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The open seating area in baseball was called the "bleaching boards" as early as 1877. [1] The term "bleachers" used in the sense of benches for spectators can be traced back to at least 1889; [2] named as such because the generally uncovered wooden boards were "bleached by the sun".
Bleacher seats (in short, bleachers) are uncovered seats that are typically tiered benches or other inexpensive seats located in the outfield or in any area past the main grandstand. The term comes from the assumption that the benches are sun-bleached.
A covered bleacher may be called a "pavilion", also to distinguish from the main "grandstand". The term grandstanding , from the notion of playing to the people in the grandstands, is often used as a pejorative to describe someone intent on drawing attention to themself.
Bleacher Report (often abbreviated as B/R) is a website that focuses on sport and sports culture. Its headquarters are in San Francisco, with offices in New York City and London. Its headquarters are in San Francisco, with offices in New York City and London.
"Williamsburg" was the name, invented by sportswriters, for the bullpen area built in front of the right-center field bleachers in 1940. It was built there primarily for the benefit of Ted Williams, to enable him and other left-handed batters to hit more home runs, since it was 23 feet (7.0 m) closer than the bleacher wall. [72]
Also trapper or catching glove. The webbed glove that the goaltender wears on the hand opposite the hand that holds the stick. centre Also center. A forward position whose primary zone of play is the middle of the ice. change on the fly Substituting a player from the bench during live play, i.e. not during a stoppage prior to a faceoff. charging The act of taking more than three strides or ...
The original double-decked seating covered all of right field, rounded home plate, and extended past third base, with an open concrete bleacher stand continuing to the left field wall. The ballpark was built on a sloping piece of ground, raised above street level in right field, which resulted in short foul line there of just 301 feet (92 m)).
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