opener

オープナー

baseball pitcher who starts the game, but is planned to have a short outing

The Rays debuted the opener—in which a reliever starts the game and throws anywhere from one to three innings, then gives way to a new pitcher, who will usually throw three to five as essentially a second starter—on May 19 against the Angels, using veteran righty Sergio Romo to pitch the first.

2018 August 23, Jon Tayler, “How the Tampa Bay Rays Reinvented the Concept of Starting Pitching”, in Sports Illustrated:

(baseball) A pitcher who specializes in getting the first outs of a game before being replaced, either by a long reliever or a pitcher who would normally start.


foul out

A foul out was recorded on the scorecard.


foul out

en-verb

foul out (third-person singular simple present fouls out, present participle fouling out, simple past and past participle fouled out)

fouls out (present singular third-person)
fouling out (participle present)
fouled out (participle past)
fouled out (past)

He fouled out to lead off the third.

(baseball) To become out by hitting a foul ball which is caught.


choke

choke (third-person singular simple present chokes, present participle choking, simple past and past participle choked)

chokes (present singular third-person)
choking (participle present)
choked (participle past)
choked (past)
choak (alternative)
choake (alternative)
chock (alternative)

From Middle English choken (also cheken), from earlier acheken, from Old English āċēocian (“to choke”), probably derived from Old English ċēoce, ċēace (“jaw, cheek”), see cheek. Cognate with Icelandic kok (“throat”), koka (“to gulp”). See also achoke.

Take a grip with your right hand, slightly choked down from your normal grip.

2014, Roger Fredericks, The Flexible Golf Swing, page 108:

(golf, baseball, transitive) To hold the club or bat lower on the shaft in order to shorten one's swing.


infield

They covered the infield with a tarp when it started to rain.

(baseball) The region of the field roughly bounded by the home plate, first base, second base and third base.

camp interior

baseball: The region of the field roughly bounded by the home plate, first base, second base and third base.

Jones ran out an infield single.

(baseball) (as a modifier, functioning as an adjective) Of an event, happening in the infield.

etukenttä-

baseball: (as a modifier, functioning as an adjective) Of an event, happening in the infield.


seventh inning stretch

en-noun

seventh inning stretch (plural seventh inning stretches)

(baseball) A more extended than usual break taken between the top half and the bottom half of the seventh inning.


farmhand

(baseball) A player in the minor leagues.


willow

willow (countable and uncountable, plural willows)

From Middle English wilwe, welew, variant of wilghe, from Old English welig, from Proto-West Germanic *wilig, from Proto-Germanic *wiligaz, from Proto-Indo-European *welik- (compare (Arcadian) Ancient Greek ἑλίκη (helíkē), Hittite 𒌑𒂖𒆪 (welku, “grass”)), from *wel- (“twist, turn”).

(baseball, slang, 1800s) The baseball bat.


lineout

lineouts (plural)
line-out (alternative)

(baseball) An out produced by catching a line drive.


pill

* From Middle English pille (also pillem), a borrowing from Middle Low German pille or Middle Dutch pille (whence Dutch pil), probably from Latin pila, pilula.
* (persuade or convince): Generalized from red pill.

"Strike two!" bawled the umpire. I threw the pill back to Tom with a heart which drummed above the noise of the rooters along the side lines.

Mr. Fisher contributed to the Sox effort when he threw the pill past second baseman Rath after Felsch hit him a comebacker.

2002, John Klima, Pitched Battle: 35 of Baseball's Greatest Duels from the Mound:


whiff

The noun is possibly:
* partly a variant of Middle English wef, weffe (“bad smell, stench, stink; exhalation; vapour; tendency of something to go bad (?)”) [and other forms], possibly a variant of either:
** waf, waif, waife (“odour, scent”), possibly from waven (“to move to and fro, sway, wave; to stray, wander; to move in a weaving manner; (figuratively) to hesitate, vacillate”), from Old English wafian (“to wave”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *webʰ- (“to braid, weave”); or
** wef (“a blow, stroke”), from weven (“to travel, wander; to move to and fro, flutter, waver; to blow something away, waft; to cause something to move; to fall; to cut deeply; to sever; to give up, yield; to give deference to; to avoid; to afflict, trouble; to beckon, signal”); further etymology uncertain, perhaps from Old English wefan (“to weave”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *webʰ- (“to braid, weave”)), or from wǣfan (see bewǣfan, ymbwǣfan); and
* partly onomatopoeic.
Noun sense 6 (“name of a number of flatfish”) is possibly derived from sense 1 (“brief, gentle breeze; a light gust of air”), sense 4 (“small quantity of cloud, smoke, vapour, etc.”), and other such senses.
The verb and adjective are derived from the noun. Verb sense 2.6 (“to catch fish by dragging a handline near the surface of the water from a moving boat”) is possibly derived from sense 1.1 (“to carry or convey (something) by, or as by, a whiff or puff of air”), sense 2.2 (“to be carried, or move as if carried, by a puff of air”), and other such senses.
The interjection is derived from noun sense 7.4 (“a sound like that of air passing through a small opening; a short or soft whistle”).

дъх

short inhalation or exhalation of breath

(sports, chiefly US, slang) A failure to hit a ball in various sports (for example, golf); a miss.

(baseball) From the batter's perspective: a strike.


whiff

en-verb

whiff (third-person singular simple present whiffs, present participle whiffing, simple past and past participle whiffed)

whiffs (present singular third-person)
whiffing (participle present)
whiffed (participle past)
whiffed (past)

(US, baseball) Of a pitcher: to strike out (a batter); to fan.

"Casey Bat". You can't help but swing this bat with all your might. There's a good chance that you may just whiff.

1995, HAL Laboratory, EarthBound, Nintendo, Super Nintendo Entertainment System:

(US, chiefly sports) Especially in baseball or golf: to completely miss hitting a ball; hence (baseball), of a batter: to strike out; to fan.

lyödä ohi

especially in baseball or golf: to completely miss hitting a ball


batting

en-noun

batting (countable and uncountable, plural battings)

(cricket, baseball) The action of using a bat.


windmill

From Middle English wyndmylne, wyndmylle, equivalent to wind + mill. Cognate with Scots wyndmyln, wyndmyl, Saterland Frisian Wíendmäälne, West Frisian wynmûne, Dutch windmolen, Afrikaans windmeul, Dutch Low Saxon windmölle (Achterhooks), wiendmeule (Drents, Veluws), German Low German Windmöhl, German Windmühle, Danish vindmølle, Norwegian Bokmål vindmølle, Norwegian Nynorsk vindmølle, vindmylne, Swedish vindmölla, Icelandic vindmylla.

(baseball) A pitch where the pitcher swings his arm in a circular motion before throwing the ball.


tocar

es-verb

tocar (first-person singular present toco, first-person singular preterite toqué, past participle tocado)

