Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
This fielder is said to "cut off" the throw or to be the "cut-off man". This tactic increases accuracy over long distances and shortens the time required to get a ball to a specific place. It also gives the cut-off man the choice of putting out a trailing runner trying to advance on the throw if he thinks it impossible to make the play at home.
In baseball, a pickoff is an act by a pitcher or catcher, throwing a live ball to a fielder so that the fielder can tag out a baserunner who is either leading off or about to begin stealing the next base.
The distribution of births according to month in the general population. The term relative age effect (RAE), also known as birthdate effect or birth date effect, is used to describe a bias, evident in the upper echelons of youth sport [1] and academia, [2] where participation is higher amongst those born earlier in the relevant selection period (and lower for those born later in the selection ...
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 ...
There are logical reasons for an Abreu cut. He's in his age-37 season, and he's coming off a lost year: .237/.296/.383. All of his Baseball Savant sliders are pinned to the left-hand side, the ...
Under Official Baseball Rule 9.02(a)(1), an at bat results from a completed plate appearance, unless the batter: [1] hits a sacrifice bunt or sacrifice fly; or; is awarded first base on four called balls; or; is hit by a pitched ball; or; is awarded first base because of interference or obstruction.
The baseball field that Tom Hanks famously graced in the 1992 film "A League of Their Own" went up in flames Thursday in Ontario, according to authorities.
The walk-off, two-run blast to left field from Hujsak to flip a 1-0 deficit with two outs in the ninth to a 2-1 victory against rival and No. 12 seed Ole Miss will be celebrated for years to come.