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  1. Double play: A defensive baseball play that results in two outs. Error: A mistake in fielding the baseball by the defense that allows a batter to reach base or a base runner to advance. Flashing the leather: When a fielder makes a great play. Leather meaning the fielder’s glove.

  2. 5. Cookie. A pitch the batter finds it easy to make contact with is a cookie. There’s no cute etymological tale here: it’s just the perfect name for a gimme pitch. 6. Dying Quail. Dying quails ...

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  3. A throw is airmailed over the head of San Francisco Giants first baseman Pablo Sandoval. Slang for a fielder's errant throw that sails high over the player to whom he intended to throw the ball. For example, if the third baseman were to throw the ball over the first baseman's head and into the stands, he is said to have "airmailed" the throw.

  4. 1 day ago · The game stretched into extra innings before pinch-hitter Dusty Rhodes scored the home run that won the game for the Giants. New York would go on to sweep the series 4-0. So Good It Was Like an ...

  5. Crank from the Baseball Dictionary. A Definition of Crank. Term Definition: crank Definition. 1. n./hist. A baseball fan in the late 19th century . "There is living in Camden, N.J., a crank named Farnham, who ... imagines that he invented the natiopnal game and should receive a royalty on every game played. He seems rational on all other points."

  6. Fielder's Choice: A fielder opts to throw the ball to a base other than the one the batter is running toward. Fireman: The relief pitcher that closes out the game. Fly Ball: A bat results in a high-flying ball. Force Out: An out recorded when a runner is forced to advance to the next base because there is a runner behind him.

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  8. 1 day ago · Major League Baseball’s rule-change bonanza of 2023 altered a myriad of the game’s details, including cutting back extreme infield shifts, bigger bases and limits on how many times a pitcher can disengage from the rubber.

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