toco (first-person present singular)
toqué (first-person preterite singular)
tocado (participle past)
tocar (infinitive)
tocando (gerund)
tocado (masculine participle past singular)
tocada (feminine participle past singular)
tocados (masculine participle past plural)
tocadas (feminine participle past plural)
toco (first-person indicative present singular)
tocas (indicative informal present second-person singular)
tocás (indicative informal present second-person singular vos-form)
toca (indicative present singular third-person)
tocamos (first-person indicative plural present)
tocáis (indicative plural present second-person)
tocan (indicative plural present third-person)
tocaba (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
tocabas (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
tocaba (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
tocábamos (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
tocabais (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
tocaban (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
toqué (first-person indicative preterite singular)
tocaste (indicative preterite second-person singular)
tocó (indicative preterite singular third-person)
tocamos (first-person indicative plural preterite)
tocasteis (indicative plural preterite second-person)
tocaron (indicative plural preterite third-person)
tocaré (first-person future indicative singular)
tocarás (future indicative second-person singular)
tocará (future indicative singular third-person)
tocaremos (first-person future indicative plural)
tocaréis (future indicative plural second-person)
tocarán (future indicative plural third-person)
tocaría (conditional first-person indicative singular)
tocarías (conditional indicative second-person singular)
tocaría (conditional indicative singular third-person)
tocaríamos (conditional first-person indicative plural)
tocaríais (conditional indicative plural second-person)
tocarían (conditional indicative plural third-person)
toque (first-person present singular subjunctive)
toques (informal present second-person singular subjunctive)
toqués (informal present second-person singular subjunctive vos-form)
toque (present singular subjunctive third-person)
toquemos (first-person plural present subjunctive)
toquéis (plural present second-person subjunctive)
toquen (plural present subjunctive third-person)
tocara (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
tocaras (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
tocara (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
tocáramos (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
tocarais (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
tocaran (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
tocase (first-person imperfect imperfect-se singular subjunctive)
tocases (imperfect imperfect-se second-person singular subjunctive)
tocase (imperfect imperfect-se singular subjunctive third-person)
tocásemos (first-person imperfect imperfect-se plural subjunctive)
tocaseis (imperfect imperfect-se plural second-person subjunctive)
tocasen (imperfect imperfect-se plural subjunctive third-person)
tocare (first-person future singular subjunctive)
tocares (future second-person singular subjunctive)
tocare (future singular subjunctive third-person)
tocáremos (first-person future plural subjunctive)
tocareis (future plural second-person subjunctive)
tocaren (future plural subjunctive third-person)
toca (imperative informal second-person singular)
tocá (imperative informal second-person singular vos-form)
toque (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
toque (imperative singular third-person)
toquemos (first-person imperative plural)
tocad (imperative plural second-person)
toquen (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
toquen (imperative plural third-person)
toques (imperative negative second-person singular)
toque (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
toque (imperative negative singular third-person)
toquemos (first-person imperative negative plural)
toquéis (imperative negative plural second-person)
toquen (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
toquen (imperative negative plural third-person)
tocarme (combined-form dative infinitive object-first-person object-singular)
tocarte (combined-form dative infinitive object-second-person object-singular)
tocarle (combined-form dative infinitive object-singular object-third-person)
tocarse (combined-form dative infinitive object-singular object-third-person)
tocarnos (combined-form dative infinitive object-first-person object-plural)
tocaros (combined-form dative infinitive object-plural object-second-person)
tocarles (combined-form dative infinitive object-plural object-third-person)
tocarse (combined-form dative infinitive object-plural object-third-person)
tocarme (accusative combined-form infinitive object-first-person object-singular)
tocarte (accusative combined-form infinitive object-second-person object-singular)
tocarlo (accusative combined-form infinitive object-singular object-third-person)
tocarla (accusative combined-form infinitive object-singular object-third-person)
tocarse (accusative combined-form infinitive object-singular object-third-person)
tocarnos (accusative combined-form infinitive object-first-person object-plural)
tocaros (accusative combined-form infinitive object-plural object-second-person)
tocarlos (accusative combined-form infinitive object-plural object-third-person)
tocarlas (accusative combined-form infinitive object-plural object-third-person)
tocarse (accusative combined-form infinitive object-plural object-third-person)
tocándome (combined-form dative gerund object-first-person object-singular)
tocándote (combined-form dative gerund object-second-person object-singular)
tocándole (combined-form dative gerund object-singular object-third-person)
tocándose (combined-form dative gerund object-singular object-third-person)
tocándonos (combined-form dative gerund object-first-person object-plural)
tocándoos (combined-form dative gerund object-plural object-second-person)
tocándoles (combined-form dative gerund object-plural object-third-person)
tocándose (combined-form dative gerund object-plural object-third-person)
tocándome (accusative combined-form gerund object-first-person object-singular)
tocándote (accusative combined-form gerund object-second-person object-singular)
tocándolo (accusative combined-form gerund object-singular object-third-person)
tocándola (accusative combined-form gerund object-singular object-third-person)
tocándose (accusative combined-form gerund object-singular object-third-person)
tocándonos (accusative combined-form gerund object-first-person object-plural)
tocándoos (accusative combined-form gerund object-plural object-second-person)
tocándolos (accusative combined-form gerund object-plural object-third-person)
tocándolas (accusative combined-form gerund object-plural object-third-person)
tocándose (accusative combined-form gerund object-plural object-third-person)
tócame (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-singular second-person singular with-tú)
tócate (combined-form dative imperative informal object-second-person object-singular second-person singular with-tú)
tócale (combined-form dative imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
tócanos (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-plural second-person singular with-tú)
tócales (combined-form dative imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
tócame (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-singular second-person singular with-tú)
tócate (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-second-person object-singular second-person singular with-tú)
tócalo (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
tócala (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
tócanos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-plural second-person singular with-tú)
tócalos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
tócalas (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
tocame (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-singular second-person singular with-vos)
tocate (combined-form dative imperative informal object-second-person object-singular second-person singular with-vos)
tocale (combined-form dative imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
tocanos (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-plural second-person singular with-vos)
tocales (combined-form dative imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
tocame (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-singular second-person singular with-vos)
tocate (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-second-person object-singular second-person singular with-vos)
tocalo (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
tocala (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
tocanos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-plural second-person singular with-vos)
tocalos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
tocalas (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
tóqueme (combined-form dative formal imperative object-first-person object-singular second-person singular)
tóquele (combined-form dative formal imperative object-singular object-third-person second-person singular)
tóquese (combined-form dative formal imperative object-singular object-third-person second-person singular)
tóquenos (combined-form dative formal imperative object-first-person object-plural second-person singular)
tóqueles (combined-form dative formal imperative object-plural object-third-person second-person singular)
tóqueme (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-first-person object-singular second-person singular)
tóquelo (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-singular object-third-person second-person singular)
tóquela (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-singular object-third-person second-person singular)
tóquese (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-singular object-third-person second-person singular)
tóquenos (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-first-person object-plural second-person singular)
tóquelos (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-plural object-third-person second-person singular)
tóquelas (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-plural object-third-person second-person singular)
toquémoste (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-second-person object-singular plural)
toquémosle (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-singular object-third-person plural)
toquémonos (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-first-person object-plural plural)
toquémoos (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-plural object-second-person plural)
toquémosles (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-plural object-third-person plural)
toquémoste (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-second-person object-singular plural)
toquémoslo (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-singular object-third-person plural)
toquémosla (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-singular object-third-person plural)
toquémonos (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-first-person object-plural plural)
toquémoos (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-plural object-second-person plural)
toquémoslos (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-plural object-third-person plural)
toquémoslas (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-plural object-third-person plural)
tocadme (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-singular plural second-person)
tocadle (combined-form dative imperative informal object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
tocadnos (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-plural plural second-person)
tocaos (combined-form dative imperative informal object-plural object-second-person plural second-person)
tocadles (combined-form dative imperative informal object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
tocadme (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-singular plural second-person)
tocadlo (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
tocadla (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
tocadnos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-plural plural second-person)
tocaos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-second-person plural second-person)
tocadlos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
tocadlas (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
tóquenme (combined-form dative formal imperative object-first-person object-singular plural second-person)
tóquenle (combined-form dative formal imperative object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
tóquennos (combined-form dative formal imperative object-first-person object-plural plural second-person)
tóquenles (combined-form dative formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
tóquense (combined-form dative formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
tóquenme (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-first-person object-singular plural second-person)
tóquenlo (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
tóquenla (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
tóquennos (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-first-person object-plural plural second-person)
tóquenlos (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
tóquenlas (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
tóquense (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *toccāre, *tuccāre, of Germanic or onomatopoeic origin.


airmail

en-verb

airmail (third-person singular simple present airmails, present participle airmailing, simple past and past participle airmailed)

airmails (present singular third-person)
airmailing (participle present)
airmailed (participle past)
airmailed (past)
air mail (alternative)

(baseball) To (unintentionally) throw the ball well over a fielder's head where that fielder is unable to make a play on the ball.


cleanup

en-noun

cleanup (countable and uncountable, plural cleanups)

cleanups (plural)
clean-up (alternative)

Jones will be batting cleanup in tonight's game.

The starting lineup for Newark consisted of Johnny Neun leading off at first base; the number two hitter was catcher Norman Kies; batting third and playing second base was Andy Cohen; at cleanup was "The People's Cherce," Dixie Walker; George Selkirk was hitting fifth and playing right field; Bob Barrett was at third base and hitting sixth; Jess Hill was the number seven batter in left field; Red Rolfe batted eighth and played shortstop; and the right-hander, George Miner, was on the mound.

1994, Ronald A. Mayer, The 1937 Newark Bears: A Baseball Legend, →ISBN, page 27:

There it was: McDougald at cleanup, and DiMaggio fifth.

2000, Richard Ben Cramer, Joe DiMaggio: The Hero's Life, →ISBN, page 528:

I had been getting hits off Jim Palmer and had a streak going and went from hitting 8th to 7th, to 6th, 5th, and then finally McKeon put me in at cleanup.

2010, Kenneth Hogan, Batting 10th for the Yankees, →ISBN:

(baseball) Fourth in the batting order; a cleanup hitter.


ballpark

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-ballpark.wav

From ball + park. Sense 2 related to ballpark figure.

(US) A field, stadium or park where ball, especially baseball, is played.


