Sports

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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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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

lead off hitter

Sports; Baseball

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

league

Sports; Baseball

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 ...

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 ...