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Players who are banged up are injured, though may continue to play. Example: "Banged up Braves ready for playoff rematch with Astros." A bang-up game is an exciting or close game. Example from a sports headline: "A Real Bang-Up Finish." A bang bang play is one in which the runner is barely thrown out, a very close call, typically at first base ...
A checked swing is not an official term or call in baseball, such as a strike or ball, but is a common phrase used by commentators, fans, players, etc. to describe a situation in which a batter starts to swing the bat at a pitched ball, but stops the swing in order to allow the ball to pass without hitting it. The call or outcome of a so-called ...
The Official Baseball Rules, published by Major League Baseball, govern all professional play in the United States and Canada. [3] Many amateur and youth leagues use the OBR with only a few modifications for safety, including Little League , PONY League , and Cal Ripken League .
It isn't always sexy, but in this game, we just want the numbers. And the recent trends are hard to ignore. Consider what happened last week, when five of the nine most impactful fantasy pitchers ...
Rob Bowen (right) of the Minnesota Twins allows a pitch to deflect off his glove during a 2006 spring training game. In baseball, a catcher is charged with a passed ball when he fails to hold or control a legally pitched ball that, with ordinary effort, should have been maintained under his control, and, as a result of this loss of control, the batter or a runner on base advances. [1]
Mendoza ended up finishing 1979 below his own "line", at .198. His hitting improved modestly in 1980 and 1981; he improved enough that, even with another sub-.200 in his final season of 1982, he raised his career batting average to .215. [4] However, Mendoza hit exactly.200 in the post-season, going 1-for-5 in 3 games with Pittsburgh in the ...
The base on balls is defined in Section 2.00 of baseball's Official Rules, [2] and further detail is given in 6.08(a). [3] Despite being known as a "walk", it is considered a faux pas for a professional player to actually walk to first base; the batter-runner and any advancing runners normally jog on such a play.
The umpire asked is usually the first-base umpire (or third-base, if the batter is left-handed). The plate umpire is not required to ask for assistance if they believe the request is making a farce of the game. If the bat barely left the shoulder of the batter and the catcher appeals the "no-swing" call, the umpire will probably deny the appeal.