kenttä

kenttä (nominative singular)
kentät (nominative plural)
kenttä (accusative nominative singular)
kentät (accusative nominative plural)
kentän (accusative genitive singular)
kentät (accusative genitive plural)
kentän (genitive singular)
kenttien (genitive plural)
kenttäin (genitive plural rare)
kenttää (partitive singular)
kenttiä (partitive plural)
kentässä (inessive singular)
kentissä (inessive plural)
kentästä (elative singular)
kentistä (elative plural)
kenttään (illative singular)
kenttiin (illative plural)
kentällä (adessive singular)
kentillä (adessive plural)
kentältä (ablative singular)
kentiltä (ablative plural)
kentälle (allative singular)
kentille (allative plural)
kenttänä (essive singular)
kenttinä (essive plural)
kentäksi (singular translative)
kentiksi (plural translative)
kentättä (abessive singular)
kentittä (abessive plural)
kentin (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
kenttäni (nominative singular)
kenttäni (nominative plural)
kenttäni (accusative nominative singular)
kenttäni (accusative nominative plural)
kenttäni (accusative genitive singular)
kenttäni (accusative genitive plural)
kenttäni (genitive singular)
kenttieni (genitive plural)
kenttäini (genitive plural rare)
kenttääni (partitive singular)
kenttiäni (partitive plural)
kentässäni (inessive singular)
kentissäni (inessive plural)
kentästäni (elative singular)
kentistäni (elative plural)
kenttääni (illative singular)
kenttiini (illative plural)
kentälläni (adessive singular)
kentilläni (adessive plural)
kentältäni (ablative singular)
kentiltäni (ablative plural)
kentälleni (allative singular)
kentilleni (allative plural)
kenttänäni (essive singular)
kenttinäni (essive plural)
kentäkseni (singular translative)
kentikseni (plural translative)
kentättäni (abessive singular)
kentittäni (abessive plural)
kenttineni (comitative plural)
kenttäsi (nominative singular)
kenttäsi (nominative plural)
kenttäsi (accusative nominative singular)
kenttäsi (accusative nominative plural)
kenttäsi (accusative genitive singular)
kenttäsi (accusative genitive plural)
kenttäsi (genitive singular)
kenttiesi (genitive plural)
kenttäisi (genitive plural rare)
kenttääsi (partitive singular)
kenttiäsi (partitive plural)
kentässäsi (inessive singular)
kentissäsi (inessive plural)
kentästäsi (elative singular)
kentistäsi (elative plural)
kenttääsi (illative singular)
kenttiisi (illative plural)
kentälläsi (adessive singular)
kentilläsi (adessive plural)
kentältäsi (ablative singular)
kentiltäsi (ablative plural)
kentällesi (allative singular)
kentillesi (allative plural)
kenttänäsi (essive singular)
kenttinäsi (essive plural)
kentäksesi (singular translative)
kentiksesi (plural translative)
kentättäsi (abessive singular)
kentittäsi (abessive plural)
kenttinesi (comitative plural)
kenttämme (nominative singular)
kenttämme (nominative plural)
kenttämme (accusative nominative singular)
kenttämme (accusative nominative plural)
kenttämme (accusative genitive singular)
kenttämme (accusative genitive plural)
kenttämme (genitive singular)
kenttiemme (genitive plural)
kenttäimme (genitive plural rare)
kenttäämme (partitive singular)
kenttiämme (partitive plural)
kentässämme (inessive singular)
kentissämme (inessive plural)
kentästämme (elative singular)
kentistämme (elative plural)
kenttäämme (illative singular)
kenttiimme (illative plural)
kentällämme (adessive singular)
kentillämme (adessive plural)
kentältämme (ablative singular)
kentiltämme (ablative plural)
kentällemme (allative singular)
kentillemme (allative plural)
kenttänämme (essive singular)
kenttinämme (essive plural)
kentäksemme (singular translative)
kentiksemme (plural translative)
kentättämme (abessive singular)
kentittämme (abessive plural)
kenttinemme (comitative plural)
kenttänne (nominative singular)
kenttänne (nominative plural)
kenttänne (accusative nominative singular)
kenttänne (accusative nominative plural)
kenttänne (accusative genitive singular)
kenttänne (accusative genitive plural)
kenttänne (genitive singular)
kenttienne (genitive plural)
kenttäinne (genitive plural rare)
kenttäänne (partitive singular)
kenttiänne (partitive plural)
kentässänne (inessive singular)
kentissänne (inessive plural)
kentästänne (elative singular)
kentistänne (elative plural)
kenttäänne (illative singular)
kenttiinne (illative plural)
kentällänne (adessive singular)
kentillänne (adessive plural)
kentältänne (ablative singular)
kentiltänne (ablative plural)
kentällenne (allative singular)
kentillenne (allative plural)
kenttänänne (essive singular)
kenttinänne (essive plural)
kentäksenne (singular translative)
kentiksenne (plural translative)
kentättänne (abessive singular)
kentittänne (abessive plural)
kenttinenne (comitative plural)
kenttänsä (nominative singular)
kenttänsä (nominative plural)
kenttänsä (accusative nominative singular)
kenttänsä (accusative nominative plural)
kenttänsä (accusative genitive singular)
kenttänsä (accusative genitive plural)
kenttänsä (genitive singular)
kenttiensä (genitive plural)
kenttäinsä (genitive plural rare)
kenttäänsä (partitive singular)
kenttiään (partitive plural)
kenttiänsä (partitive plural)
kentässään (inessive singular)
kentässänsä (inessive singular)
kentissään (inessive plural)
kentissänsä (inessive plural)
kentästään (elative singular)
kentästänsä (elative singular)
kentistään (elative plural)
kentistänsä (elative plural)
kenttäänsä (illative singular)
kenttiinsä (illative plural)
kentällään (adessive singular)
kentällänsä (adessive singular)
kentillään (adessive plural)
kentillänsä (adessive plural)
kentältään (ablative singular)
kentältänsä (ablative singular)
kentiltään (ablative plural)
kentiltänsä (ablative plural)
kentälleen (allative singular)
kentällensä (allative singular)
kentilleen (allative plural)
kentillensä (allative plural)
kenttänään (essive singular)
kenttänänsä (essive singular)
kenttinään (essive plural)
kenttinänsä (essive plural)
kentäkseen (singular translative)
kentäksensä (singular translative)
kentikseen (plural translative)
kentiksensä (plural translative)
kentättään (abessive singular)
kentättänsä (abessive singular)
kentittään (abessive plural)
kentittänsä (abessive plural)
kenttineen (comitative plural)
kenttinensä (comitative plural)

[ˈk̟e̞n̪t̪ːæ]

Borrowing from Sami, ultimately from Proto-Samic *kientē.

(sports) A limited area where a game is played, a playing field (often combined with a modifier that defines the kind of playing field).

(baseball, pesäpallo, American football) field


meta

meta (nominative singular)
mety (nominative plural)
mety (genitive singular)
met (genitive plural)
metě (dative singular)
metám (dative plural)
metu (accusative singular)
mety (accusative plural)
meto (singular vocative)
mety (plural vocative)
metě (locative singular)
metách (locative plural)
metou (instrumental singular)
metami (instrumental plural)


rundown

→ Spanish: rondón

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Smith is caught in a rundown, but Jones will come around to score.

(baseball) A defensive play in which the runner is caught between two fielders, who steadily converge to tag the runner out.


hummer

Branca, concentrating so intently that he didn't hear the braying crowd, threw a hummer down the middle.

2015, Andrew Goldblatt, The Giants and the Dodgers, page 115:


shoestring

The noun is derived from shoe + string. The adjective is derived from the noun, while the verb is derived from terms such as shoestring catch and shoestring tackle.

(US, chiefly American football, baseball) Of a catch or tackle: made near the ground, close to a player's shoes.

jalka-

of a catch or tackle: made near the ground, close to a player’s shoes


shoestring

en-verb

shoestring (third-person singular simple present shoestrings, present participle shoestringing, simple past and past participle shoestringed)

shoestrings (present singular third-person)
shoestringing (participle present)
shoestringed (participle past)
shoestringed (past)

We didn't score in our half of the eighth, but it was only because Ernie's line drive was shoestringed by the Giant left fielder, with Rusty Howarth on second.

1976, Paul R. Rothweiler, The Sensuous Southpaw […], New York, N.Y.: Putnam, →ISBN, page 104:

Most outfielders say that short-hopping a ball so that it looks as if it was caught is more an accident than an art form, but Coach Joe Nossek of the Indians actually tells his charges to hold up the ball after shoestringing it on the off chance that the umpire might be fooled.

1981 April 13, Steve Wulf, “Tricks of the Trade”, in Sports Illustrated Baseball: Four Decades of Sports Illustrated’s Finest Writing on America’s Favorite Pastime (Collector’s Library), Birmingham, Ala.: Oxmoor House, published 1994, →ISBN, page 275:

shoestring catch
shoestring catch#English

(transitive, baseball) To catch (a ball) using a shoestring catch (“one made near the ground, close to a player's shoes”).

ottaa koppi matalalta

to catch (a ball) using a shoestring catch


throw someone a curve

throw someone a curve (third-person singular simple present throws someone a curve, present participle throwing someone a curve, simple past threw someone a curve, past participle thrown someone a curve)

throws someone a curve (present singular third-person)
throwing someone a curve (participle present)
threw someone a curve (past)
thrown someone a curve (participle past)
throw someone a curveball (alternative)

From the curve ball in baseball, where a spin is employed to adjust the path of the ball unexpectedly.

(baseball) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: To pitch a curve ball.


lancer

Inherited from Old French lancier, from Late Latin lanceāre, from Latin lancea. Compare Catalan llançar; Italian lanciare; Occitan and Portuguese lançar; Spanish lanzar.


rotation

en-noun

rotation (countable and uncountable, plural rotations)

/ɹoʊˈteɪʃən/

Borrowed from Latin rotatiō. By surface analysis, rotate + -ion.

(baseball) The set of starting pitchers of a team.


jardinero

es-noun

jardinero m (plural jardineros, feminine jardinera, feminine plural jardineras)

jardineros (plural)
jardinera (feminine)
jardineras (feminine plural)

→ Tagalog: hardinero


palo

palo (nominative singular)
palot (nominative plural)
palo (accusative nominative singular)
palot (accusative nominative plural)
palon (accusative genitive singular)
palot (accusative genitive plural)
palon (genitive singular)
palojen (genitive plural)
paloa (partitive singular)
paloja (partitive plural)
palossa (inessive singular)
paloissa (inessive plural)
palosta (elative singular)
paloista (elative plural)
paloon (illative singular)
paloihin (illative plural)
palolla (adessive singular)
paloilla (adessive plural)
palolta (ablative singular)
paloilta (ablative plural)
palolle (allative singular)
paloille (allative plural)
palona (essive singular)
paloina (essive plural)
paloksi (singular translative)
paloiksi (plural translative)
palotta (abessive singular)
paloitta (abessive plural)
paloin (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
paloni (nominative singular)
paloni (nominative plural)
paloni (accusative nominative singular)
paloni (accusative nominative plural)
paloni (accusative genitive singular)
paloni (accusative genitive plural)
paloni (genitive singular)
palojeni (genitive plural)
paloani (partitive singular)
palojani (partitive plural)
palossani (inessive singular)
paloissani (inessive plural)
palostani (elative singular)
paloistani (elative plural)
palooni (illative singular)
paloihini (illative plural)
palollani (adessive singular)
paloillani (adessive plural)
paloltani (ablative singular)
paloiltani (ablative plural)
palolleni (allative singular)
paloilleni (allative plural)
palonani (essive singular)
paloinani (essive plural)
palokseni (singular translative)
paloikseni (plural translative)
palottani (abessive singular)
paloittani (abessive plural)
paloineni (comitative plural)
palosi (nominative singular)
palosi (nominative plural)
palosi (accusative nominative singular)
palosi (accusative nominative plural)
palosi (accusative genitive singular)
palosi (accusative genitive plural)
palosi (genitive singular)
palojesi (genitive plural)
paloasi (partitive singular)
palojasi (partitive plural)
palossasi (inessive singular)
paloissasi (inessive plural)
palostasi (elative singular)
paloistasi (elative plural)
paloosi (illative singular)
paloihisi (illative plural)
palollasi (adessive singular)
paloillasi (adessive plural)
paloltasi (ablative singular)
paloiltasi (ablative plural)
palollesi (allative singular)
paloillesi (allative plural)
palonasi (essive singular)
paloinasi (essive plural)
paloksesi (singular translative)
paloiksesi (plural translative)
palottasi (abessive singular)
paloittasi (abessive plural)
paloinesi (comitative plural)
palomme (nominative singular)
palomme (nominative plural)
palomme (accusative nominative singular)
palomme (accusative nominative plural)
palomme (accusative genitive singular)
palomme (accusative genitive plural)
palomme (genitive singular)
palojemme (genitive plural)
paloamme (partitive singular)
palojamme (partitive plural)
palossamme (inessive singular)
paloissamme (inessive plural)
palostamme (elative singular)
paloistamme (elative plural)
paloomme (illative singular)
paloihimme (illative plural)
palollamme (adessive singular)
paloillamme (adessive plural)
paloltamme (ablative singular)
paloiltamme (ablative plural)
palollemme (allative singular)
paloillemme (allative plural)
palonamme (essive singular)
paloinamme (essive plural)
paloksemme (singular translative)
paloiksemme (plural translative)
palottamme (abessive singular)
paloittamme (abessive plural)
paloinemme (comitative plural)
palonne (nominative singular)
palonne (nominative plural)
palonne (accusative nominative singular)
palonne (accusative nominative plural)
palonne (accusative genitive singular)
palonne (accusative genitive plural)
palonne (genitive singular)
palojenne (genitive plural)
paloanne (partitive singular)
palojanne (partitive plural)
palossanne (inessive singular)
paloissanne (inessive plural)
palostanne (elative singular)
paloistanne (elative plural)
paloonne (illative singular)
paloihinne (illative plural)
palollanne (adessive singular)
paloillanne (adessive plural)
paloltanne (ablative singular)
paloiltanne (ablative plural)
palollenne (allative singular)
paloillenne (allative plural)
palonanne (essive singular)
paloinanne (essive plural)
paloksenne (singular translative)
paloiksenne (plural translative)
palottanne (abessive singular)
paloittanne (abessive plural)
paloinenne (comitative plural)
palonsa (nominative singular)
palonsa (nominative plural)
palonsa (accusative nominative singular)
palonsa (accusative nominative plural)
palonsa (accusative genitive singular)
palonsa (accusative genitive plural)
palonsa (genitive singular)
palojensa (genitive plural)
paloaan (partitive singular)
paloansa (partitive singular)
palojaan (partitive plural)
palojansa (partitive plural)
palossaan (inessive singular)
palossansa (inessive singular)
paloissaan (inessive plural)
paloissansa (inessive plural)
palostaan (elative singular)
palostansa (elative singular)
paloistaan (elative plural)
paloistansa (elative plural)
paloonsa (illative singular)
paloihinsa (illative plural)
palollaan (adessive singular)
palollansa (adessive singular)
paloillaan (adessive plural)
paloillansa (adessive plural)
paloltaan (ablative singular)
paloltansa (ablative singular)
paloiltaan (ablative plural)
paloiltansa (ablative plural)
palolleen (allative singular)
palollensa (allative singular)
paloilleen (allative plural)
paloillensa (allative plural)
palonaan (essive singular)
palonansa (essive singular)
paloinaan (essive plural)
paloinansa (essive plural)
palokseen (singular translative)
paloksensa (singular translative)
paloikseen (plural translative)
paloiksensa (plural translative)
palottaan (abessive singular)
palottansa (abessive singular)
paloittaan (abessive plural)
paloittansa (abessive plural)
paloineen (comitative plural)
paloinensa (comitative plural)

