| has gloss | (noun) (baseball) the act of throwing a baseball by a pitcher to a batter
delivery, pitch |
| has gloss | eng: A pitch, in baseball, is when a pitcher throws the baseball to the batter. This is a pitchers main job. The pitcher tries to got the player who is up at-bat out. If a pitcher throws three strikes, the batter is striked-out. A strike is when a pitch is in the zone from the batters knees to the belt and the width of home plate. Also, if a pitcher throws four pitches out of the strike zone, the batter goes to first base immediately. |
| has gloss | eng: In baseball, a pitch is the act of throwing a baseball toward home plate to start a play. The term comes from the Knickerbocker Rules. Originally, the ball had to be literally "pitched" underhand, as with pitching horseshoes. Overhead throwing was not allowed until 1884. |
| lexicalization | eng: delivery |
| lexicalization | eng: Pitch baseball |
| lexicalization | eng: pitch |
| subclass of | (noun) the act of throwing (propelling something with a rapid movement of the arm and wrist); "the catcher made a good throw to second base"
throw |
| has subclass | (noun) an illegal pitching motion while runners are on base
balk |
| has subclass | (noun) a pitch that is not in the strike zone; "he threw nine straight balls before the manager yanked him"
ball |
| has subclass | (noun) a baseball deliberately thrown at the batter's head
beanball, beaner |
| has subclass | (noun) a baseball thrown with little velocity when the batter is expecting a fastball
change-up, off-speed pitch, change-of-pace ball, change-of-pace |
| has subclass | (noun) a pitch of a baseball that is thrown with spin so that its path curves as it approaches the batter
bender, curve ball, breaking ball, curve |
| has subclass | (noun) a pitch thrown deliberately close to the batter
duster |
| has subclass | (noun) (baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity; "he swung late on the fastball"; "he showed batters nothing but smoke"
hummer, smoke, bullet, fastball, heater |
| has subclass | (noun) a baseball pitch thrown with little speed or spin
knuckler, knuckleball |
| has subclass | (noun) a baseball pitch in which the hand moves above the shoulder
overhand pitch |
| has subclass | (noun) a pitch that the catcher should have caught but did not; allows a base runner to advance a base
passed ball |
| has subclass | (noun) a pitch with reverse spin that curves toward the side of the plate from which it was thrown
screwball |
| has subclass | (noun) a pitch that curves downward rapidly as it approaches the plate
sinker |
| has subclass | (noun) an illegal pitch in which a foreign substance (spit or Vaseline) is applied to the ball by the pitcher before he throws it
spitter, spitball |
| has subclass | (noun) (baseball) a pitch that the batter swings at and misses, or that the batter hits into foul territory, or that the batter does not swing at but the umpire judges to be in the area over home plate and between the batter's knees and shoulders; "this pitcher throws more strikes than balls"
strike |
| has subclass | (noun) a pitch thrown sidearm instead of overhead
submarine pitch, submarine ball |
| has subclass | (noun) an errant pitch that the catcher cannot be expected to catch and that allows a base runner to advance a base
wild pitch |
