One of my favorite terms from the world of sports, particularly baseball, is the “walk-off run.” It happens in the last inning for the home team when they are tied and score to win. Reportedly, the term was coined by pitcher Dennis Eckersley. He used it to describe home runs that were hit so far […]
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One of my favorite expressions in sports comes from baseball and it’s the term “getting caught looking”. That’s when a batter who has two strikes on them, watches the next pitch come in, gets called for a strike, and they’re out. They didn’t swing the bat; they didn’t take any action at all. I think […]
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In baseball, when a runner arrives at the bag at the same time as the ball, people in the stands will often yell,” The tie goes to the runner!” Meaning the runner should be safe… however, there is no such formal rule in baseball, and it’s the umpire’s job to decide if the runner is […]
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