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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overslide

Sports; Baseball

When an offensive player slides into a base, other than when advancing from home to first base, or third to home, with such momentum that he loses contact with the base, and then he can be tagged ...

oversliding

Sports; Baseball

see "overslide"

passed ball

Sports; Baseball

This is win the catcher is unable to catch a pitch and the base runner(s) are able to move up a base or maybe even to score a run. When a batter swings and it is strike 3, and the catcher does not ...

penalty

Sports; Baseball

This is the application of these rules following an illegal act.

perfect game

Sports; Baseball

A perfect game is when a pitcher pitches a no hitter, but also no runner reaches base by an error, a walk or by being hit by a pitch. 27 batters up 27 batters down.

pick off play

Sports; Baseball

This is when a runner is on base and the pitcher throws the ball to the infielder covering the base to try and get the runner out. They try to pick off the runner. The pitcher must lift his foot off ...