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2. On-deck - Wikipedia

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   On-deck. A player waits to bat in the on-deck circle. In baseball, on-deck refers to being next in line to bat. In a professional game, the batter who is on deck traditionally waits in a location in the foul territory called the on-deck circle. Gabriel Cancel of the Omaha Storm Chasers unfurls the on-deck circle during a game at Werner Park in ...

3. Batting order (baseball) - Wikipedia

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   Batting order (baseball) In baseball, the batting order or batting lineup is the sequence in which the members of the offense take their turns in batting against the pitcher. The batting order is the main component of a team's offensive strategy. In Major League Baseball, the batting order is set by the manager, who before the game begins must ...

4. Batting (baseball) - Wikipedia

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   Batting (baseball) In baseball, batting is the act of facing the opposing pitcher and trying to produce offense for one's team. A batter or hitter is a person whose turn it is to face the pitcher. The three main goals of batters are to become a baserunner, to drive runners home or to advance runners along the bases for others to drive home, but ...

5. Glossary of baseball terms - Wikipedia

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   Batting average (BA) is the average number of hits per at-bat (BA=H/AB). A perfect batting average would be 1.000 (read: "one thousand"). A batting average of .300 ("three hundred") is considered to be excellent, which means the best hitters fail to get a hit in 70% of their at-bats.

6. Base on balls - Wikipedia

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   A base on balls (BB), better known as a walk, [1] occurs in baseball when a batter receives four pitches during a plate appearance that the umpire calls balls, and is in turn awarded first base without the possibility of being called out. The base on balls is defined in Section 2.00 of baseball's Official Rules, [2] and further detail is given ...

7. Shot Heard 'Round the World (baseball) - Wikipedia

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   The Shot Heard 'Round the World: Dotted line represents the approximate track of Thomson's game-winning line drive home run. In baseball, the "Shot Heard 'Round the World" was a walk-off home run hit by New York Giants outfielder and third baseman Bobby Thomson off Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Ralph Branca at the Polo Grounds in New York City on October 3, 1951, to win the National League (NL ...