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As in "we will touch base(s) at the meeting". To make contact with someone, to inform someone of one's plans or activities, perhaps in anticipation of an event. In baseball, a player who is touching a base is not in danger of being put out. Another explanation is that a player must briefly touch each of the bases in order after hitting a home run.
Touch base To meet up with a colleague to discuss progress (from baseball) Touch base offline Meet and talk [1] Tranch up the workload Divide responsibilities [1] Trim the fat Cut excess budgets, remove avoidable costs [1] Unscramble that egg Take care of that mess [1]
The general criteria used for determining if a pitcher has stepped at a base is a) did he gain ground toward the base as a result of his step; and b) did he step ahead of his throw; and c) (a bit more subjectively) did he step more toward the base than toward the batter in the case of a left handed pitcher throwing to first base.
Born right smack on the cusp of millennial and Gen Z years (ahem, 1996), I grew up both enjoying the wonders of a digital-free world—collecting snail shells in my pocket and scraping knees on my ...
The sport from which each phrase originates has been included immediately after the phrase. In some cases, the specific sport may not be known; these entries may be followed by the generic term sports , or a slightly more specific term, such as team sports (referring to such games as baseball, football, hockey, etc.), ball sports (baseball ...
In baseball, to tag up is for a baserunner to retouch or remain on their starting base (the time-of-pitch base) until (after) the ball is first touched by a fielder. By rule, baserunners must tag up when a hit ball is caught before it bounces by a fielder, and in such situations, are out if any fielder with possession of the ball touches their ...
The phrase "American dream," everyone knows it. I've heard it since I was 10 years old. But I think in this movie, we can see that there is no true American dream because there is no one dream for ...
he ceases touching the base; he is forced to reach another base on a force play or when tagging up; a runner further along the basepath legally returns to the base that he is touching (two runners on the same base) he commits interference. By the rules, a runner is safe when he is entitled to the base he is trying for. [1]