From Proto-Finnic *palo, equivalent to palaa (“to burn”) + -o


ERA

en-noun

ERA (countable and uncountable, plural ERAs)

earned run average
earned run average#English

(baseball) Initialism of earned run average, a baseball statistic.


flare

→ Italian: flare

Origin unknown, first recorded in the mid 16th century, probably related to Latin flagrō (“I burn”). Norwegian flara (“to blaze; to flaunt in gaudy attire”) has a similar meaning, but the English word predates it. Possibly related to Middle High German vlederen (“to flutter”), represented by modern German flattern.
The noun is derived from the verb.

unknown

Origin unknown

ярка светлина

source of brightly burning light or intense heat

Stulp

widening of an object with otherwise roughly constant width

разкрояване

widening of the lower legs of trousers and jeans

Jones hits a little flare to left that falls for a single.

An observant base runner checks the outfield defense and easily goes from first to third when the batter hits a flare to right field. A base runner who does not observe the depth of the outfield must turn to watch the ball, see it drop, and then run. He probably doesn't make it to third base.

2008, Mark Gola, “Character”, in Baseball’s Sixth Tool: Playing the Mental Game to Get the Competitive Edge, New York, N.Y.: McGraw-Hill, →ISBN, page 7:

(baseball) A low fly ball that is hit in the region between the infielders and the outfielders.


loaded

en-adj

loaded (comparative more loaded, superlative most loaded)

more loaded (comparative)
most loaded (superlative)

It's bottom of the ninth, the bases are loaded and there are two outs.

(baseball) Pertaining to a situation where there is a runner at each of the three bases.

täynnä

baseball: when there is a runner at each of the three bases


sidearm

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A personal weapon, such as a handgun or sword, carried on the hip in a belt, sheath, holster, etc., for rapid access.


gyroball

(sports) A spinning pitch thrown most commonly by Japanese baseball players.


banjo hitter

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From the twanging sound of the batter's swing, like that of a banjo.

Aluminum bats, which had replaced wood in the college game in 1974, were so potent they made Babe Ruths out of banjo hitters.

(baseball) a batter who lacks power, usually hits bloop singles, and would have a low slugging percentage.


Angel

Smith became an Angel as a result of a pre-season trade.

(baseball) A player on the team the "Los Angeles Angels" or one of its predecessor "Angels" teams.


Athletic

Smith became an Athletic as a result of a pre-season trade.

(baseball) A player on the team Oakland Athletics.


Athletics

(baseball) The team The Oakland Athletics, previously Kansas City Athletics and Philadelphia Athletics.


Brewer

(baseball) A player for the Milwaukee Brewers.


Cardinal

Smith became a Cardinal as the result of a pre-season trade.

(baseball) A player on the St. Louis Cardinals team.


Cub

Jones became a Cub as the result of a pre-season trade.

(baseball) A player on the team the "Chicago Cubs".


G

en-noun

G (countable and uncountable, plural Gs)

(sports, baseball) Games (the statistic reporting the number of games that a player has participated in).


Giant

(baseball) A player for the San Francisco Giants.


K

Abbreviations.
# (Stenoscript) Abbreviation of counter, prefix counter-, sequence contr.

ng

prefix <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">counter-</i>, sequence contr.

(baseball) Abbreviation of strikeout. On a baseball scorecard, a frontwards K signifies striking out while swinging the bat, while a backwards K signifies striking out while looking.


L

head

L (upper case, lower case l, plural Ls or L's)

The twelfth letter of the English alphabet, called el and written in the Latin script.


L

The ordinal number twelfth, derived from this letter of the English alphabet, called el and written in the Latin script.


L

en-noun

L (countable and uncountable, plural Ls)

(slang) Two cigarette papers laid perpendicularly on each other when making a joint.


Mariner

Jones became a Mariner as the result of a pre-season trade.

(baseball) A player on the team the Seattle Mariners.


Met

(baseball) A player for the New York Mets.


Padre

Jones became a Padre as the result of a pre-season trade.

(baseball) A player for the San Diego Padres.


R

(baseball, cricket) runs, the statistic reporting the number of runs scored by a player


CG

(baseball) Initialism of complete games; the statistic reporting the number of games thrown by a pitcher.


mop up

en-verb

mop up (third-person singular simple present mops up, present participle mopping up, simple past and past participle mopped up)

mops up (present singular third-person)
mopping up (participle present)
mopped up (participle past)
mopped up (past)

(baseball) To pitch the final innings especially of a game that is no longer close.


touch base

touch base (third-person singular simple present touches base, present participle touching base, simple past and past participle touched base)

touches base (present singular third-person)
touching base (participle present)
touched base (participle past)
touched base (past)
touch bases (alternative)

(baseball, literally) To touch a base, usually with a foot but sometimes with a hand.


ER

en-noun

ER (countable and uncountable, plural ERs)


no-no

no-nos (plural)
no-noes (plural)
no no (alternative)

must

antonym(s) of “something forbidden, ...”

He threw two no-nos in his career.

(baseball, colloquial) A no-hitter; a game in which no batter on one of the teams got a hit.


hittable

en-adj

hittable (comparative more hittable, superlative most hittable)

more hittable (comparative)
most hittable (superlative)

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Actually, we are both forgetting the most important step in why children are legally hittable and by whom.

1998 January 22, Chris <cddu...@ouray.cudenver.edu>, “3rd try - Gene Answers Lavonne re Criminalizing Home Spanking”, in (Usenet):

he almost stops being a threat altogether because the pitcher knows there's nearly a 2-in-3 chance that Dunn won't even make contact. There's no incentive to throw him an even remotely hittable pitch.

2004 October 1, “Dunn and Morgan”, in alt.sports.baseball.cinci-reds (Usenet):

Just because the Sox were able to hit the Angels pen doesn't make all pitchers hittable. Overconfidence is a bad thing right now. The Sox do have the best offense out there. BUt that doesn't make the good pitching hittable automatically.

2004 October 9, “The Red Sox just swept...”, in alt.sports.baseball.bos-redsox (Usenet):


HR

en-noun

HR (countable and uncountable, plural HRs)

/eɪt͡ʃ ɑː(ɹ)/

(baseball) Initialism of home runs (in statistics).


FC

FC (countable and uncountable, plural FCs)

fielder's choice
fielder's choice#English

(baseball) Initialism of fielder's choice.


DP

DP (countable and uncountable, plural DPs)

(baseball, softball) Initialism of double play.


LF

LF (countable and uncountable, plural LFs)

(baseball) Initialism of left field, Initialism of left fielder.


derrick

en-verb

derrick (third-person singular simple present derricks, present participle derricking, simple past and past participle derricked)

derricks (present singular third-person)
derricking (participle present)
derricked (participle past)
derricked (past)

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Named after British executioner Thomas Derrick, who invented the framework arrangement commonly known by this name to aid in the conduct of executions. First use appears c. 1600 in the publication Ballad Death Earl Essex.

named-after

Stinky, who had batted a bit over .200 with scant power (two home runs in 66 games in 1933), was being derricked by Navin.

As a rule, when the twirler is derricked, it is because the members of the opposition are beginning to take undue familiarity with his offerings. But this is not always the reason.

