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Saves: games where the pitcher enters a game led by the pitcher's team, finishes the game without surrendering the lead, is not the winning pitcher, and either (a) the lead was three runs or less when the pitcher entered the game; (b) the potential tying run was on base, at bat, or on deck; or (c) the pitcher pitched three or more innings
To blow a game is to lose it after having the lead. "We had the game in hand and we blew it." To blow a pitch ("by" a batter) is to throw one so fast the batter is unable to keep up (with it). To blow a save is to lose a lead or the game after coming into the game in a "save situation". This has a technical meaning in baseball statistics.
Many variations of baseball change the game significantly. For example, many variations are played informally, with less equipment/space requirements and a softer ball, and certain variations do not feature a pitcher , and/or have the batters hit the ball using their hands or feet, [ 5 ] [ 6 ] with failure to legally hit the ball on the first ...
La plaquita or la placa (English: little plate) is a bat-and-ball game played in the Dominican Republic with many similarities to cricket. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Several Dominican MLB baseball players have attested to playing it as children.
The Mexican Baseball League (Spanish: Liga Mexicana de Béisbol, or LMB, lit. ' Mexican Baseball League ') is a professional baseball league based in Mexico. It is the oldest running professional sports league in the country. [8] The league has 20 teams organized in two divisions, North and South. Teams play 114 games each season.
The following is a list of phrases from sports that have become idioms (slang or otherwise) in English. They have evolved usages and meanings independent of sports and are often used by those with little knowledge of these games. The sport from which each phrase originates has been included immediately after the phrase.
This is an alphabetical list of common English-language idioms based on baseball, excluding the extended metaphor referring to sex, and including illustrative examples for each entry. Particularly American English has been enriched by expressions derived from the game of baseball.
The Baby Bears – Referring to the meaning of cubs. The Little Bears – Referring to the meaning of cubs. The Blue Bears – Referring to the color of bear in its team logo. Go Cubs Go – An official team and victory song written by Steve Goodman in 1984 that becomes popular when Cubs are having success.