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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ground rule double

Sports; Baseball

When a batter hits a ball and it bounces over a wall or goes someplace where a fielder can't get to it. The runner can only go to second base.

high and tight

Sports; Baseball

When a ball is thrown so it is "high", the same height as the batters head, and "tight" so it is close to the batter's head. For some reasons batters are not real fond of this, temperamental bunch.

hit and run

Sports; Baseball

A play on which a runner runs as soon as the pitcher goes into his windup. The batter will try to make contact with the ball, and even if the batter gets out the runner will have been able to advance ...

hit by a pitch

Sports; Baseball

If a ball hits the batter he goes to first base. A batter can't lean into the strike zone to get hit by a pitch intentionally, to try and reach first base.

home plate

Sports; Baseball

This is a 5-sided piece of rubber that serves as one of the four bases. The width of home plate is used to determine the strike zone. A ball has to travel over home plate in order for it to be called ...

home run

Sports; Baseball

A ball that is usually hit over the outfield fence and which is worth one run by itself. It is possible to have an "inside the park" home run but they are very, very rare. This happens more often in ...

home team

Sports; Baseball

This is the team on whose stadium or grounds the game is being played. If the game is played on neutral ground, the home team shall be designated by mutual agreement. This is important because the ...