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  2. Category:Baseball terminology - Wikipedia

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    Safe (baseball) Sandwich pick; Save (baseball) Scoreless innings streak; Scoring position; Series (baseball) Seventh-inning stretch; Shutout (baseball) Sidelines; Sign stealing; Single (baseball) Sistema Peralta; Slide (baseball) Slugging percentage; Slump (sports) Small ball (baseball) Speed Score; Squeeze play (baseball) Stolen base; Stolen ...

  3. Glossary of baseball terms - Wikipedia

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    Example: "Banged up Braves ready for playoff rematch with Astros." A bang-up game is an exciting or close game. Example from a sports headline: "A Real Bang-Up Finish." A bang bang play is one in which the runner is barely thrown out, a very close call, typically at first base. Perhaps reflecting the "bang" of the ball in the first-baseman's ...

  4. The Official Professional Baseball Rules Book - Wikipedia

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    Examples of these rules are the Rule 5 draft (so-named for the applicable section of the rule book) and the injured list. Other examples include: Other examples include: the 5/10 Rule whereby players who have been with a club for 5 consecutive years and have been a major league player for 10 years cannot be traded without their consent.

  5. Blocking the plate - Wikipedia

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    A catcher attempts to block a baserunner from reaching home plate. In baseball, blocking the plate is a technique performed by a catcher to prevent a runner from scoring. The act of blocking the plate accounted for most of the physical contact in Major League Baseball prior to the 2014 season, when it was outlawed except when the catcher already has possession of the ball.

  6. Video: Shocking Tackle Made In College Baseball Game

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    A college baseball game turned shockingly violent today as a pitcher tackled a base runner right in the middle of the play. In the top of the sixth inning of today’s NJCAA game between North ...

  7. Base running - Wikipedia

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    Ichiro Suzuki rounds third base to run towards home plate. In baseball, base running is the act of running from base to base, performed by members of the team at bat.. Base running is a tactical part of the game with the goal of eventually reaching home base to score a run.

  8. Why is NFL banning hip-drop tackle, and what does that even ...

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    The NFL’s ultimate goal, multiple league executives said, is to eliminate the hip-drop tackle, as they define it, from the game. League leadership wants to pressure teams to coach it out of ...

  9. Pickoff - Wikipedia

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    A pickoff move is the motion the pitcher goes through in making this attempt; some pitchers have better pickoff moves than others. Pitchers in professional baseball use the pickoff move often, perhaps several times per game or even per inning if speedy baserunners reach base. Pitchers with more confidence in their ability to eliminate batters ...