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In Britain the game is also known as pap, penny up or penny up the wall and it is referred to as pitch-and-toss in Rudyard Kipling's poem If—. In Scotland it is called keeley and chipsy , in Wales nippy , and other names include chucks , quarters , tinks , jingles and jingies .
The team that wins the pre-game coin toss may choose either to take the initial kick-off (in which case the team losing the toss chooses which end of the pitch to attack in the first half), or; to choose which end of the pitch to attack in the first half (in which case the team losing the toss takes the initial kick-off).
In baseball, the pitch is the act of throwing the baseball toward home plate to start a play. The term comes from the Knickerbocker Rules . Originally, the ball had to be thrown underhand, much like "pitching in horseshoes" .
Toss sweep Buck sweep Flanker sweep Quarterback sweep. A sweep is an outside running play in American football where a running back takes a pitch or handoff from the quarterback and starts running parallel to the line of scrimmage, allowing for the offensive linemen and fullback to get in front of him to block defenders before he turns upfield.
In cricket, the toss is the flipping of a coin to determine which captain will have the right to choose whether their team will bat or field at the start of the match. Before play begins, the captain of each side will inspect the pitch. Based on the pitch and weather conditions, the captains select their final eleven players.
A pitch outside the strike zone, on the opposite side of the plate as the batter, is referred to as being "away", in contrast to a pitch thrown between the plate and the batter that is known as "inside". Slang for outs. For example, a two-out inning may be said to be "two away"; a strikeout may be referred to as "putting away" the batter.
Fans threw baseballs in the direction of San Diego left fielder Jurickson Profar and then tossed trash that caused a lengthy delay before the Padres beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 10-2 on Sunday ...
In American football, a toss play is any running play which starts with a pitch to the running back. [1] In a toss play, the back often "curves out" towards the sideline on either side for a toss sweep .