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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scoring position

Sports; Baseball

This usually refers to a runner being on second or third base because, with a base hit, it is a good chance that the base runner will score.

sinker

Sports; Baseball

This is a kind of pitch that drops very quickly when it gets to home plate.

setup pitcher

Sports; Baseball

A pitcher who comes into the game in the late innings, the 7th or 8th, to take over form the starting pitcher and setup the game for the Closing Pitcher, who will come into the game in the 9th inning ...

error

Sports; Baseball

A blunder made by a fielder that allows a baser runner to advance a base or allows a batter to get to base when they should have been out. If the play is ruled an error the batter does not get credit ...

extra base hit

Sports; Baseball

A hit ball that results in more then a single, such as a double or triple. Kept as a statistic, to measure how many Extra Base Hits a player has over the season and over their career.

extra innings

Sports; Baseball

If the tie is scored after the bottom of the 9th inning has been played, then the game goes into extra innings. The game continues until one team wins.