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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official scorer

Sports; Baseball

The person who keeps the statistics during the game.

on deck

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The player who will be the next player to bat. He must be out of the dugout and in the On Deck Circle

on deck circle

Sports; Baseball

A circle outside of each dugout where the player who will be the next batter must stand while he waits his turn to bat.

opposite field

Sports; Baseball

A ball hit to the opposite field means that a hitter has been able to hit the ball to a field opposite of the way he bats, i.e. a right handed batter hits a ball to left field.

out

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When the defensive team puts out an offensive player this means that he was not successful in reaching base. Each team gets three outs during its time at bat during an inning. After they have three ...

outfield

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The area that is all grass that starts at the edge of the infield and is in-between the first and third base lines. This is where the outfielders play.