirely. ...
batterymates - A pitcher and catcher from the same team.
// To throw pitches at the edges of the strike zone. ...
// The group of teams that conduct their pre-season spring training exhibition games in Arizona where the cactus grows in abundance. ...
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- Batting average (BA) is the average number of hits per at-bat (BA=H/AB). A perfect batting average would be 1.000 (read: "one thousand"). A batting average of .300 ("three hundred") is considered to be excellent, which means that the best hitters fail to get a hit in 70% of their at-bats. Even the level of .400, which is outstanding and rare (last achieved at the major league level in 1941), suggests "failure" 60% of the time. This is part of the reason OBP is now regarded by "figger filberts" as a truer measure of a hitter's worth at the plate. In 1887, there was an experiment with including bases-on-balls as hits (and at-bats) in computing the batting average. It was effectively an early attempt at an OBP, but it was regarded as a "marketing gimmick" and was dropped after the one year. It eventually put Adrian Anson in limbo regarding his career hits status; dropping the bases on balls from his 1887 stats, as some encyclopedias do, put his career number of hits below the benchmark 3,000 total.
Batting average is a statistic in both cricket and baseball measuring the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters, respectively. ...
Batting average is a statistic in both cricket and baseball measuring the performance of cricket batsmen and baseball hitters, respectively. ...
// The Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York. ...
// Double-A (AA) is the second-highest level of minor league baseball (below AAA), and includes the Eastern League, the Southern League, and the Texas League. ...
// On-base percentage. ...
// The World Series -- the championship series of Major League Baseball, in which the champion of the American League faces off against the champion of the National League. ...
Anson in 1888 Adrian Constantine Cap Anson (April 11, 1852, Marshalltown, Iowa - April 14, 1922, Chicago, Illinois) was a professional baseball player in the National Association and Major League Baseball for the Rockford Forest Citys, Philadelphia Athletics, and Chicago White Stockings/Colts. ...
batting practice - The period, often before a game, when players warm up or practice their hitting technique. Sometimes the term is used to describe a period within a game when one team's hitters have so totally dominated a given pitcher that the game resembles a batting practice session. Referred to colloquially as well as abbreviated as BP.
// To throw pitches at the edges of the strike zone. ...
battle - When a hitter works the count, by being patient, perhaps by deliberately fouling off pitches that he can't get good wood on, he's said to be "battling."
// A home run. ...
// To throw pitches at the edges of the strike zone. ...
// The World Series -- the championship series of Major League Baseball, in which the champion of the American League faces off against the champion of the National League. ...
// The space between outfielders. ...
bazooka - A strong throwing arm. A gun, a cannon, a rifle.
// The space between outfielders. ...
// The group of teams that conduct their pre-season spring training exhibition games in Arizona where the cactus grows in abundance. ...
// Indicates a participant in the game who hears things perhaps too well for his own good. ...
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- A pitch intentionally thrown to hit the batter if he does not move out of the way, especially when directed at the head (or the "bean" in old-fashioned slang). The word bean can also be used as a verb, as in the following headline: "Piazza says Clemens Purposely Beaned Him."[1]
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This article does not cite any references or sources. ...
// To throw pitches at the edges of the strike zone. ...
// The Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York. ...
// A breaking pitch, usually a slider or cut fastball that, due to its lateral motion, passes through a small part of the strike zone on the outside edge of the plate after appearing it would miss the plate entirely. ...
Michael Joseph Piazza (born September 4, 1968 in Norristown, Pennsylvania) is an American Major League Baseball player who currently plays forOakland Athletics,,Though he spent most of his career with the Dodgerss and Mets, breaking many offensive catching records with the Mets. ...
William Roger Clemens (born August 4, 1962, in Dayton, Ohio), is a starting pitcher for the New York Yankees, and is one of the preeminent pitchers in Major League history. ...
beat out - When a runner gets to first base before the throw, he beats the throw or beats it out. Akin to leg out. "Greene's throw to first base pulls Gonzalez off the bag and Norris Hopper is fast enough to beat it out before Gonzalez can get his foot back on the bag."[2]
// To hit the ball very hard, typically a line drive. ...
