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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seeing eye single

Sports; Baseball

A single, usually hit on the ground, that seems to just sneak past all the infielders; a ball hit in the perfect spot, just out of the reach of the fielders.

gapper

Sports; Baseball

A ball hit to the outfield, between either the right and center fielders or the left and center fielders. A gapper usually results in a double or triple.

cycle

Sports; Baseball

When a player hits a single, double, triple, and a home run in the same game. He does not have to do it in a particular order, or in 4 consecutive at bats. For example a player may go 4-6 with a ...

hot corner

Sports; Baseball

A slang term for third base. Third base is referred to as the hot corner because of lack of reaction time a third baseman has once the ball is hit. Unlike first basemen, third baseman play closer ...

crowd the plate

Sports; Baseball

A term used to describe how a batter is standing in the batter's box. If they are very close to the plate, they are said to be crowding the plate. Crowding the plate is a strategy to take away the ...

oppo boppo

Sports; Baseball

A slang baseball term for an opposite field homerun. Opposite field homeruns are generally more rare than homeruns to the pull side because it is harder to generate power to the opposite field.

battery

Sports; Baseball

The combination of a pitcher and catcher. The starting battery would be the starting pitcher and the starting catcher. Some pitchers have catchers that they prefer to pitch to, in that sense they ...