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An offshoot of hitting for the cycle, a "home run cycle" is when a player hits a solo home run, two-run home run, three-run home run, and grand slam all in one game. This is an extremely rare feat, as it requires the batter not only to hit four home runs in the game, but also to hit the home runs with a specific number of runners already on base.
In AmE widely used also to mean the physical structure and property, and references to them, e.g., "home loans", "homeowners", and "tract homes". This usage is overwhelmingly predominant in commercial language and public discourse, e.g. "the home mortgage crisis". home run final part of a distance, final effort needed to finish (US: homestretch)
In baseball, "four-bagger" is another term for a home run, since the batter who hits a home run touches all four bags or bases, including home plate. A "four-bagger" in baseball may also mean any combination of hits and errors in one at-bat where the batter touches all four bases (a triple and an error, for example, a double and a two-base ...
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The short right field fence at the Polo Grounds. Chinese home run, also a Chinese homer, Harlem home run, Polo home run, [1] or Pekinese poke, [2] is a derogatory and archaic baseball term for a hit that just barely clears the outfield fence at its closest distance to home plate.
Indeed, in the Dodgers’ 7-5 win in the opening game of this year’s National League Division Series, Ohtani’s three-run homer in the second inning did more than erase the club’s early three ...
In baseball, a walk-off home run is a home run that ends the game. For a home run to end the game, it must be hit in the bottom of the final inning and generate enough runs to exceed the opponent's score. Because the opponent will not have an opportunity to score any more runs, there is no need to finish the inning and the team on defense will ...
Hall of Famer Bill Mazeroski hit his iconic home run off pitcher Ralph Terry, winning the game and the 1960 World Series for the Pittsburgh Pirates.. Bill Mazeroski's 1960 World Series home run was a baseball play that occurred in Game 7 of the 1960 World Series on October 13, 1960, at Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.