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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outfielder

Sports; Baseball

An outfielder is a fielder who plays in the outfield. There are three outfielders: Left, Center and Right fielders.

overslide

Sports; Baseball

When an offensive player slides into a base, other than when advancing from home to first base, or third to home, with such momentum that he loses contact with the base, and then he can be tagged ...

oversliding

Sports; Baseball

see "overslide"

strike

Sports; Baseball

Again you would think this would be a simple thing, but that is not always the case. A strike is a legal pitch when so called by the umpire, when the ball: (a) Is struck or swung at by the batter and ...

stolen base

Sports; Baseball

When a runner is able to move from one base to another even though the batter did not advance the runner by hitting the ball. A runner runs from one base to another without getting tagged out.

strike count

Sports; Baseball

This means how many balls and strikes the batter has on him. If the count is 3-2 then the batter has 3 balls and 2strikes on him. Remember that balls are always said first and strikes second.