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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cannon

Sports; Baseball

A slang term for a pitcher's arm who throws very fast. If they throw fast they are said to have a cannon of an arm.

pulled the string

Sports; Baseball

A term that describes a very good change-up. Because a change-up initially looks like it is going to be a fastball, but is actually much slower, a good change-up looks like the pitcher pulled the ...

deuce

Sports; Baseball

A slang term for a curveball. The term is derived from the number 2 (a catcher usually signals a curveball by holding down two fingers).

free pass

Sports; Baseball

Another term for an intentional walk because an intentional walk provides the batter a free pass to first base.

southhpaw

Sports; Baseball

A slang term for a left handed pitcher. The term comes from the fact that old baseball parks were positioned so that home plate was in the western part of the park. A lefthanded pitcher's throwing ...

table setter

Sports; Baseball

A slang term for the lead off hitter or any hitter who gets on base for the best hitters in a line up.

in the hole

Sports; Baseball

The player who is due up in the line up directly after the player on deck. At the beginning of an inning, the batter who is in the hole is the batter due up third.