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In baseball, the letter "B" offers many ideas. Here are the most popular, always drawn from the vocabulary of baseball stars and stripes. BABE: is a saying to describe a player fat. In Cuba, the player is fat called "gordo".

BABE RUTH: the name of this champion of the past is used to indicate a boundary.

Backstop: It 's a term that is used to indicate the receiver. The term generally means the fence behind home plate.

BACKDOOR BREAKING BALL: "A breaking ball through the back door" - usually a slider, curveball, cut fastball or that, thanks to its lateral motion, passes through a small part of the strike zone, on the outer edge of the plate. The launch can not cross the front of the plate, but only the back and then enters through the "back door". A slider is the most common, because the slider has a more lateral movement of the other breaking ball. The most famous backdoor slider was what Kirk Gibson against Dennis Eckersley to beat the home run that gave the victory in the first game of the 1988 World Series to the Dodgers, who then took over the title.

BACK TO BACK: "Consecutive" - \u200b\u200bWhen two consecutive batters each hit a home run, is said to have beaten back-to-back homers. " Or a pitcher can throw back-to-back bases on balls, and so on.

BACK UP: coverage. It 's the position of a defender who is positioned behind a companion.

BAD BALL Hitter: "Batting balls are not good" - a hitter who excels in hitting jumps that are outside the strike zone. Bad-Ball remarkable hitter and Vladimir Guerrero are Yogi Berra.

BAD HOP: "Skipping bad" - A ball that bounces in front of an internal crashes, often due to imperfections in the land or for the rotation on the ball.

BAD HANDS: literally the wrong hands. Clearly indicates the sockets unsafe.

BAG: cushion, bag, base.

BALL: the "bola" in that of Cuba 'the ball, but also launch out of the strike zone.

BALL GAME: is the game of baseball.

BALK: foul of the launcher platform. And 'the movement of the launcher in the launch phase that goes beyond the terms of the Regulation.

BALTIMORE CHOP is a joke that hits the ground with some violence and a bell tower stands in the infield, allowing the batter to reach first base bag except that the inside does not have the time to gather and pull groped elimination. Term coined in Baltimore, where the steaks are fried.

BANJO HIT: a joke that ends between the inner and outer field, almost like a Texas Leaguer.

BANG BANG: indicates an arrival the wire, especially at first base, where the arbitrator's decision to decree the exception ol'out is always very, very difficult.

BARBER: has a couple of meanings. "EL Jugadora de barrio" is a very talkative player, and the pitcher who directs the ball grazing the very face of the batter is called the "barber" comes from and by the mallet, a well-known pitcher of the past that had this habit.

BARREL: the top of the bat, the biggest, just the barrel.

Annies BASEBALL: are the girls who follow the teams because the players involved.

BASES FULL. Jammed BASES BASES LOADED: "home LIEN in Cuba. Bases full.

BASE HIT: (sencillo / imparable) good joke. BASE ON BALLS

: (boleto gratis) free basis for four balls.

BASEBALL WIDOW: "Widow of baseball" - The wife of a devoted fan of baseball.

BASKETBALL CATCH: "Taken with the basket" - catching a fly ball with the glove open at the exterior of the belt. He took Willie Mays. It has been also used in the movie Major League when Willie Mays Hayes is taking a "basket catch" and how to approach the bench, his manager says, "Nice catch Hayes, do not ever (explicit) do it again!" .

BASTARD PLAY: is a slash, ie pretending to bunt followed by an attempt to stop.

BATTING CAGE: tunnel network for training the stop, a side of the field or in the gym.

BATTER'S EYE: "batter's eye" - is usually dark area beyond the center field wall that acts as a visual background for the batsman facing the bowler. The dark background allows the batter to see the pitched ball that is beaten up in that area. An example of a batter's background is the black surface to the center field of Yankee Stadium.

BAT: (bate) the bat. A regulation bat is made of a single piece of wood or metal. The clubs vary in weight and length. There are very specific rules for each class or league.

BATTERY: the battery, which is the launcher-receiver combination.

BATTER'S BOX: (cajon de bate) the area in which the batter must stand.

BATTING AVERAGE: (Promed) batting average. Bars apply to 1000 divided the turn at bat.

BATTING ORDER: batting order.

BEANBALL: voluntarily made a throw to the batter's head. It 'an illegal pitch, which may cause the expulsion from the scope of the pitcher.

BEAT OUT: (hit de piernas) stop in the infield that allows the batter to first base agiungere safe, error-free or the choice of defense. It 'so good a joke.

BEES IN THE BAT: bees in the club. When the bat is vibrating from the ball.

BELT: is a synonym for good measure.

BENCH WARMER: warms the bench. It 's the end fastened her to a player who plays very little.

BENT LEG SLIDE: slip hook.

BIG Inning: attack strategy aimed at creating much in a recovery.

Bingle: valid single measure.

BETSY BACK: synonymous with poker. From the nickname of the bat Babe Ruth.

blooper: "Duck" - It 's a weak joke on the fly which falls between an interior and an exterior. Also known as the "bloop single", "dying quail" or "duck snort". It can also be a mistake of the defenders.
One oddity or a fun game, like when a pitcher throws the ball to the catcher after the batter is out of the box and was named the head of the time hitting catcher with the ball.

BLOWN SAVE : "Salvation wasted." E 'against the pitcher who comes into the game in a "save situation", but allowing opponents to even the score a point. If the pitcher's team does not come back to win the game, the pitcher will be charged a defeat than a "blown save". It is not an officially recognized statistic by Major League Baseball. But analysts and sportswriters take into account the "blown save" as the record closer, in the same manner as the record of wins / losses for pitchers starters.

BOBBLE: attempt to take the ball ends up bouncing between hand and glove, causing an error. It 'also a ball that, after the capture, also falls from the glove causing an error.

BOTTOM: bottom. The second half of an inning.

BOUNCING BALL: bouncing ball.

BOX SCORE: report of the binder.

BREAK: change of direction, aborting.

BREAKING PITCH / BALL: launch the ball trajectory changes abruptly. A curve, a change of plan. The Cuban pitchers who know how good are these launches have named "serpentineros.

Bronx Bombers: are so named players of the team New York Yankees.

BRUSH BACH PITCH: "pull para Sustar" they say in Cuba, or launch that takes place very close to the batter to keep it further away from the plate. It is often used by pitchers when the batter covers the plate or is positioned very close to it.

Bullpen: "Jaula English mackerel" in Cuba 'the area where the pitchers warming up before entering the game.

BUNT: action that softens the batter the ball rolling slowly into the infield. In Cuba it is called "toque de bola."

Busher: player from from the minor leagues. You use it as a derogatory term.

BUTTERFLIES: discomfort in the stomach due to the tension of the pre-game. Literally translated as the flutter of butterflies.

BUTTERFLY: launch trajectory from the extremely varied just like the flight of a butterfly.