Norris Stephen Hopper (born March 29, 1979 in Shelby, North Carolina) is a Major League/Minor League baseball player who made his MLB debut with the Cincinnati Reds in September of 2006. ...
behind in the count - Opposite of ahead in the count. For the batter: when the count contains more strikes than balls. For the pitcher: vice versa.
- If the pitcher is behind in the count, he is in increasing danger of walking the batter. If the batter is behind, he is in increasing danger of striking out.
// Double-A (AA) is the second-highest level of minor league baseball (below AAA), and includes the Eastern League, the Southern League, and the Texas League. ...
belt - To hit a ball hard to the outfield or out of the park, fair or foul. "Jones belts that one deep to left . . . but just foul."
bench -
- "The bench" is where the players sit in the dugout when they are not at bat, in the on-deck circle, or in the field.
- "The bench" may also refer to the players who are not in the line-up but are still eligible to enter the game. "LaRussa's bench is depleted because of all the pinch hitting and pinch running duties it's been called on to perform tonight."
// Old-fashioned term for a hard-hit ground ball, close enough to the grass to theoretically be able to lop the tops off any daisies that might be growing on the field. ...
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- A player, coach or manager with the talent of annoying and distracting opposition players and umpires from his team's dugout with verbal repartee. Especially useful against those with rabbit ears.
A bench jockey is a slang term in American baseball to describe a player, coach or manager with the talent of annoying and distracting opposition players and umpires from his teams dugout with verbal repartee. ...
A bench jockey is a slang term in American baseball to describe a player, coach or manager with the talent of annoying and distracting opposition players and umpires from his teams dugout with verbal repartee. ...
// Abbreviation for Union Association, a one-year (1884) major league. ...
Look up Wit in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Wit is a form of intellectual humor, based on manipulation of concepts; a wit is someone who excels in witty remarks, typically in conversation and spontaneously, since wit carries the connotation of speed of thought. ...
// Indicates a participant in the game who hears things perhaps too well for his own good. ...
bender - A curveball.
// The group of teams that conduct their pre-season spring training exhibition games in Arizona where the cactus grows in abundance. ...
big fly - A long home run.
// The Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York. ...
big inning - The opposite mentality of small ball, if a team is thinking "big inning" they are focusing on scoring runs strictly through base hits and home runs, as opposed to bunts or other sacrifices. More generically, a "big inning" is an inning in which the offense scores a large number of runs, usually four or more.
// Main article: Sabermetrics Sabermetrics is the analysis of baseball through objective evidence, especially baseball statistics. ...
big leagues - Major League Baseball
// When an umpire makes a bad call on a pitch, he may implicitly acknowledge it on a later pitch by making another bad call to make up for the first. ...
bigs - The big leagues, major leagues, "the Show." If you're in the bigs you're a big leaguer, a major leaguer.
// A breaking pitch, usually a slider or cut fastball that, due to its lateral motion, passes through a small part of the strike zone on the outside edge of the plate after appearing it would miss the plate entirely. ...
// When an umpire makes a bad call on a pitch, he may implicitly acknowledge it on a later pitch by making another bad call to make up for the first. ...
// a player placed high in the batting order for his tendency to hit for average and steal bases is said to set the table for the power hitters behind him in the lineup. ...
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- Bleacher seats (in short, bleachers) are uncovered seats that are typically tiered benches or other inexpensive seats located in the outfield or in any area past the main grandstand. The term comes from the assumption that the benches are sun-bleached. "Bleachers" is short for the term originally used, "bleaching boards". Fans in the bleacher seats are sometimes called bleacher bums.
For other uses, see Bleach (disambiguation). ...
For other uses, see Bleach (disambiguation). ...
bleeder - A weakly hit ground ball that goes for a base hit. A scratch hit. "Dunn walked to bring up Morra, who jumped on the first pitch he saw and hit a bleeder that didn’t leave the infield, driving in Gradwohl."[3]
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block the plate - A catcher who puts a foot, leg, or whole body between home plate and a runner attempting to score, is said to "block the plate." Blocking the plate is a dangerous tactic, and may be considered obstruction (Official Rules of Baseball, Rule 2.00 (Obstruction)).
