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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retouch

Sports; Baseball

After a pitcher has thrown a pitch and the catcher has thrown it back to the pitcher, runners must retouch the base they are on. If they don't and then advance to another base the defensive team can ...

rosin bag

Sports; Baseball

This is a bag on the pitcher mound, filled with rosin, which helps the pitcher get a better grip on the ball.

run

Sports; Baseball

A run is made by an offensive player who advances from batter to runner and then touches first, second, third and home base in that order before the inning is over.

roster

Sports; Baseball

The manager of a baseball team must give to the head umpire a list of players who will be starting the game and the positions they will be playing. This is called a roster.

mitt

Sports; Baseball

The catcher is the only player to wear a Mitt, all the rest of the players wear gloves. The Mitt does not have a place to put individual fingers in, rather, it has a big open area where all the index ...

offence

Sports; Baseball

The offense is the team, or any player on that team, that is at bat.

nine inning win

Sports; Baseball

The home team always bats last, in the bottom half of the inning. So if the home team is winning after the visiting team has batted in the top of the 9th, then the home team does not have to go up to ...