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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foul tip

Sports; Baseball

This happens when a batted ball is tipped sharply backward and goes directly from the bat to the catcher's hands and is legally caught. It is not a foul tip unless caught and any foul tip that is ...

frozen rope

Sports; Baseball

A ball hit very low and hard so it has very little arc on it. But the ball is usually hit into the outfield also called a line drive.

gap

Sports; Baseball

This is the area between the outfielders. When a ball is hit into the Gap it usually goes all the way to the fence and results in the batter getting an extra base hit. (See extra base hit)

glove

Sports; Baseball

The leather piece of equipment that ball players wear on their hands to catch the ball with. No kidding. A catchers and first baseman gloves are different than the rest of the teams. The catcher's ...

grand slam

Sports; Baseball

A home run when there are 3 men on base, so four runs are scored.

ground ball

Sports; Baseball

This is a batted ball that hits the ground and then rolls on it. It is not hit in the air.

ground out

Sports; Baseball

The batter hit's the ball along the ground and an infielder gets the ball and throws it to a baseman before the batter / runner has time to get to a base.