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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 ...
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 ...
In games where a ball may be legally caught (e.g. baseball) or carried (e.g. American football), a player (or the player's team) may be penalized for dropping the ball; for example, an American football player who drops a ball ("fumbles") risks having the ball recovered and carried by the other team; in baseball, a player who drops a thrown or ...
In general usage, the word "whiff" may refer to the movement or sound of air or wind, perhaps as an object moves through it. In baseball a whiff is when a batter swings and misses a pitch. Such usage in baseball is attributed by the OED to 1913. Perhaps derived from this, the term "whiff" has also come to mean trying and failing at something.
in baseball, the delivery of a baseball by a pitcher to a batter (slang) to dispose of, to throw away a brief summary of a broader work or idea meant to be attractive to a third party e.g. "What's the pitch?" pitcher a large container (often earthenware), usually round with a narrow neck, used for holding water or another liquid [54] (US: jug)
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 ...
This list is for baseball jargon — definitions and explanations of terms that are commonly used to describe baseball. Ideally, it should assist the non-baseball fan in their understanding of the game. "Nice guys finish last" doesn't do that. This isn't a list of baseball quotes or interesting historical tidbits.
The NFL outlawed the hip-drop tackle and showed a video that featured Chiefs safety Justin Reid. He wasn’t happy about the change. NFL video of now illegal tackle included a special focus on a ...