This is an alphabetical list of selected unofficial and specialized terms, phrases, and other jargon used in baseball, along with their definitions, including illustrative examples for many entries.
A throw is airmailed over the head of San Francisco Giants first baseman Pablo Sandoval.
Kevin Pillar (right) beats out a throw to first base.
A catcher (left) drops to both knees to block the plate from an opposing baserunner during a Japanese high school baseball game
"Bullpen" can be used to describe the area in which these Tampa Bay Rays relief pitchers are sitting or as a metonym for the pitchers themselves.
The 2001 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2001 season. The 97th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff between the National League (NL) champion Arizona Diamondbacks and the three-time defending World Series champions and American League (AL) champion New York Yankees. The underdog Diamondbacks defeated the heavily favored Yankees, four games to three to win the series. Considered one of the greatest World Series of all time,
its memorable aspects included two extra-inning games and three late-inning comebacks. Diamondbacks pitchers Randy Johnson and Curt Schilling were both named World Series Most Valuable Players.
Curt Schilling (pictured with the Boston Red Sox) held the Yankees' offense to just one run and picked up the win in Game 1.
Matt Williams (pictured in 2015) hit a three-run home run for the Diamondbacks in the bottom of the seventh to seal a Game 2 win for Arizona.
Roger Clemens pitched a three-hitter and struck out nine to clinch Game 3 for the Yankees.