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A slang term for a baseball record that is disputed in popular opinion (i.e., unofficially) because of a perception that the record holder had an unfair advantage in attaining the record. It implies that the record requires a footnote explaining the purportedly unfair advantage, with the asterisk being a symbol commonly used in typography to ...
Baseball, rugby, American football, etc: To make an error, to miss an opportunity. 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 ...
In association football or rugby, a professional foul is a deliberate act of foul play, usually to prevent an opponent scoring. Kinjite are various fouls that a sumo wrestler might commit that will cause him to lose the bout. Facial is a term used in some contact sports to refer to a foul that involves one player hitting another in the face.
Nook Logan, of the Erie SeaWolves, hitting a foul ball during a game against the Reading Phillies on July 2, 2006. In baseball, a foul ball is a batted ball that: [1] [2] Settles on foul territory between home and first base or between home and third base, or; Bounces and then goes past first or third base on or over foul territory, or
Casey McGehee on the Milwaukee Brewers puts a ball in play. In the sports of baseball and softball, a batted ball is a pitch that has been contacted by the batter's bat. Batted balls are either fair or foul, and can be characterized as a fly ball, pop-up, line drive, or ground ball.
A type of illegal forward pass; thrown without an intended receiver and no chance of completion to any offensive player. This foul costs the offense a loss of down and 10 yards. If it occurs 10 yards behind the line of scrimmage, then the 10 yards are taken from the spot of the foul. If the foul is committed in the end zone the penalty is a safety.
The foul strike rule was a major rule change that, in just a few years, sent baseball from a high-scoring game to a game where scoring any runs was a struggle. Under the foul strike rule, a batter who fouls off is charged with a strike unless he already has two strikes against him. The National League adopted the foul strike rule in 1901, and ...
Ballpark, in the ballpark, ballpark figure, and out of the ballpark — "Ballpark" has been used to mean a broad area of approximation or similarity, or a range within which comparison is possible; this usage the Oxford English Dictionary dates to 1960. Another meaning, "sphere of activity or influence", is cited in 1963.