Baseball Terminology

4. Having the qualities of Babe Ruth, typically describing the flight of a long home run.
5. A string of ones on the scoreboard, indicating successive innings in which exactly one run was scored.
7. When a runner is on base.
8. A --- is a batter or pitcher that has played enough to be eligible for a percentage-based league leaderboard.
10. The fence behind home plate, designed to protect spectators from wild pitches or foul balls.
13. A pitch, typically a fastball, that breaks sharply downward as it crosses the plate.
14. A play in which a runner is stranded between two bases, and runs back and forth to try to avoid fielders with the ball.
16. A pitch that curves or breaks from a straight or expected flight path toward home plate.
17. A pitch intentionally thrown close to a batter to intimidate him,
19. An --- is a player whose position is either left field, center field, or right field. See position.
20. A pitch that curves to the same side as the side from which it was thrown.
23. --- is a term for athletes in their first year of play in their sport.
24. A curveball with a high arc in its path to the plate.
26. Acronym for "No outs, bases loaded ending (with) team incapable of getting easy run".
27. Last place, bottom of the standings.
28. The period from the first to the last scheduled game of a year.
29. A hard-hit line drive base hit

1. The --- is where a team's bench is located.
2. Home run hit with the bases loaded.
3. An argument or fight in a baseball game.
6. A relatively fast pitch with a slight curve in the opposite direction of the throwing arm.
9. A traditional relief pitcher who starts a game for strategic reasons and is replaced early in the game.
11. Slang for a fielder's errant throw that sails high over the player.
12. A very high fly ball. Sometimes referred to as a "rainmaker" because it is so high it may touch the clouds.
15. A hitter's power zone.
18. A player or team with power and exceptional skill.
21. Another term for catcher. Also backstop, signal caller.
22. A type of curveball with a severe break.
25. The layout of the four bases in the infield.