Batted ball
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In the sports of baseball and softball, a batted ball is a pitch that has been contacted by the batter's bat. Batted balls are either fair or foul, and can be characterized as a fly ball, pop-up, line
Casey McGehee on the Milwaukee Brewers puts a ball in play
A view along a first base foul line, looking from the outfield wall back towards home plate
An outfielder about to catch a fly ball
An infielder about to field a ground ball
Bunt (baseball)
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A bunt is a batting technique in baseball or fastpitch softball. Official Baseball Rules define a bunt as follows: "A bunt is a batted ball not swung at, but intentionally met with the bat and tapped
Batted ball
…foul ball counts as a strike against the batter, unless there are already two strikes on the batter, with special rules applying to foul tips and foul bunts. Fly balls are those hit in an arcing manner, with pop-ups being a subset of fly balls that do not travel far. Line drives are batted balls hit on a…
Mark Teahen squares around to bunt.
Jeremy Hermida of the Florida Marlins attempting to bunt
Jacoby Ellsbury bunting