// The group of teams that conduct their pre-season spring training exhibition games in Arizona where the cactus grows in abundance. ...
// The Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York. ...
// A breaking pitch, usually a slider or cut fastball that, due to its lateral motion, passes through a small part of the strike zone on the outside edge of the plate after appearing it would miss the plate entirely. ...
// On-base percentage. ...
blooper - A blooper or bloop is a weakly hit fly ball that drops in for a single between an infielder and an outfielder. Also known as a bloop single.
// The World Series -- the championship series of Major League Baseball, in which the champion of the American League faces off against the champion of the National League. ...
// Main article: Sabermetrics Sabermetrics is the analysis of baseball through objective evidence, especially baseball statistics. ...
// Colorful term used to describe the appearance of a baseball caught in the tip of the webbing of a glove. ...
// On-base percentage. ...
blow -
- To blow a game is to lose it after having the lead. "We had the game in hand and we blew it."
- To blow a save is to lose a lead or the game after coming into the game in a "save situation." This has a technical meaning in baseball statistics.
- A hit, typically a home run: "Ortiz's Blow Seals Win."
- A blow-out is a game in which one team wins by many runs. Headline: "Penny Shines as Dodgers Blow Out Giants."
To save in a sport means to stop a goal or to maintain the lead. ...
Mark McGwire swinging for the fences. ...
blown save - A blown save (BS) is charged to a pitcher who enters a game in a save situation but allows the tying run (and perhaps the go-ahead run) to score. If the pitcher's team does not come back to win the game, the pitcher will be charged with both a loss and a blown save. The blown save is not an officially recognized statistic by Major League Baseball. But analysts and sportscasters count blown saves to characterize the "record" of closers in a way that's analogous to won-loss records of starters. "Jones has made 31 out of 34 saves" or "Jones has 31 saves and 3 blown saves."
// Main article: Sabermetrics Sabermetrics is the analysis of baseball through objective evidence, especially baseball statistics. ...
// The group of teams that conduct their pre-season spring training exhibition games in Arizona where the cactus grows in abundance. ...
blowser - Rhymes with "closer". A closer who seems to get more blown saves than saves.
// The group of teams that conduct their pre-season spring training exhibition games in Arizona where the cactus grows in abundance. ...
// A breaking pitch, usually a slider or cut fastball that, due to its lateral motion, passes through a small part of the strike zone on the outside edge of the plate after appearing it would miss the plate entirely. ...
// Main article: Sabermetrics Sabermetrics is the analysis of baseball through objective evidence, especially baseball statistics. ...
Blue - A term commonly used by players to address an umpire, referring to the typical dark blue color of the umpire's uniform. A derogatory term in professional baseball; in fact, MLB umpires no longer wear blue. Usually when complaining about a call: "Oh, come on, Blue!"
// Abbreviation for Union Association, a one-year (1884) major league. ...
// The group of teams that conduct their pre-season spring training exhibition games in Arizona where the cactus grows in abundance. ...
bomb - A home run.
Mark McGwire swinging for the fences. ...
bonehead play - A bonehead play or "boner" is a mental mistake that changes the course of a game dramatically. See "Merkle's boner".
Frederick Charles Merkle (December 20, 1888 – March 2, 1956) was an American first baseman in Major League Baseball. ...
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- A young player who received a signing bonus.
A bonus baby was the not-particularly-complimentary term used to describe a Major League Baseball player receiving a particularly large signing bonus upon turning professional. ...
A bonus baby was the not-particularly-complimentary term used to describe a Major League Baseball player receiving a particularly large signing bonus upon turning professional. ...
bonus baseball - Extra innings. Also called "bonus cantos" by Yankees announcer Michael Kay.
// A very slow pitch with a high arcing trajectory. ...
Major league affiliations American League (1901–present) East Division (1969–present) Current uniform Retired Numbers 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 23, 32, 37, 44, 49 Name New York Yankees (1913–present) New York Highlanders (1903-1912) Baltimore Orioles (1901-1902) (Also referred to as...
