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In September 2007, Los Angeles Dodgers shortstop Chin-Lung Hu, a late-season callup from Las Vegas, got his first major league hit against the Arizona Diamondbacks, a single; Dodgers announcer Vin Scully said "Shades of Abbott and Costello, I can finally say, 'Hu is on first base. ' " [56]
Early forms of baseball or rounders from the mid 19th century did not require a fixed batting order; any player who was not on base could be called upon to bat. [6] The concept of a set batting order is said to have been invented by Alexander Cartwright, who also instituted rules such as the foul ball and tagging the runner (as opposed to pegging him with the ball), and devised the shortstop ...
CS means the runner was caught trying to steal the base ahead. The notation for a runner caught trying to steal second is normally 2–4 or 2–6 for a catcher-to-second-base play. PK means the runner was picked off by the pitcher while he was off the base. [4] This almost always occurs at first base, so the notation is usually 1–3.
The infield fly rule is explained in the Official Baseball Rules in two places: . Definitions of terms: Infield Fly; Rule 5.09 (Batter is out) The rule applies only when there are fewer than two outs, and there is a force play at third base (which means there are runners at first and second base, or the bases are loaded). [2]
In the sport of baseball, a baserunner is said to be in scoring position when they are on second or third base.The distinction between being on first base and second or third base is that a runner on first can usually only score if the batter hits an extra-base hit, while a runner on second or third can usually score on a single.
Here's how the Tigers have distributed the third-base reps in spring training, entering Tuesday's game: 39 of his 56 innings for Urshela (69.6%), 29 of 60 innings for Ibáñez (48.3%), 26 of 57 ...
And he started at his familiar position of third base. ( Rafael Devers was not in Sunday's lineup.) The home run was a two-run shot off Andrew Bash in the second inning, increasing the Red Sox's ...
Even the two oldest parks still in use differ on this point: the Cubs sit on the third-base side at Wrigley while the Red Sox inhabit the first-base dugout at Fenway. Due to the ballpark's orientation, at Wrigley the third-base dugout faces away from the sun from noon onward, whereas the first base dugout faces sunlight in the late innings.