Baseball
Across
- 1. How many strikes can you have until you are out?
- 2. a batted ball that rolls or bounces close to the ground
- 5. Slang for a base
- 7. What team did Lou Gehrig play for?
- 8. What baseball team is found in Chicago?
- 11. The area over home plate
- 14. The abbreviation for when you make someone on your team come home by hitting a ball
- 16. a play in which a runner legally loses his right to occupy a base by reason of the batter becoming a runner
- 17. what is any defensive player called?
- 18. The red sox's played at which stadium?
- 20. The area within which the batter shall stand during his time at bat
- 21. slang for pitchers mound
- 22. The pitcher has to throw this many balls before a batter can walk
Down
- 1. Where did Babe Ruth hit his 700th career home run?
- 3. the action of a fielder in touching a base with his body while holding the ball securely and firmly in his hand or glove
- 4. Slang for a rundown
- 6. the pitcher and catcher
- 9. If you argue with this person you might get kicked out
- 10. If you swing and you miss
- 12. a fielder who occupies a position in the outfield, which is the area of the playing field most distant from home base
- 13. a batted, thrown, or pitched ball which has not yet touched the ground or some object other than a fielder.
- 15. a ball out of play because of a legally created temporary suspension of play.
- 17. a batted ball that goes high in the air in-flight straight from the bat without first touching the ground
- 19. slang for a home run