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noun
A play where the catcher fails to stop a normally playable pitch and a runner advances.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
a pitch that the catcher should have caught but did not; allows a base runner to advance a base
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: pitch, delivery
History
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Across languages
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
