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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strike out

Sports; Baseball

When the batter swings at the third pitch and does not hit the pitch. The batter has struck out.

fly ball

Sports; Baseball

A batted ball that is hit into the air.

fly out

Sports; Baseball

This is when a batter hits the ball in the air and it is caught before it touches the ground.

force play

Sports; Baseball

This is a play in which a runner loses his right to be on a base by reason of the batter becoming a runner. Lets look at an example there is a man on first, one out, and the ball is hit to first ...

fastball

Sports; Baseball

A very fast pitch. In Major League Baseball a fastball will be around 95 - 100 miles an hour plus or minus 2-3 mph.

forfeited game

Sports; Baseball

When one team does not show up to play. The game is declared ended by the umpire in favor of the team that did show up, by the score of 9 to 0, for violation of the rules. Never happens, at least not ...