2014, Addie Joss, Gary Mitchem, Addie Joss on Baseball, page 96:

(transitive, baseball, informal) To remove (a pitcher).


lanzar

es-verb

lanzar (first-person singular present lanzo, first-person singular preterite lancé, past participle lanzado)

lanzo (first-person present singular)
lancé (first-person preterite singular)
lanzado (participle past)
lanzar (infinitive)
lanzando (gerund)
lanzado (masculine participle past singular)
lanzada (feminine participle past singular)
lanzados (masculine participle past plural)
lanzadas (feminine participle past plural)
lanzo (first-person indicative present singular)
lanzas (indicative informal present second-person singular)
lanzás (indicative informal present second-person singular vos-form)
lanza (indicative present singular third-person)
lanzamos (first-person indicative plural present)
lanzáis (indicative plural present second-person)
lanzan (indicative plural present third-person)
lanzaba (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
lanzabas (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
lanzaba (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
lanzábamos (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
lanzabais (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
lanzaban (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
lancé (first-person indicative preterite singular)
lanzaste (indicative preterite second-person singular)
lanzó (indicative preterite singular third-person)
lanzamos (first-person indicative plural preterite)
lanzasteis (indicative plural preterite second-person)
lanzaron (indicative plural preterite third-person)
lanzaré (first-person future indicative singular)
lanzarás (future indicative second-person singular)
lanzará (future indicative singular third-person)
lanzaremos (first-person future indicative plural)
lanzaréis (future indicative plural second-person)
lanzarán (future indicative plural third-person)
lanzaría (conditional first-person indicative singular)
lanzarías (conditional indicative second-person singular)
lanzaría (conditional indicative singular third-person)
lanzaríamos (conditional first-person indicative plural)
lanzaríais (conditional indicative plural second-person)
lanzarían (conditional indicative plural third-person)
lance (first-person present singular subjunctive)
lances (informal present second-person singular subjunctive)
lancés (informal present second-person singular subjunctive vos-form)
lance (present singular subjunctive third-person)
lancemos (first-person plural present subjunctive)
lancéis (plural present second-person subjunctive)
lancen (plural present subjunctive third-person)
lanzara (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
lanzaras (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
lanzara (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
lanzáramos (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
lanzarais (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
lanzaran (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
lanzase (first-person imperfect imperfect-se singular subjunctive)
lanzases (imperfect imperfect-se second-person singular subjunctive)
lanzase (imperfect imperfect-se singular subjunctive third-person)
lanzásemos (first-person imperfect imperfect-se plural subjunctive)
lanzaseis (imperfect imperfect-se plural second-person subjunctive)
lanzasen (imperfect imperfect-se plural subjunctive third-person)
lanzare (first-person future singular subjunctive)
lanzares (future second-person singular subjunctive)
lanzare (future singular subjunctive third-person)
lanzáremos (first-person future plural subjunctive)
lanzareis (future plural second-person subjunctive)
lanzaren (future plural subjunctive third-person)
lanza (imperative informal second-person singular)
lanzá (imperative informal second-person singular vos-form)
lance (formal imperative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
lance (imperative singular third-person)
lancemos (first-person imperative plural)
lanzad (imperative plural second-person)
lancen (formal imperative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
lancen (imperative plural third-person)
lances (imperative negative second-person singular)
lance (formal imperative negative second-person-semantically singular third-person)
lance (imperative negative singular third-person)
lancemos (first-person imperative negative plural)
lancéis (imperative negative plural second-person)
lancen (formal imperative negative plural second-person-semantically third-person)
lancen (imperative negative plural third-person)
lanzarme (combined-form dative infinitive object-first-person object-singular)
lanzarte (combined-form dative infinitive object-second-person object-singular)
lanzarle (combined-form dative infinitive object-singular object-third-person)
lanzarse (combined-form dative infinitive object-singular object-third-person)
lanzarnos (combined-form dative infinitive object-first-person object-plural)
lanzaros (combined-form dative infinitive object-plural object-second-person)
lanzarles (combined-form dative infinitive object-plural object-third-person)
lanzarse (combined-form dative infinitive object-plural object-third-person)
lanzarme (accusative combined-form infinitive object-first-person object-singular)
lanzarte (accusative combined-form infinitive object-second-person object-singular)
lanzarlo (accusative combined-form infinitive object-singular object-third-person)
lanzarla (accusative combined-form infinitive object-singular object-third-person)
lanzarse (accusative combined-form infinitive object-singular object-third-person)
lanzarnos (accusative combined-form infinitive object-first-person object-plural)
lanzaros (accusative combined-form infinitive object-plural object-second-person)
lanzarlos (accusative combined-form infinitive object-plural object-third-person)
lanzarlas (accusative combined-form infinitive object-plural object-third-person)
lanzarse (accusative combined-form infinitive object-plural object-third-person)
lanzándome (combined-form dative gerund object-first-person object-singular)
lanzándote (combined-form dative gerund object-second-person object-singular)
lanzándole (combined-form dative gerund object-singular object-third-person)
lanzándose (combined-form dative gerund object-singular object-third-person)
lanzándonos (combined-form dative gerund object-first-person object-plural)
lanzándoos (combined-form dative gerund object-plural object-second-person)
lanzándoles (combined-form dative gerund object-plural object-third-person)
lanzándose (combined-form dative gerund object-plural object-third-person)
lanzándome (accusative combined-form gerund object-first-person object-singular)
lanzándote (accusative combined-form gerund object-second-person object-singular)
lanzándolo (accusative combined-form gerund object-singular object-third-person)
lanzándola (accusative combined-form gerund object-singular object-third-person)
lanzándose (accusative combined-form gerund object-singular object-third-person)
lanzándonos (accusative combined-form gerund object-first-person object-plural)
lanzándoos (accusative combined-form gerund object-plural object-second-person)
lanzándolos (accusative combined-form gerund object-plural object-third-person)
lanzándolas (accusative combined-form gerund object-plural object-third-person)
lanzándose (accusative combined-form gerund object-plural object-third-person)
lánzame (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-singular second-person singular with-tú)
lánzate (combined-form dative imperative informal object-second-person object-singular second-person singular with-tú)
lánzale (combined-form dative imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
lánzanos (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-plural second-person singular with-tú)
lánzales (combined-form dative imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
lánzame (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-singular second-person singular with-tú)
lánzate (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-second-person object-singular second-person singular with-tú)
lánzalo (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
lánzala (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
lánzanos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-plural second-person singular with-tú)
lánzalos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
lánzalas (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-tú)
lanzame (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-singular second-person singular with-vos)
lanzate (combined-form dative imperative informal object-second-person object-singular second-person singular with-vos)
lanzale (combined-form dative imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
lanzanos (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-plural second-person singular with-vos)
lanzales (combined-form dative imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
lanzame (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-singular second-person singular with-vos)
lanzate (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-second-person object-singular second-person singular with-vos)
lanzalo (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
lanzala (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
lanzanos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-plural second-person singular with-vos)
lanzalos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
lanzalas (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person second-person singular with-vos)
lánceme (combined-form dative formal imperative object-first-person object-singular second-person singular)
láncele (combined-form dative formal imperative object-singular object-third-person second-person singular)
láncese (combined-form dative formal imperative object-singular object-third-person second-person singular)
láncenos (combined-form dative formal imperative object-first-person object-plural second-person singular)
lánceles (combined-form dative formal imperative object-plural object-third-person second-person singular)
lánceme (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-first-person object-singular second-person singular)
láncelo (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-singular object-third-person second-person singular)
láncela (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-singular object-third-person second-person singular)
láncese (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-singular object-third-person second-person singular)
láncenos (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-first-person object-plural second-person singular)
láncelos (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-plural object-third-person second-person singular)
láncelas (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-plural object-third-person second-person singular)
lancémoste (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-second-person object-singular plural)
lancémosle (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-singular object-third-person plural)
lancémonos (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-first-person object-plural plural)
lancémoos (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-plural object-second-person plural)
lancémosles (combined-form dative first-person imperative object-plural object-third-person plural)
lancémoste (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-second-person object-singular plural)
lancémoslo (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-singular object-third-person plural)
lancémosla (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-singular object-third-person plural)
lancémonos (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-first-person object-plural plural)
lancémoos (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-plural object-second-person plural)
lancémoslos (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-plural object-third-person plural)
lancémoslas (accusative combined-form first-person imperative object-plural object-third-person plural)
lanzadme (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-singular plural second-person)
lanzadle (combined-form dative imperative informal object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
lanzadnos (combined-form dative imperative informal object-first-person object-plural plural second-person)
lanzaos (combined-form dative imperative informal object-plural object-second-person plural second-person)
lanzadles (combined-form dative imperative informal object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
lanzadme (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-singular plural second-person)
lanzadlo (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
lanzadla (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
lanzadnos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-first-person object-plural plural second-person)
lanzaos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-second-person plural second-person)
lanzadlos (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
lanzadlas (accusative combined-form imperative informal object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
láncenme (combined-form dative formal imperative object-first-person object-singular plural second-person)
láncenle (combined-form dative formal imperative object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
láncennos (combined-form dative formal imperative object-first-person object-plural plural second-person)
láncenles (combined-form dative formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
láncense (combined-form dative formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
láncenme (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-first-person object-singular plural second-person)
láncenlo (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
láncenla (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-singular object-third-person plural second-person)
láncennos (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-first-person object-plural plural second-person)
láncenlos (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
láncenlas (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)
láncense (accusative combined-form formal imperative object-plural object-third-person plural second-person)

Inherited from Old Spanish lançar, from Late Latin lanceāre, derived from Latin lancea (“spear”), of Celtiberian origin. Compare Catalan llançar, Asturian llanzar, French lancer, Italian lanciare, Occitan and Portuguese lançar, English launch. Doublet of lancear, a later borrowing.

No pude lidiar con el modo en que lanzaba ese tipo.

I couldn't deal with how that guy pitched.


pitcher

A “pitchometer” was installed on the scoreboard to time the pitchers. According the baseball rules a pitcher had to throw a pitch within 20 seconds after he received the ball from the catcher when there was nobody on base.

2003, John E. Peterson, The Kansas City Athletics: A Baseball History: 1954–1967, Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, →ISBN, page 210:

(baseball, softball) The player who delivers the ball to the batter.

питчър

the player who throws the ball to the batter


slugfest

Originally US, from slug (“to hit very hard”) + -fest.

The game turned into a 15-9 slugfest.

