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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play ball

Sports; Baseball

This is the umpire's order to start the game or to resume action following any dead ball.

pivot foot

Sports; Baseball

This refers to that part of the pitchers foot that must be in contact with the pitcher's rubber as he throws the pitch.

slider

Sports; Baseball

This is a pitch that both moves away or toward the batter the same as a curve ball but it also sinks down as it reaches home plate.

slide

Sports; Baseball

When a player runs toward a base and then slides into it.

small ball

Sports; Baseball

This means that a baseball team focuses on doing those little things that will lead to runs being scored, like getting base hits, stealing bases, bunting, hitting sacrifice fly's, etc, etc. This ...