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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losing pitcher

Sports; Baseball

The pitcher who is determined to have lost the game for his team. This is not necessarily the pitcher who started the game.

mid-relief

Sports; Baseball

See Relief Pitcher

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 ...

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 ...

no hitter

Sports; Baseball

This is when a pitcher has pitched 9 complete innings but no batter was able to get a hit.

obstruction

Sports; Baseball

This happens when a fielder who, while not in possession of the ball and not in the act of fielding the ball, obstructs the progress of any runner. If a fielder is about to receive a thrown ball and ...