Friday, April 6, 2012

Diamond Defined: Base To Base On Balls




From the 2006 book, The Official Rules of Baseball Illustrated, by David Nemec, I will present Rule 2 of the Code - the definitions of baseball terms - over the course of the 2012 baseball season. Today’s terms are: Base, Base Coach, Base On Balls.

Base – one of four points which must be touched by a runner in order to score a run; more usually applied to the canvas bags and the rubber plate which mark the base points.

Base Coach – a team member in uniform who is stationed in the coach’s box at first or third base to direct the batter and the runners.

Base On Balls – an award of first base granted to a batter who, during her time at bat, receives four pitches outside the strike zone.

Images:
Left: Base from the website crawdaddy.com
Center: “Diamond Defined” logo created by Adrean Darce Brent
Right: “Base On Balls” graphic created by Adrean Darce Brent
Below: "Red Sox Box" logo created by Adrean Darce Brent


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