In a World Series that has come to be defined by the unpredictable and unexpected, it was only fitting that one night, after a lights-out pitchers’ duel between the heretofore unremarkable Alex Wood and Charlie Morton, a slugfest would unfold that sent the Cy Young Award winners Clayton Kershaw and Dallas Keuchel to early exits.

2017 October 30, Billy Witz, “Astros Down the Dodgers in a Dramatic and Dizzying Slugfest”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:

(baseball, slang) A baseball game in which many runs are scored, especially by home runs.


homer

The first baseman hit a homer to lead off the ninth.

The Mets got that four-run cushion in the seventh when George Foster stepped in as a pinch-hitter and hit a two-run homer for the 5-1 final.

1983 June 27, Kevin Dupont, “METS GAIN SPLIT; STAUB TIES MARK”, in The New York Times:


homer

en-verb

homer (third-person singular simple present homers, present participle homering, simple past and past participle homered)

homers (present singular third-person)
homering (participle present)
homered (participle past)
homered (past)

The Sultan of Swat homered 714 times.

(US, baseball) To hit a homer; to hit a home run.


outfield

He hit a long fly ball to the outfield in the gap to left.

(baseball, softball) The region of the field between the infield and the outer fence.


outfield

outfield (third-person singular simple present outfields, present participle outfielding, simple past and past participle outfielded)

outfields (present singular third-person)
outfielding (participle present)
outfielded (participle past)
outfielded (past)

A special dispatch sent to The Cincinnati Enquirer on the game stated that the Buckeyes outfielded and outplayed the Grays at every point, and that had the Bucks run for first base instead of watching the ball after they hit it, they would have increased the score.

2005, William A. Cook, The Louisville Grays Scandal of 1877: The Taint of Gambling at the Dawn of the National League, McFarland, →ISBN, page 118:

(baseball, cricket) To perform better in defense (fielding).


outfielder

outfielders (plural)
OF (alternative)
OFer (alternative)

The outfielder tracked down the long fly.

. I like to think that if I wasn't pitcher I could be an outfielder or a first baseman or something and play major league baseball anyway.

1973 January 4, Wells Twombly, “Now the 10th man”, in The New York Times:

The Twins are known for their fascination with toolsy and athletic outfielders, but Hicks has the most talent of any Twins draft pick since Joe Mauer in 2002.

2008 November 6, “Breaking down the draft, Part 1”, in The Hardball Times:

(cricket, baseball) A player that plays in the outfield, which is the outer portion of the field.


infielder

The infielder run in to field the bunt.

(cricket, baseball) A player who plays in the infield, which is the inner portion of the field.


home run

home runs (plural)
homerun (alternative)

Spanish: jonrón

Japanese: ホームラン (hōmuran)

Korean: 홈런 (homneon)

Russian: хоум-ра́н (xoum-rán)

The first baseman hit a home run to lead off the ninth.

(baseball) A four-base hit, allowing the batter to circle the bases and reach home safely in one play without any errors being committed by the defensive team.


fastball

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The pitcher had a blazing fastball.

(specifically) A four-seam fastball, which is a backspin pitch thrown with a ball gripped in the direction to cause four of the seams of the ball to cross the flight path and released with roughly equal pressure by the index and middle fingers


slider

From slide + -er.
The meaning "small hamburger" was originally used to describe onion-steamed small burgers at White Castle restaurants, formerly spelt "Slyder".
Regarding the senses about control devices or widgets: physical sliders (potentiometers serving as rheostats) predate virtual ones (elements in graphical user interfaces), and the virtual ones are so named because their concept is the abstraction of the physical ones; if more explanation on that topic is needed, it is available in the Wikipedia articles on skeuomorphs, icons, and the desktop metaphor.

The closer had a wicked slider that was almost unhittable.

(baseball) A pitch thrown with added pressure by middle and ring fingers yielding a combination of backspin and sidespin, resulting in a motion to the left when thrown by a right handed pitcher.

スライダー

(baseball) a pitch thrown with added pressure by middle and ring fingers yielding a combination of backspin and sidespin


curveball

He bit on a curveball in the dirt.

(baseball) A forespin pitch thrown by rotating the index and middle fingers down and resulting in motion down "curve"


curveball

curveball (third-person singular simple present curveballs, present participle curveballing, simple past and past participle curveballed)

curveballs (present singular third-person)
curveballing (participle present)
curveballed (participle past)
curveballed (past)

Even though the haughty physics professors at the elite school ridiculed his declaration that he could make a baseball curve, Cummings just laughed it off and said, “I curveballed them to death,” according to Frederick Ivor-Campbell.

2006, William F. McNeil, The Evolution of Pitching in Major League Baseball, McFarland, →ISBN, page 21:

The news curveballed him. He'd been hamstrung and schizzed all the preceding weeks. He brooded in his den.

2009, James Ellroy, Blood's a Rover, Random House, →ISBN, page 566:


cut fastball

His cut fastball tends to break bats.

(baseball) A pitch thrown with an offset grip and a moderate amount of added pressure by middle finger yielding a combination of backspin and some sidespin, resulting in motion to the left when thrown by a right handed pitcher with velocity only slightly diminished from that of a fastball


two-seam fastball

en-noun

two-seam fastball (plural two-seam fastballs)

His two-seamer has a heavy sink and keeps the infielders busy.

(baseball) A pitch thrown with a grip in the "horseshoe" orientation of the ball, with the rotation at a slight angle resulting in less Magnus effect as compared to a four-seam fastball since only two of the ball's seams cross the flight path; the pitch is delivered with a similar velocity as a four-seam fastball, but has a degree of sink.


four-seam fastball

four-seam fastball (plural four-seam fastballs)

(baseball) A backspin pitch thrown with a ball gripped in the direction to cause four of the seams of the ball to cross the flight path and released with roughly equal pressure by the index and middle fingers


line drive

The line drive went straight into the shortstop's glove.

(baseball, softball) A batted ball hit hard enough and low enough that it appears to travel in a relatively straight line.


liner

From line (noun) + -er (relational suffix) or -er (measurement suffix) (sense 5).

The liner glanced off the pitcher's foot.


knuckleball

Even the pitcher doesn't know where his knuckleball is going.

Boston Red Sox pitcher Tim Wakefield is best known for his use of the knuckleball.

(baseball) A pitch thrown with the ball gripped on the fingertips and released with no rotation, which travels over an unpredictable path to the plate due to micro-turbulence in the air.


knuckleball

en-verb

knuckleball (third-person singular simple present knuckleballs, present participle knuckleballing, simple past and past participle knuckleballed)

knuckleballs (present singular third-person)
knuckleballing (participle present)
knuckleballed (participle past)
knuckleballed (past)

Varitek did not start so Kevin Cash could catch the knuckleballing starter Tim Wakefield.

2008 April 16, The Associated Press, “Tigers Rally Again to Defeat the Twins”, in New York Times:

(intransitive, baseball) To pitch knuckleballs.


knuckler

Fowler flung a stiff-wrist knuckler that hung in the air without spin before it took a sudden dip, but Roy scooped it up with the stick and lifted it twenty rows up into the center field stands.

1952, Bernard Malamud, chapter 2, in The Natural:


sinker

His sinkers drew one ground ball after another.

split-finger fastball
split-finger fastball

(baseball) Any of several high speed pitches that have a downward motion near the plate; a two-seam fastball, a split-finger fastball, or a forkball.


split-finger fastball

en-noun

split-finger fastball (plural split-finger fastballs)

split-finger fastballs (plural)
split-finger (alternative)

His strikeout pitch was his split-finger fastball.

(baseball) A moderate rotation speed backspin pitch thrown with a ball gripped between the index finger and middle finger; it has good velocity, may have a precessing spin, and sinks as it approaches the plate.


change-up

change-ups (plural)
changeup (alternative)

The pitcher had a devastating change-up.

(baseball) A pitch thrown with the arm motion of a fastball, but which travels at a much slower velocity because it is released without the fingers adding power to the delivery.


strikeout

strikeout (countable and uncountable, plural strikeouts)

strikeouts (plural)
strike-out (alternative)

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The pitcher recorded seven strikeouts in the game.

(countable, baseball) An instance or the act of striking out.


strike out

en-verb

strike out (third-person singular simple present strikes out, present participle striking out, simple past struck out, past participle struck out or (somewhat archaic) stricken out)

strikes out (present singular third-person)
striking out (participle present)
struck out (past)
struck out (participle past)
stricken out (archaic participle past)

Jones struck out on a nasty slider.

The pitcher struck out Jones with a nasty slider.

(ergative, baseball, softball) Of a batter, to be retired after three strikes (missed swings, as opposed to any other way of becoming "out"); of a pitcher, to cause this to happen to the batter.

palaa

baseball: to be retired after three missed swings

polttaa

baseball: to cause a batter to be retired after three missed swings


catcher

Finding Dempsey in my mind's eye in January was not quite startling, ...but some other catchers turned up in my hot-stove reveries as well. Bob Boone, for instance.

1989 February 13, Roger Angell, Season Ticket: A Baseball Companion, Ballantine Books, page 22:

A “pitchometer” was installed on the scoreboard to time the pitchers. According the baseball rules a pitcher had to throw a pitch within 20 seconds after he received the ball from the catcher when there was nobody on base.

At the plate the catcher is responsible for catching pitches, keeping mispitched balls in front of the plate, calling pitches that are normally done through hand signals, picking off runners, and they are considered the leaders of the field.

2021, University of the District of Columbia, “The plate umpire may suspend play because of darkness”, in Course Hero:

(baseball) The player that squats behind home plate and receives the pitches from the pitcher.


wind up

wind up (third-person singular simple present winds up, present participle winding up, simple past and past participle wound up)

winds up (present singular third-person)
winding up (participle present)
wound up (participle past)
wound up (past)

snitches get stitches and wind up in ditches

Paige seemed to be winding up for a fastball but then switched it up.

(baseball, intransitive) To make the preparatory movements for a certain kind of pitch.


