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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run down

Sports; Baseball

This happens when a runner gets caught between bases and is tagged out.

runner

Sports; Baseball

A base runner is an offensive player who is advancing toward, or touching, or returning to any base. Also known as Base Runner

safe

Sports; Baseball

This is a call by the umpire that a runner has reached a base safely.

scoring position

Sports; Baseball

This usually refers to a runner being on second or third base because, with a base hit, it is a good chance that the base runner will score.

earned run

Sports; Baseball

An earned run is a run that is scored when an error is NOT committed. So a hit, a sacrifice, a fielder's choice, a walk, these are among the ways an earned run can score. See also unearned run.

bases loaded

Sports; Baseball

When the bases are loaded means that there is a runner on each of the three bases.

balk

Sports; Baseball

This is an illegal move by the pitcher. After the pitcher has placed his foot on a rubber mat that is on the pitcher's mound, he can't throw to any base other than home base unless he first lifts his ...