Monday, September 10, 2012
Diamond Defined: “Safe” To Suspended Game
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: “Safe”, Set Position, Squeeze Play, Strike, Strike Zone, Suspended Game.
“Safe” – a declaration by the umpire that a runner is entitled to the base for which she was trying.
Set Position – one of the two legal pitching positions.
Squeeze Play – a term to designate a play when a team, with a runner on third base, attempts to score that runner by means of a bunt.
Strike – a legal pitch when so called by the umpire.
Strike Zone – that area over home plate the upper limit of which is a horizontal line at the midpoint between the top of the shoulders and the top of the uniform pants, and the lower level is a line at the hollow beneath the kneecap. The Strike Zone shall be determined from the batter’s stance as the batter is prepared to swing at a pitched ball.
Suspended Game – a called game which is to be completed at a later date.
Images:
Left: "Safe" from the website missabbottswkhsblog.blogspot.com
Center: “Diamond Defined” logo created by Adrean Darce Brent
Right: Strike Zone diagram from the website donklephant.com
Below: "Red Sox Box" logo created by Adrean Darce Brent
“Safe” – a declaration by the umpire that a runner is entitled to the base for which she was trying.
Set Position – one of the two legal pitching positions.
Squeeze Play – a term to designate a play when a team, with a runner on third base, attempts to score that runner by means of a bunt.
Strike – a legal pitch when so called by the umpire.
Strike Zone – that area over home plate the upper limit of which is a horizontal line at the midpoint between the top of the shoulders and the top of the uniform pants, and the lower level is a line at the hollow beneath the kneecap. The Strike Zone shall be determined from the batter’s stance as the batter is prepared to swing at a pitched ball.
Suspended Game – a called game which is to be completed at a later date.
Images:
Left: "Safe" from the website missabbottswkhsblog.blogspot.com
Center: “Diamond Defined” logo created by Adrean Darce Brent
Right: Strike Zone diagram from the website donklephant.com
Below: "Red Sox Box" logo created by Adrean Darce Brent
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