DL

en-noun

DL (countable and uncountable, plural DLs)

DLs (plural)
D.L. (alternative)
D. L. (alternative)
dl (alternative)
d/l (alternative)
D/L (alternative)


DL

en-verb

DL (third-person singular simple present DLs, present participle DLing, simple past and past participle DLed or DL'd)

DLs (present singular third-person)
DLing (participle present)
DLed (participle past)
DLed (past)
DL'd (participle past)
DL'd (past)
D.L. (alternative)
D. L. (alternative)
dl (alternative)
d/l (alternative)
D/L (alternative)

After 7 years of being in a rot league, I have learned that "day to day" in baseballese means "at least a week, maybe more, and maybe after the week, then we may DL him."

1996 June 3, Joe in MA [username], “Re: Jim Edmonds' return date?”, in rec.sport.baseball.fantasy (Usenet):

(baseball, transitive, informal) To place on the disabled list.


bullpen

After that hit, there is activity in the bullpen.

Now the bullpens are hidden away underneath the bleachers, out of sight and sound.

2017 July 5, Billy Witz, “Camaraderie of Wrigley Field Bullpens Is Tangled Amid the Ivy”, in The New York Times:

Even though the Phillies bullpen has been a strength, it may be shopping for a veteran capable of handling the ninth inning.

2024 May 7, Greg Jewett, “Bullpen report: Porter Hodge enters Cubs’ circle of trust, Mason Miller cools down and more”, in The New York Times:

(baseball) An enclosed area for pitchers to warm up in during a game.

ブルペン

baseball: enclosed area for pitchers to warm up in during a game

Their bullpen is worn out after yesterday's doubleheader where both games went 12 innings.

(baseball) The relief pitchers of a team collectively.

vaihtosyöttäjät

baseball: relief pitchers of a team collectively


double play

double plays (plural)
double-play (alternative)

It was a 6-4-3 double play.

(baseball, softball) A defensive play in which two outs are recorded.


triple play

There has only been one unassisted triple play recorded in the World Series.

(baseball) A defensive play in which three outs are recorded.

triple eliminació

(baseball) a play where three outs are recorded


twin killing

By grounding to the shortstop, the twin killing ended the inning.


wheelhouse

wheelhouses (plural)
wheel house (alternative)
wheel-house (alternative)

From wheel + house. Sense 3 (“(baseball) a pitch location which is favourable to the hitter”) references the fact that a vessel is controlled from its wheelhouse (sense 1.2), and sense 4 (“a person’s area of authority or expertise”) is a figurative use of sense 3.

The pitch was right in his wheelhouse, and he hit a grand slam.

The ball was up in my wheelhouse, and I got round on it, got the meat of that Ritchie Ashburn bottle bat solidly on the ball. I'll never in my life hit a ball any better.

1997, Bryan L. Jones, “Baseball”, in Mark Twain Made Me Do It & Other Plains Adventures, Lincoln, Neb., London: University of Nebraska Press, →ISBN, page 74:

The next pitch was close to my wheelhouse so I just let 'er rip. I got ahold of it and shot it to left field on the line.

2007, Alan Schwarz, “Ken Griffey Jr.: On Going Deep with His Father”, in Once upon a Game: Baseball’s Greatest Memories, Boston, Mass., New York, N.Y.: Houghton Mifflin Company, →ISBN, page 60, column 1:

Here is the ball, in my wheelhouse. I slide my hips out of the way, put myself in place to hit the coldie of a lifetime.

2009, Andre Agassi, Open: An Autobiography (A Borzoi Book), New York, N.Y.: Alfred A[braham] Knopf, →ISBN, page 215:

(Canada, US, baseball, by extension from sense 1.2) A pitch location which is favourable to the hitter.


hot corner

en-noun

hot corner (countable and uncountable, plural hot corners)

Because many hard-hit balls are hit there

Jones plays the hot corner.

Jones plays hot corner.

(baseball, countable, uncountable, usually with "the") Third base.


double switch

They did a double switch after the eighth so that Jones could bat second in the ninth.

(baseball) A replacement of two players simultaneously, typically so that a fielder can hit in the pitcher's spot in the batting order.


double up

en-verb

double up (third-person singular simple present doubles up, present participle doubling up, simple past and past participle doubled up)

doubles up (present singular third-person)
doubling up (participle present)
doubled up (participle past)
doubled up (past)

Jones snared the liner and then stepped on the bag to double up the runner.

(baseball, transitive) To get the second out in a double play, typically referring to getting an out by beating a runner back to a base (often by throwing) after a fly ball has been caught


baseball mitt

A glove used when playing baseball to protect the hand and enhance catching ability.


blown save

Our bullpen has too many blown saves.

(baseball) A failure to convert a save opportunity to a save.


webbing

en-noun

webbing (countable and uncountable, plural webbings)

He caught the ball in the webbing.

(baseball) The part of a baseball mitt between the forefinger and thumb; the web.


empty base

They have to pitch to the slugger because there are no empty bases.

(baseball) A base without a runner on it.


intentional walk

intentional walk (plural intentional walks)

Jones was given an intentional walk in order to face Smith.

(baseball) The intentional pitching of four balls (bad pitches), or of a fourth ball, in order to give the batter a walk (for example, so as to avoid the risk of a home run).


intentional walk

en-verb

intentional walk (third-person singular simple present intentional walks, present participle intentional walking, simple past and past participle intentional walked)

intentional walks (present singular third-person)
intentional walking (participle present)
intentional walked (participle past)
intentional walked (past)

(baseball, nonstandard) To intentionally walk; to give a batter an intentional walk.


intentional pass

en-noun

intentional pass (plural intentional passes)

Jones was issued an intentional pass in order to face Smith.


free pass

Smith was issued a free pass after Jones' double.


full count

Since the maximum number of balls before a walk is three, and the maximum number of strikes before a strikeout is two, neither number can increase without ending the at-bat.

Full count, two outs, bottom of the ninth, the bags are jammed, 2-2 tie…

(baseball) An at-bat with a count of three balls and two strikes.


first base

first base (countable and uncountable, plural first bases)

The runner took his lead off first base.

(singular only, baseball) The base after home plate in a counter-clockwise path around a baseball infield.


second base

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The runner slid into second base with a double.

(baseball) The base opposite home plate in a baseball infield.


third base

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The runner reached third base with a stand-up triple.

(baseball) The base after second base in a counter-clockwise path around a baseball infield.


fair ball

It's a... fair ball; it rolls into the corner; Jones is stretching for two; the throw — safe!

(baseball, softball) A ball which has been hit between the first base and third base lines


foul ball

It's a foul ball, up four rows of seats.

(baseball) A batted ball that lands in foul territory.


big fly

The first baseman hit a big fly to left.


four-seamer

The pitcher had a blazing four-seamer.


heavy sink

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His two-seamer has some heavy sink.

(baseball) The motion of a sharply diving sinker pitch.


striker

lyöjä

someone or something that hits someone or something else


pitch count

His pitch count is up to 110; he will probably be pinch-hit for next inning.

(baseball) The number of throws that a pitcher has delivered in a game.


cup of coffee

Based on the idea that the player was only there long enough to have a cup of coffee.

I was up for a cup of coffee once; those were the best six days of my career.

(ice hockey, baseball, slang) The situation where a minor league player comes up to the major league team for a short period of time.


defensive indifference

The play was scored as defensive indifference.

(baseball) An official scoring judgement in which a runner is not credited with a stolen base because the team playing the field did not try to stop the steal. This typically occurs late in a game when the fielding team is winning by at least two runs.


dinger

The starting pitcher gave up three dingers.

He should know, he fanned 2597 times — far more than any other man — but made millions hitting 563 dingers.

1989 June, John Holway, “Strikeouts: The High Cost of Hitting Home Runs”, in Baseball Digest:

Then as you're taking his picture, say something about the thirty dingers he's going to hit this season. You get that little extra smile on his face.

1997, Hank Davis, Small-Town Heroes: Images of Minor League Baseball, University of Nebraska Press, published 2003, →ISBN, page 264:

For you youngsters out there, hitting 50 dingers in the pre-steroid craze days of the early 90s was an actual accomplishment; the only questionable substance Fielder was putting in his body were McRib sandwiches.

2008, Mike Stone, Art Regner, The Great Book of Detroit Sports Lists, Running Press, published 2008, →ISBN, page 209:


can of corn

The phrase, first attested in 1896, refers to the practice of a grocer using a long stick to push a can of goods off a high shelf. (See Seattle Post Intelligencer - Sports Answer Guy article)

He hits a can of corn to left.

(baseball, idiomatic) An easily caught fly ball.


extra innings

And we go to extra innings.

(baseball) Additional innings needed to break a tie.


early innings

We have an early innings deficit to make up.

(baseball) The first, second, and third innings.


perfect game

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(baseball) A game in which every batter on one team is retired without reaching base.


no-hitter

Not many pitchers can say they threw two no-hitters in their career.

A record three of the no-hitters have come against Cleveland, with Zach Plesac having started all three games for the Indians.

2021 August 10, Benjamin Hoffman, “Brewers’ Combined No-Hitter Breaks Record for the Most in a Season”, in The New York Times:

It was the 18th no-hitter in franchise history, the 10th since the team moved to San Francisco and first since Chris Heston no-hit the New York Mets in 2015.

2024 March 8, C. Trent Rosecrans and Andrew Baggarly, “Giants’ Blake Snell throws first no-hitter of career in win over Reds”, in The New York Times:

(baseball) A game in which no batter on one of the teams got a hit.


two-bagger

Jones got a two-bagger in the first.

(baseball, slang) A double (a two-base hit).


four-bagger

Jones popped a four-bagger into the upper-deck in the fifth.


back to back jack

back to back jack (plural back to back jacks)

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Smith, Jones... back to back jacks in the sixth chasing the starter.

(baseball) Two home runs hit by consecutive batters


strike zone

That umpire often compresses the strike zone late in the game.

(baseball) The area through which if a pitched ball passes, it will be called a strike, typically from the batter's knees to the belt and the width of home plate.


passed ball

Jones let a passed ball get behind him.

(baseball) A play where the catcher fails to stop a normally playable pitch and a runner advances.


wild pitch

Jones uncorked a wild pitch, which went to the screen.

(baseball) A play where the pitcher throws a non-catchable pitch and a runner advances.


pitch out

The pitch out enabled the catcher to throw out the runner.

