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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field

Sports; Baseball

A baseball field as an infield and an outfield. The infield is where the four bases are located. The outfield begins where the dirt of the infield behind 1st 2nd and 3rd base ends and the grass ...

fielder

Sports; Baseball

Any defensive player.

flair

Sports; Baseball

See Dying Quail.

fair ball

Sports; Baseball

A fair ball is a ball that has been hit, and stays in-bounds. There are chalk lines that mark the out of bounds There are also tall poles in the outfield that help in telling whether a long fly ball ...

fair territory

Sports; Baseball

Fair territory is the playing field which includes the first base and third base lines, from home base to the bottom of the outfield fence and perpendicularly upwards. All foul lines are in fair ...

foul ball

Sports; Baseball

A foul ball is a ball that has been hit and lands in foul territory between home and first base, or between home and third base. A foul ball is also any ball that bounds past first or third base on ...