Michael Kay (born February 2, 1961) is the main play-by-play voice of the New York Yankees, host of Centerstage on the YES Network and the host of The Michael Kay Show on WEPN. // Kay began reporting as a youth at the Bronx High School of Science and then...
booted - Made an error, kicked it – typically referring to a misplay on a ground ball. "Miguel Cabrera hit a ground ball to Alex S. Gonzalez, who booted the ball. Had Gonzalez fielded the ball properly, the Cubs could have ended the half-inning with a double play."[4]
// A very slow pitch with a high arcing trajectory. ...
// The space between outfielders. ...
José Miguel Torres Cabrera (born April 18, 1983 in Maracay, Aragua State, Venezuela) is a Major League Baseball player for the Florida Marlins. ...
Alexander Scott Gonzalez (born April 8, 1973 in Miami, Florida) is a shortstop and third baseman who is no longer an active Major League baseball player. ...
After stepping on second base, the fielder throws to first to complete a double play In baseball, a double play (denoted on statistics sheets by DP) for a team or a fielder is the act of making two outs during the same continuous playing action. ...
bottom of the inning - The second half or "last half" of an inning, during which the home team bats, derived from its position in the line score.
Inning is a town in the district of Erding in Bavaria in Germany. ...
In baseball, the statistical summary of a game is reported in a box score. ...
box - The vicinity of the pitcher's mound. Baseball announcers will sometimes refer to a batted ball going back through the pitcher's mound area as having gone through the box, or a pitcher being removed from the game will be said to have been knocked out of the box. In the early days of the game, there was no mound; the pitcher was required to release the ball while inside a box drawn on the ground. Even though the mound has replaced the box, this terminology still exists.
// When an umpire makes a bad call on a pitch, he may implicitly acknowledge it on a later pitch by making another bad call to make up for the first. ...
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- The statistical summary of a game. The line score is an abbreviated version of the box score, duplicated from the field scoreboard. Invention of the box score is credited to Henry Chadwick.
In baseball, the statistical summary of a game is reported in a box score. ...
In baseball, the statistical summary of a game is reported in a box score. ...
In baseball, the statistical summary of a game is reported in a box score. ...
Henry Chadwick (October 5, 1824 – April 20, 1908), often called the father of baseball, was a sportswriter, baseball statistician and historian. ...
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// A breaking pitch, usually a slider or cut fastball that, due to its lateral motion, passes through a small part of the strike zone on the outside edge of the plate after appearing it would miss the plate entirely. ...
Baseball Prospectus, sometimes abbreviated as BP, is a think-tank focusing on the statistical analysis of the sport of baseball, which is also known as sabermetrics. ...
BR - Bats right; used in describing a player's statistics, for example: John Doe (TR, BR, 6', 172 lbs.)
bread and butter - A player's greatest or most reliable skill. For example: "The curveball is this pitcher's bread and butter pitch." From the more general expression, "bread and butter", denoting any person's most basic source of nourishment and strength.
break - The Break is the "All-Star Break", the 3-day period roughly halfway through the regular season during which the all-stars of the American League play a game against the all-stars of the National League. It's also a common reference point for comparing a player's statistics: before the break vs. after the break; the first half vs. the last half of the season (even though the "last half" is shorter than the "first half" — about 45% of the games remain to be played).
The Major League Baseball All-Star Game, also popularly known as the Midsummer Classic, is an annual baseball game between players from the National League and the American League, currently selected by fan vote for the starting position players and by the respective managers (from the previous years World...
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- Any pitch that markedly deviates from a "straight" or expected path due to a spin used by the pitcher to achieve the desired effect. Some examples are the curveball, the slider and the screwball.
In baseball, a breaking ball is a pitch that does not travel straight like a fastball as it approaches the batter. ...
In baseball, a breaking ball is a pitch that does not travel straight like a fastball as it approaches the batter. ...
// To throw pitches at the edges of the strike zone. ...
// To throw pitches at the edges of the strike zone. ...
// The group of teams that conduct their pre-season spring training exhibition games in Arizona where the cactus grows in abundance. ...
// Main article: Sabermetrics Sabermetrics is the analysis of baseball through objective evidence, especially baseball statistics. ...
