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Baseball glossary
Appeal: The act of a fielder claiming to an umpire that there was a violation of the baseball rules by the offensive team.
Balk: If the baseball pitcher stops his motion toward home plate once movement toward the plate has begun, and he turns to throw to another base, a balk is rewarded to the batter. This results in a ball being called and each of the base runners advancing one base.
Base Runner: An offensive baseball player who has successfully reached base or its attempting to reach base.
Bag: The soft, white thing used to mark a base. Usually canvas or vinyl stuffed with straw.
Batters Box: An area drawn to the left and right of baseball home plate in which the batter must stand when addressing the pitcher. The baseball pitcher may not throw the ball until the batter is in the batters box and ‘ready’.
Batting Order: A list of baseball players and the order in which they will bat. This order cannot be changed once the game begins. Substitute players must take the batting place in the order of the player substituted.
Bunt: Hitting the ball softly and very, very, short. This is usually done to advance the base runners. A batter squares his body to the baseball pitcher and lays the bat out horizontally. Upon contact with the pitch, the batter absorbs the energy of the ball, resulting in the ball falling to the ground with little or no momentum.
Dead Ball: a ball out of play due to a temporary, legally created, suspension of play.
Double: A ball hit by a baseball player that allows the player to make it to second base without an error by the fielders.
Double Play: A defensive play that gets two baseball players out on the same play. This usually occurs when there is a baseball player on first and the ball is thrown from the fielder to second (shortstop or second baseman covers) and quickly to first to get both base runners out. Also frequently occurs when the batter hits a line-drive and the defensive baseball player catches the ball (1 out) and throws the ball to the offensive players base, and beats them back (2nd out).
Error: A miscue or mistake by a defensive baseball player that allows a runner to reach a base when they would normally been out.
Fielder’s choice: A decision made by a defensive baseball player to get one player out in lieu of another. Generally, a player should choose to get the ‘lead’ runner unless not practical.
Fly ball: A bill hit into high into the air. Short high hits are termed pop-fly’s. If the ball is caught it will be termed a fly-out.
Force-out: This is an out created by a defensive baseball player by touching the base of an incoming base runner who has no choice but to advance to that base because there is a runner either on the base, or advancing to, the base behind the baseball player.
Foul Ball: A ball that hits the ground to the outside (the right or left) of the foul lines before passing the 1st or 3rd base bag. Remember that batted balls often curve towards the foul lines.
Lead: The distance a baseball player puts between himself and the base when the baseball team is NOT playing ‘tight’ bases.
Lead runner: The baseball player occupying or advancing toward the base that is closes to home plate.
Leadoff player: This is the first baseball player in the batting order.
Passed ball: A pitch not hit by the batter that gets past the baseball catcher, which otherwise should have been caught or stopped.
Retired: A batter that has been struck out (missed the ball or called strike). Also a baseball team is considered ‘retired’ when they have reached their 3 out maximum.
RBI: Runs Batted In. This is a statistic that is kept on each baseball batter for hits that results in a run being scored, regardless if they reach base safely.
Sacrifice: A statistic that is recorded if a baseball player intentionally (or sometimes unintentionally) hits the ball for the sole purpose of moving a base runner to the next base, fully expecting be out.
Scoring Position: A base runner is considered to be in scoring position if they are on second or third base, since a single to the outfield could allow them to score.
Single: A ball hit by a baseball player that allows him to reach 1st base uncontested.
Slide: Attacking the base by a base runner when a force-out is not effective. This is accomplished by a baseball player extending his momentum horizontally, either head or foot first, to try and touch the base before being touched with the ball.
Strike zone: The area in which a pitched ball is ruled a strike is covered horizontally by the width of the plate, and vertically by the distance between the player’s knees and chest. More exactly the top limit is to be a horizontal line that is halfway between the top of the shoulders and the top of the uniform pants. The bottom limit is a horizontal line at the hallow just beneath the kneecap.
Tag Up: A rule allowing the base runner to return to his originating base when a fly ball is hit, who can then advance to the next base once the ball is caught by a defender.
Tight bases: A rule for younger baseball players that does NOT allow them to take a ‘lead’, or steal bases.
Triple: A ball hit by a baseball batter that allows him to advance to third base unassisted.
Walk: A ‘free-pass’ to first base for a baseball player that has not received 3 strikes, and has received 4 balls not delivered in the strike zone.
Wild Pitch: A ball that passes the baseball catcher and not hit by the batter that is considered ‘unstoppable’.
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