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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dying quail

Sports; Baseball

A ball that is hit to the shallow infield. Too far for the infielders to catch it but too short for the outfielders to catch it, so it falls in for a hit. Also called a flair.

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.

error

Sports; Baseball

A blunder made by a fielder that allows a baser runner to advance a base or allows a batter to get to base when they should have been out. If the play is ruled an error the batter does not get credit ...

extra base hit

Sports; Baseball

A hit ball that results in more then a single, such as a double or triple. Kept as a statistic, to measure how many Extra Base Hits a player has over the season and over their career.

extra innings

Sports; Baseball

If the tie is scored after the bottom of the 9th inning has been played, then the game goes into extra innings. The game continues until one team wins.

fair ball

Sports; Baseball

A fair ball is a ball that has been hit, and stays in-bounds. There are chalk lines that mark the out of bounds There are also tall poles in the outfield that help in telling whether a long fly ball ...

fair territory

Sports; Baseball

Fair territory is the playing field which includes the first base and third base lines, from home base to the bottom of the outfield fence and perpendicularly upwards. All foul lines are in fair ...