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As in "we will touch base(s) at the meeting". To make contact with someone, to inform someone of one's plans or activities, perhaps in anticipation of an event. In baseball, a player who is touching a base is not in danger of being put out. Another explanation is that a player must briefly touch each of the bases in order after hitting a home run.
failed to touch a base the last time they passed it, or failed to touch all previous bases in order To properly execute a live ball appeal, a fielder must, with a live ball , tag the runner or base in question and communicate to the umpire what the infraction was and which runner committed the infraction.
When runners are "at the corners", they are at first base and third base on the baseball diamond, with no runner on second base. The "corners of the plate" are the inside and outside edges of home plate. Some pitchers live on the corners or just nibble on them. Others are skilled at "painting the corners".
In prisoner's base, each team starts in a chain, holding hands, with one end of the chain touching the base. The end two players on each team break from the chain and try to tag each other, taking them to their base if they do. The end pair progressively break from the chain and join the tagging.
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Play at Second Base by sculptor Joe Brown.Both the defensive player and the runner are within a few inches of touching the base. In baseball, a neighborhood play is a force play in which a fielder receiving the ball in attempting to force out a runner at second base, catches and quickly throws the ball to first base in a double play attempt without actually touching second base, or by touching ...
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Crew chief Tyler Ford told a pool reporter after the game that it wasn't totally clear what Braun was doing, which is why he called for a jump ball instead of assessing the Nuggets a technical foul.