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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inning

Sports; Baseball

An inning is that part of a game within which the teams alternate on offense and defense and in which there are three putouts for each team. Each team's time at bat is a half inning. There are 9 ...

interference

Sports; Baseball

Offensive interference happens when the team at bat interferes with, obstructs, impedes, or hampers any fielder attempting to make a play. If the umpire declares the batter, batter runner, or a ...

knuckleball

Sports; Baseball

A pitch that is thrown more with the knuckles then the fingers. It is a slow moving pitch that tends to move around a lot. Very few pitchers throw knuckleballs because they are so difficult to throw.

lead off hitter

Sports; Baseball

This is the batter who is first in the batting order.

league

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There are two leagues in baseball: The National League and the American League. The leagues are a group of clubs whose teams play each other in a pre-arranged schedule. During the playoffs only teams ...

legal

Sports; Baseball

Within the law or in this case observing and playing by the rules.

appeal

Sports; Baseball

When a player and or manager talk's with a particular umpire because he claims there was a violation of the rules by the opposing team. The player and or manager will make his appeal to the umpire ...