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Sports

Of or pertaining to any organized, competitive, entertaining, and skillful activity or game requiring commitment, strategy, and fair play, in which a winner can be defined by objective means within a specified set of rules.

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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 ...

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 ...

fork ball

Sports; Baseball

This is a pitch that is thrown in such a way that once it reaches home plate it drops very quickly and unexpectedly.

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 ...

foul lines

Sports; Baseball

These are the lines that start at home plate and run through first and third base and continue into the outfield until they stop at the outfield fence.

foul pole

Sports; Baseball

There are two foul poles and they are at the very end of the foul line in left and right field and they help the umpires see whether a ball is hit fair or foul.