// Main article: Sabermetrics Sabermetrics is the analysis of baseball through objective evidence, especially baseball statistics. ...
break one off - To throw a curveball.
// The group of teams that conduct their pre-season spring training exhibition games in Arizona where the cactus grows in abundance. ...
bring - To pitch; often used for a fastball: bring the gas, bring the heat, bring it.
// To throw pitches at the edges of the strike zone. ...
// The World Series -- the championship series of Major League Baseball, in which the champion of the American League faces off against the champion of the National League. ...
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- A nickname for The New York Yankees.
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Major league affiliations American League (1901–present) East Division (1969–present) Current uniform Retired Numbers 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 23, 32, 37, 44, 49 Name New York Yankees (1913–present) New York Highlanders (1903-1912) Baltimore Orioles (1901-1902) (Also referred to as...
Major league affiliations American League (1901–present) East Division (1969–present) Current uniform Retired Numbers 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 8, 9, 10, 15, 16, 23, 32, 37, 42, 44, 49 Name New York Yankees (1904–present) New York Highlanders (1903-1912) Baltimore Orioles (1901-1902) (Also referred to...
browsing - A batter who strikes out looking, especially if the batter did not move his bat at all. This term is mainly used by sports commentators.
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- A pitch intentionally thrown close to a batter to intimidate him, i.e., to "brush him back" from the plate. Also a purpose pitch or chin music.
In baseball, a brushback pitch is one thrown in such a way that the batter must move back to avoid it. ...
In baseball, a brushback pitch is one thrown in such a way that the batter must move back to avoid it. ...
// To throw pitches at the edges of the strike zone. ...
// A breaking pitch, usually a slider or cut fastball that, due to its lateral motion, passes through a small part of the strike zone on the outside edge of the plate after appearing it would miss the plate entirely. ...
// To throw pitches at the edges of the strike zone. ...
// The group of teams that conduct their pre-season spring training exhibition games in Arizona where the cactus grows in abundance. ...
buck and change - A player batting between .100 and .199 is said to be batting "a buck and change" or, more specifically, the equivalent average in dollars (bucks) and cents (change). Example: A batter batting .190 is said to be batting "a buck ninety". Major leaguers with a batting average this low will very likely be demoted down to AAA for seasoning or even released outright. See also Mendoza line.
For other uses, see The Mendoza Line (band). ...
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- The area used by pitchers and catchers to warm up before taking the mound when play has already begun. This area is usually off to the side along either the left or right base line, or behind an outfield fence. It is almost never in fair territory, presumably due to the risk of interference with live action. A rare exception was at New York's Polo Grounds where the bullpens were in the deep left and right center field quarter-circles of the outfield wall.
- A team's relief pitching corps (so named because the relievers are in the bullpen during games).
- It is thought to have been named as the "bull pen" either because the relief pitchers spend time "shooting the bull" or because early billboards along the walls advertised Bull Durham, a brand of chewing tobacco.
While the game goes on, a relief pitcher warms up in the bullpen, beyond the outfield fence In baseball, the bullpen is the area where pitchers warm-up before entering a game. ...
While the game goes on, a relief pitcher warms up in the bullpen, beyond the outfield fence In baseball, the bullpen is the area where pitchers warm-up before entering a game. ...
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The position of the catcher Catcher is also a general term for a fielder who catches the ball in cricket. ...
// When an umpire makes a bad call on a pitch, he may implicitly acknowledge it on a later pitch by making another bad call to make up for the first. ...
The outfield is a sporting term used in cricket and baseball to refer to the area of the field of play further from the batsman or batter than the infield. ...
// A breaking pitch, usually a slider or cut fastball that, due to its lateral motion, passes through a small part of the strike zone on the outside edge of the plate after appearing it would miss the plate entirely. ...
The Polo Grounds was the name given to four different stadiums in Manhattan, New York City used by baseballs New York Giants from 1883 until 1957, New York Metropolitans from 1883 until 1885, the New York Yankees from 1912 until 1922, and by the New York Mets in their...
// Indicates a participant in the game who hears things perhaps too well for his own good. ...
