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The responsibility for selecting the type of pitch is traditionally made by the catcher, who gives hand signals to the pitcher with his fingers, usually one finger for fastball or the pitcher's best pitch, with the pitcher having the option to ask for another selection by shaking his head.
The sound of the bat hitting the ball. The term is used in baseball to mean "immediately, without hesitation". For example, a baserunner may start running "on the crack of the bat", as opposed to waiting to see where the ball goes. Outfielders often use the sound of bat-meeting-ball as a clue to how far a ball has been hit.
The abbreviation is not always a short form of the word used in the clue. For example: "Knight" for N (the symbol used in chess notation) Taking this one stage further, the clue word can hint at the word or words to be abbreviated rather than giving the word itself. For example: "About" for C or CA (for "circa"), or RE.
Cryptic crossword clues consist typically of a definition and some type of word play. Cryptic crossword clues need to be viewed two ways. One is a surface reading and one a hidden meaning. [27] The surface reading is the basic reading of the clue to look for key words and how those words are constructed in the clue. The second way is the hidden ...
A clue or a hint is a piece of information bringing someone closer to a conclusion [1] or which points to the right direction towards the solution. [2] It is revealed either because it is discovered by someone who needs it or because it is shared (given) by someone else.
Crosswordese is the group of words frequently found in US crossword puzzles but seldom found in everyday conversation. The words are usually short, three to five letters, with letter combinations which crossword constructors find useful in the creation of crossword puzzles, such as words that start or end with vowels (or both), abbreviations consisting entirely of consonants, unusual ...
Pitched 111.222 Idiophone As a keyboard instrument, not part of the percussion section of the orchestra [4] Chácaras: Canary Islands Unpitched 111.141 Idiophone Chenda: India Unpitched 211.212 Membranophone Chime bar: Pitched 111.221 Idiophone Chime (bell instrument) Pitched 111.242.2 Idiophone Chimta: South Asia Idiophone China cymbal: Unpitched
Examples include Chicago Cubs catcher Tucker Barnhart, who threw a 39-mph eephus pitch for a strike during a one-inning appearance to close the game against the Boston Red Sox on July 16, 2023, [34] and threw only six pitches — all of them eephus pitches, ranging from 34 to 42 mph—for a single and three outs when he pitched the ninth inning ...