(baseball) A pitch which was intentionally thrown outside to the catcher who stands up with the pitch for the purpose of enabling the catcher to throw out a runner.


pitch out

en-verb

pitch out (third-person singular simple present pitches out, present participle pitching out, simple past and past participle pitched out)

pitches out (present singular third-person)
pitching out (participle present)
pitched out (participle past)
pitched out (past)

Jones pitched out twice to no avail.

(baseball, intransitive) To intentionally throw the ball outside to the catcher who stands up with the pitch for the purpose of enabling the catcher to throw out a runner


pitch around

pitch around (third-person singular simple present pitches around, present participle pitching around, simple past and past participle pitched around)

pitches around (present singular third-person)
pitching around (participle present)
pitched around (participle past)
pitched around (past)

Jones pitched around the slugger.

(transitive, baseball) To intentionally throw pitches which are slightly out of the strike zone, hoping that the batter will swing wildly at a pitch, but assuming that you will walk him


Red Sox

From red and sox (slang form of socks) - the footwear worn by the members of the team.

(US, baseball) The Boston Red Sox, an American baseball team.


in-between hop

Errors are more frequent when the play happens on an in-between hop.

(baseball) A bounce larger than a short hop and smaller than a long hop, often difficult to field.


front door

front doors (plural)
frontdoor (alternative)
front-door (alternative)

His front door slider is hard to handle.

(baseball) The path of a pitch which starts inside and then slides over the plate.


back door

backdoor (alternative)
back-door (alternative)

He has a nasty back door slider.

(US, baseball) The path of a pitch which starts outside and then slides over the plate.


pinch hitter

This year the Tigers are using pinch hitters 72 percent more often than the league average. They entered Thursday leading the league with 59 pinch-hit plate appearances. Tigers pinch hitters were batting .231, above the league average for pinch hitters of .217.

2023 May 26, Cody Stavenhagen, “A.J. Hinch is managing with confidence as the Tigers hang tight in the AL Central”, in The New York Times:

(baseball) A substitute batter; one who pinch-hits.


fly ball

fly balls (plural)
flyball (alternative)

(baseball, softball) A batted ball that has been hit into the air above the outfield; a fly.


pop-up

(baseball) A pop-up ball: a ball that has been hit to a considerable height above the infield or the shallow outfield; a pop fly.


ground ball

(baseball) A batted ball that bounces one or more times on the infield; a grounder.


grounder

From Middle English grounder, grownder, equivalent to ground + -er.


infield hit

Jones got an infield hit when the ball tipped off of the outstretched glove of the diving shortstop.

(baseball) When a batter reaches base with a ground ball that does not leave the infield or shallow outfield.


shortstop

The shortstop ranged deep into the hole to make the stop.

“Your father was the best baseball player anyone had ever seen.” Excited but halting, her voice ran on past all obstacles. “We watched him play shortstop, and my father said he was the best, and my brothers too. The Cardinals sent a man down to talk to him about one of their teams.” Like an ancient marineress, she would not let go. She meant the St. Louis Cardinals’ farm teams.

2016, Mike Westphal, Cloud of Expectation; Book One: The In America Series, Xlibris, →ISBN:

(baseball) The infield defensive player that stands between the second baseman and the third baseman.

interbase

baseball: defensive player between second and third baseman


shortstop

Unadapted borrowing from English shortstop.


first baseman

First basemen are usually left-handed.

(baseball) The infield defensive player that stands near first base.


second baseman

The second baseman started the 4-6-3 double play.

(baseball) The infield defensive player that stands between the first baseman and the shortstop, normally on the right field side of second base.


third baseman

The third baseman charged in to field the bunt.

(baseball) The infield defensive player that stands near third base.


at-bat

This is his third at-bat of the night.

He only had 220 at-bats this season because of injury.

(baseball) official at-bats. Batting opportunities minus walks, hit by pitches, and sacrifices


fly out

en-verb

fly out (third-person singular simple present flies out, present participle flying out, simple past flew out or (baseball) flied out, past participle flown out or (baseball) flied out)

flies out (present singular third-person)
flying out (participle present)
flew out (past)
flied out (past)
flown out (participle past)
flied out (participle past)

Jones flied out to right field.

(intransitive, baseball) To become out by hitting a fly ball which is caught.


fly out

fly outs (plural)
flyout (alternative)
fly-out (alternative)

A fly out was recorded on the scorecard.


ground out

ground out (third-person singular simple present grounds out, present participle grounding out, simple past and past participle grounded out)

grounds out (present singular third-person)
grounding out (participle present)
grounded out (participle past)
grounded out (past)

Jones grounded out to lead off the third.

(baseball) To become out by hitting a ground ball which is fielded and leads to a force or tag of a runner.


ground out

ground outs (plural)
groundout (alternative)

A ground out was recorded on the scorecard.

(baseball) An instance of grounding out.


late innings

He is at his best in the late innings.

(baseball) The seventh, eighth, and ninth innings of a game.


punch out

punch out (third-person singular simple present punches out, present participle punching out, simple past and past participle punched out)

punches out (present singular third-person)
punching out (participle present)
punched out (participle past)
punched out (past)

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The ump punched out the batter with relish to close out the game.

(transitive, baseball) To rule (by an umpire) that a pitch is a called third strike, often done emphatically.

Jones punched out the batter to start in the sixth.

(transitive, baseball, of a pitcher) To throw a called third strike; to strike (someone) out.


punch out

(baseball) Nonstandard spelling of punchout.


oh for

oh fors (plural)
ofer (alternative)
o-fer (alternative)
oh fer (alternative)
ohfer (alternative)
ofor (alternative)
o-for (alternative)
ohfor (alternative)

Yesterday's oh for made him overly aggressive today at the plate.

(baseball) An instance in which a player did not get a hit in a game.


ride the pine

ride the pine (third-person singular simple present rides the pine, present participle riding the pine, simple past rode the pine, past participle ridden the pine)

rides the pine (present singular third-person)
riding the pine (participle present)
rode the pine (past)
ridden the pine (participle past)

Jones rode the pine much of the season.

(idiomatic, sports) To sit on the bench, to not be used in a game.


pinch hit

Jones drove in a run with a pinch hit for Smith in the sixth.

(baseball) A hit made by a pinch hitter.


pine tar

en-noun

pine tar (usually uncountable, plural pine tars)

(baseball) This or a similar material used by batters to improve their grip.


horsehide

horsehide (countable and uncountable, plural horsehides)


hand out

(baseball, slang, 1800s) a player is out


muffin

→ Chinese: 瑪芬 /玛芬 (mǎfēn)

→ Danish: muffin

→ Esperanto: mafino

→ Finnish: muffini, muffinssi, muffinsi

→ French: muffin

→ German: Muffin

→ Japanese: マフィン (mafin)

→ Korean: 머핀 (meopin)

→ Norwegian Bokmål: muffins

→ Polish: muffin

→ Portuguese: muffin

→ Russian: ма́ффин (máffin)

→ Swedish: muffins

→ Yiddish: מאָפֿין (mofin)

From earlier moofin, probably a diminutive of Low German Muffe ("small cake"; Muffen (plural)), from Middle Low German muffe (“small pastry”). An alternative, and phonologically less plausible theory suggests a connection to Old French (pain) moflet (“roll”, literally “soft (bread)”).

gl

"small cake"; <i class="Latn mention" lang="nds">Muffen</i> (plural)

ncog

(baseball, slang) A less talented player; one who muffs, or drops the ball.


break one off

en-verb

break one off (third-person singular simple present breaks one off, present participle breaking one off, simple past broke one off, past participle broken one off)

breaks one off (present singular third-person)
breaking one off (participle present)
broke one off (past)
broken one off (participle past)

(baseball, dated, slang, 1800s) To throw a curve ball.


side out

(slang, baseball, dated, 19th c.) three outs.


sky ball

(baseball, slang, 1800s) A high fly ball


stringer

(baseball, slang, 1800s) A hard-hit ball.


foul tick

The catcher held onto the foul tick for the out.

(baseball, slang, rare) A foul ball which just brushes by the bat, making a ticking sound.


foul tip

The foul tip hit the umpire in the shoulder.

(baseball) a foul ball which glances off the bat and continues back with only a moderate change in direction


feeder

From Middle English feedere, federe, fedare, equivalent to feed + -er.

(baseball, slang, archaic, 1800s) The pitcher.


force out

force out (third-person singular simple present forces out, present participle forcing out, simple past and past participle forced out)

forces out (present singular third-person)
forcing out (participle present)
forced out (participle past)
forced out (past)
force-out (alternative)
forceout (alternative)

Jones forced out Smith to end the inning.

(baseball) To create an out by touching a base in advance of a runner who has no base to return to while in possession of a ball which has already touched the ground


force out

force outs (plural)
force-out (alternative)
forceout (alternative)

A force out was recorded on the scorecard.

(baseball) An instance of an out created by touching a base in advance of a runner who has no base to return to while in possession of a ball which has already touched the ground.


sacrifice bunt

The sacrifice bunt was fielded cleanly, but the only play was to first.

The manager will likely call for a sacrifice bunt here.

(baseball) A play in which the batter intentionally hits the ball softly with a hands-spread batting stance at the cost of an out to advance one or more runners.

sacrifici

play in which the batter intentionally hits the ball softly at the cost of an out


sacrifice fly

Jones' sacrifice fly brought in the tying run.

(baseball) A fly ball that allowed a runner to advance after it was caught


drag bunt

Jones fielded the drag bunt, but the runner beat out his throw for a single.

(baseball) A ball that has been hit by a batter who started to run towards first base while holding the bat back over the plate, typically in an attempt to get a hit rather than to sacrifice

The drag bunt is a skill that few players perfect.

(baseball) The act of bunting while running towards first base


drag bunt

drag bunt (third-person singular simple present drag bunts, present participle drag bunting, simple past and past participle drag bunted)

drag bunts (present singular third-person)
drag bunting (participle present)
drag bunted (participle past)
drag bunted (past)

Jones drag bunted the pitch.

(baseball, transitive) to bunt while running towards first base

Smith often drag bunts if he sees the third baseman playing back.

(baseball, intransitive) to bunt while running towards first base