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- To deliberately bat the ball weakly to a particular spot on the infield by holding the bat nearly still and letting the ball hit it. Typically, a bunt is used to advance other runners and is then referred to as a sacrifice or a sacrifice hit or a sacrifice bunt. When done correctly, fielders have no play except, at best, to throw the batter-runner out at first base.
- Speedy runners also bunt for base hits when infielders are playing back. In such a situation, left-handed hitters may use a drag bunt, in which they start stepping towards first base while completing the bunt swing. Even the great slugger Mickey Mantle would drag bunt once in a while, taking advantage of his 3.1 second speed from home to first base. Currently, Ryan Zimmerman of the Nationals is notable in that he is a right-handed hitter who uses drag bunts successfully.
A Little League baseball player squares around to bunt. ...
A Little League baseball player squares around to bunt. ...
// A breaking pitch, usually a slider or cut fastball that, due to its lateral motion, passes through a small part of the strike zone on the outside edge of the plate after appearing it would miss the plate entirely. ...
// A breaking pitch, usually a slider or cut fastball that, due to its lateral motion, passes through a small part of the strike zone on the outside edge of the plate after appearing it would miss the plate entirely. ...
// Double-A (AA) is the second-highest level of minor league baseball (below AAA), and includes the Eastern League, the Southern League, and the Texas League. ...
// A breaking pitch, usually a slider or cut fastball that, due to its lateral motion, passes through a small part of the strike zone on the outside edge of the plate after appearing it would miss the plate entirely. ...
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// The World Series -- the championship series of Major League Baseball, in which the champion of the American League faces off against the champion of the National League. ...
// A breaking pitch, usually a slider or cut fastball that, due to its lateral motion, passes through a small part of the strike zone on the outside edge of the plate after appearing it would miss the plate entirely. ...
// A breaking pitch, usually a slider or cut fastball that, due to its lateral motion, passes through a small part of the strike zone on the outside edge of the plate after appearing it would miss the plate entirely. ...
// Colorful term used to describe the appearance of a baseball caught in the tip of the webbing of a glove. ...
// To throw pitches at the edges of the strike zone. ...
Mickey Charles Mantle (October 20, 1931 – August 13, 1995) was an American baseball player who was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1974. ...
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Major league affiliations National League (1969–present) East Division (1969–present) Current uniform Retired Numbers 42 Name Washington Nationals (2005–present) Montreal Expos (1969-2004) Other nicknames Nats, Nacionales (Spanish) Ballpark RFK Stadium (2005–present) Hiram Bithorn Stadium[3] (San Juan) (2003-2004) Olympic Stadium (Montreal) (1977-2004) Jarry Park...
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- A slang term used to describe play that is of minor league or unprofessional quality. The "bushes" or the "sticks" are small towns where minor league teams may operate, the latter term also used in the acting profession, famously in the Variety headline of July 17, 1935, "Sticks nix hick pix", meaning small towns reject motion pictures about small towns.
Bush league is a general term used to describe an action or thing as being amateur, inferior or crude. ...
Bush league is a general term used to describe an action or thing as being amateur, inferior or crude. ...
// When an umpire makes a bad call on a pitch, he may implicitly acknowledge it on a later pitch by making another bad call to make up for the first. ...
Variety is a daily newspaper for the entertainment industry. ...
bust him in - To throw a fastball in on the hitter's hands. Also: tie him up , in the kitchen.
// The World Series -- the championship series of Major League Baseball, in which the champion of the American League faces off against the champion of the National League. ...
// a player placed high in the batting order for his tendency to hit for average and steal bases is said to set the table for the power hitters behind him in the lineup. ...
// Colorful term used to describe the appearance of a baseball caught in the tip of the webbing of a glove. ...
butcher boy - A strategy where the hitter first shows he intends to bunt, pulls back the bat when the pitcher begins the delivery, and takes a quick swing at the pitch. Generally used by weaker hitters such as pitchers.
References
- ^ Chicago Sun-Times, July 10, 2000.
- ^ http://cbs.sportsline.com/mlb/gamecenter/gamelog/MLB_20070812_SD@CIN#
- ^ http://hillsdalehighathletics.olinesports.com/news_details.php?sport=585&news_id=92
- ^ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Bartman
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