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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steal

Sports; Baseball

When a base runner is able to go from one base to another even though the ball is not hit.

stolen base

Sports; Baseball

When a runner is able to move from one base to another even though the batter did not advance the runner by hitting the ball. A runner runs from one base to another without getting tagged out.

strike

Sports; Baseball

Again you would think this would be a simple thing, but that is not always the case. A strike is a legal pitch when so called by the umpire, when the ball: (a) Is struck or swung at by the batter and ...

strike count

Sports; Baseball

This means how many balls and strikes the batter has on him. If the count is 3-2 then the batter has 3 balls and 2strikes on him. Remember that balls are always said first and strikes second.

strike out

Sports; Baseball

When the batter swings at the third pitch and does not hit the pitch. The batter has struck out.

strike zone

Sports; Baseball

The Strike Zone officially is: that area over home plate the upper limit of which is a horizontal line at the midpoint between the top of the shoulders and the lower level is a line at the hallow ...