Baseball

Baseball

A database of terms that relate to the sport of baseball, a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a 90-foot diamond.

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home team

Sports; Baseball

This is the team on whose stadium or grounds the game is being played. If the game is played on neutral ground, the home team shall be designated by mutual agreement. This is important because the ...

illegal

Sports; Baseball

Against the law or in this case against the rules.

illegal pitch

Sports; Baseball

There are 2 kinds of illegal pitches. One is when a pitch thrown to the batter when the pitcher does not have his pivot foot on the pitcher's rubber. Also a quick return pitch when the batter is not ...