throwback words

1. the player stationed behind home plate, whose chief duty is to catch pitches not hit by the batter
4. what the pitcher throws when he needs to throw hard
7. stands for baseball
9. a long-established or inherited way of thinking or acting
10. a person's signature
11. when the batter puts the ball into plate and gets back to the home plate before a out was made on him
13. a fast pitch that curves slightly and sharply in front of a batter, away from the side from which it was thrown

2. the direction the ball is spinning
3. the base that a runner goes to first of after leaving home
5. a pitched ball that goes through the strike zone and is either missed or not swung at
6. a division of a game during which each team has an opportunity to score until three outs have been made against it
8. the player who throws the ball to the opposing batter
12. a person selected to rule on the plays in baseball
13. a scrape a small notch
14. a roofed structure enclosed on three sides and with the fourth side open and facing the playing field, usually with the floor below ground level, where the players sit when not on the field