"Gagne came on in the last inning to seal the victory." seamer seal the win See nailed and shuts the door. ( idiomatic ) Eccentric, zany, or crazy OED dates this usage to 1933. SYNONYMS: reverse curve, fadeaway, fader, screwgie, scroogie, reverse curveball. The screwball is a rarely used pitch (because of its effect on the arm) that is intended to behave erratically - it "breaks" in the opposite direction a curveball would break. screwball A pitch that curves to the same side as the side it was thrown from. scoring position A runner on 2nd or 3rd base is in scoring position, as he is presumed to have a good chance to score on a base hit to the outfield. Most of the time, the saving pitcher pitches one or more innings.
save situation Generally, a save situation is when a pitcher enters the game with a lead of three runs or fewer and finishes the game. The third rule can be contentious, as it is subject to the judgment of the official scorer. If a relief pitcher satisfies all of the criteria for a save, except he does not finish the game, he will often be credited with a hold. No more than one save may be credited in each game. If the pitcher surrenders the lead at any point, he cannot get a save, even if his team comes back to win.
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He comes into the game with a lead of no more than three runs, and pitches at least one full inning.The pitcher fulfills at least one of the following three conditions:.The pitcher is not the winning pitcher (for instance, if a starting pitcher throws a complete game win or, alternatively, if the pitcher gets a blown save and then his team scores a winning run while he is the pitcher of record, sometimes known as a "vulture win").The pitcher is the last pitcher in a game won by his team.A save is credited to a pitcher who fulfills the following three conditions: save In baseball statistics the term save (abbreviated SV, or sometimes, S) is used to indicate the successful maintenance of a lead by a relief pitcher, usually the closer, until the end of the game. When Shoeless Joe Jackson was implicated in the scandal, an apocryphal story says that a young fan approached him and said, "Say it ain't so, Joe!" sandwich round In the MLB Draft, a round of drafts that occurs between the first and second rounds, and again between the second and the third, comprised solely of compensatory drafts granted to teams that failed to sign their first or second round draft picks of the year before.
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A reference to the Black Sox scandal of 1919, when the Chicago White Sox lost the World Series on purpose.
"Say it ain't so, Joe!" ( idiomatic ) An expression of disbelief. Sally League The South Atlantic League ("SAL"), a Class A minor baseball league with teams located mainly in the southeastern United States. safety squeeze A squeeze play in which the runner on third waits for the batter to lay down a successful bunt before breaking for home. Also referred to as "sac fly," abbreviated as SF. The batter is credited with an RBI and is not charged with an at bat. sacrifice fly When a batter hits a fly ball to the outfield which is caught for an out, but a runner scores from 3rd base after tagging up or touching the bag following the catch. But he is credited with a SAC or S or SH. If the sacrifice is successful, the batter is not charged with an at bat (AB). Sacrifice bunt A sacrifice bunt (also called a sacrifice hit or simply a "sacrifice") is the act of deliberately bunting the ball in a manner that allows a runner on base to advance to another base, while the batter is himself put out. Together the second sacker and the short-stop may be referred to as sackmates. Most often this term is used to describe the second sacker (second baseman). A player who plays a particular base might be called a sacker.Synonymous with bag - 1st, 2nd, or 3rd base.The term was coined by Bill James, an enthusiastic proponent and its most notable figure. The term is derived from the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR). S sabermetrics The analysis of baseball through objective evidence, especially baseball statistics. The following is a glossary of baseball jargon ( phrases, idioms and slang):
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