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A belt-high, very hittable fastball, usually down the middle of the plate. As used by Bob McClure, former Red Sox Pitching Coach: "When you throw a cock-shot fastball just above the belt, right down the middle, you're hoping they don't swing. A lot of times, that gets hit out of the ballpark." [71]
Traditional-style baseball scorecard. Baseball scorekeeping is the practice of recording the details of a baseball game as it unfolds. Professional baseball leagues hire official scorers to keep an official record of each game (from which a box score can be generated), but many fans keep score as well for their own enjoyment. [1]
The album produced three singles: "Ain't Drinkin' Anymore", "Hard Man to Love" and "Don't Touch My Willie". The first single peaked at #49 on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) chart, while the latter two failed to chart. Fowler wrote or co-wrote all but one of the songs on the album.
A prosaic or ordinary accomplishment, beneath higher hopes or expectations. In baseball, a ground ball is a batted ball that bounces or rolls on the ground, perhaps for a base hit, perhaps for an out. "Sony once hit home runs, but now it's lost its touch," said Akihiko Jojima, an analyst and author of the book Sony's Sickness.
(Here’s hoping they just don’t lose them like Travis’ brother, Jason Kelce, at an April 2023 taping of his “New Heights” podcast.) ‘Cowboy Like Me’ (Evermore)
At the college/professional level, baseball is played in nine innings where each team gets one turn to bat and tries to score runs while the other pitches and defends in the field. High school baseball plays seven innings and Little League uses six-inning games. An inning is broken up into two halves where the away team bats in the top (first ...
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This is a list of nicknames of Major League Baseball teams and players. It includes a complete list of nicknames of players in the Baseball Hall of Fame, a list of nicknames of current players, nicknames of popular players who have played for each major league team, and lists of nicknames grouped into particular categories (e.g., ethnic nicknames, personality trait nicknames etc.). [1]