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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0-1

Sports; Baseball

Pronounced "Oh and One." This is how the count is read in baseball. It means there are no balls and 1 strike on the batter. Every count is read this way. For example "2-1" is read "two and one", ...

grand salami

Sports; Baseball

A slang term for a grand slam. The term simply comes from the similarity between the words slam and salami. A grand slam is when a home run is hit with three runners on base, resulting in 4 runs ...

texas leaguer

Sports; Baseball

A softly hit ball that falls behind the infielders and in front of the outfielders for a hit.

bagger

Sports; Baseball

A term meaning a hit. Most often used for doubles and triples. A double would be a two bagger, and a triple would be a three bagger. The term is rarely used for a single or home run.

through the wickets

Sports; Baseball

A phrase used when a ball goes through a defensive player's legs. In this case the wickets are the player's legs, and the ball went through them.

tater

Sports; Baseball

A tater is a slang term for a home run. For example: "there goes another tater."

the hook

Sports; Baseball

A pitcher is said to get "the hook" when they are taken out of the game. This phrase is usually used when a pitcher is pitching poorly. Starting pitchers are generally taken out of games around the ...