Doctoring the Baseball | Glossary | MLB.com (2024)

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What is the penalty for doctoring a baseball? ›

No player is permitted to intentionally damage, deface or discolor the baseball by rubbing it with any type of foreign item or substance, including dirt or saliva. Failure to follow this rule will result in an ejection and an automatic 10-game suspension.

Doctoring the baseball is altering the baseball in some way so the pitchers are able to create unusual amounts and types of movement on pitches.

[Lace] - To hit the ball very hard, typically a line drive. [Landscaper] - A player that has a hose (strong arm) and can rake (hit well). [Lagger] - A hitter that swings by the time the ball hits the catcher's mitt (late). [Laser Show] - Ball player with a strong throwing arm.

The general term for altering the ball in any way is doctoring. The emery ball differs from the spitball, in which the ball is doctored by applying saliva or Vaseline. Vaseline or saliva smooths the baseball, while the emery paper roughens it.

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As a reminder, pitchers can use rosin or other league-approved substances to help them grip the baseballs, but they cannot go beyond that to substances such as spider tack, pine tar or a now-notorious mixture of sunscreen with sweat and other readily available things during the course of a game.

THE ANSWER. MLB rules forbid pitchers from applying any foreign substance directly to baseballs. Pitchers are allowed to put rosin, a sticky powder made from pine tree sap, on their hands to better grip the baseball, but aren't allowed to put anything else on their hands because it could get on the baseball.

One triggering incident for the adoption of the ban on spitballs in 1920 was the pitch that hit batter Ray Chapman in the head and killed him. (this was in the days long before batting helmets were mandated).

"It is technically breaking the rules, but it's not an egregious breaking of the law," he said. Other substances, including glues, custom mixes and an adhesive called Spider Tack, are so sticky they enable pitchers to spin the ball at astonishingly fast rates.

Hack: To take a big swing at the ball. Sometimes called a “Daddy Hack.” Hard 90: Running hard to first base out of the batter's box. The distance between each base is 90 feet.

What does 5 4 3 mean in baseball? ›

shortstop = 6. left field = 7. center field = 8. right field = 9. So a 5-4-3 double play means the ball was hit to the 3rd baseman, who then threw the ball to the second baseman, who then threw the ball to the first baseman.

to roll a ball along a smooth surface during a game, especially in the game of bowling: [ I ] It's your turn to bowl. [ T ] She bowled a strike.

A ball is a formal dance occasion. By formal is meant: people were invited, wore their best clothes ('evening attire'), and the ball was held in a splendid ballroom. In former times everyone danced, but only the wealthy went to balls. Girls had dance cards: men had to sign up to dance with them.

As often as you would like. MLB has a rule that a relief pitcher must face a minimum of 3 batters. Teams are only limited in moves by the amount of pitchers they have available on their roster.

'Rockies rule': Baseball fans call for MLB mercy rule after record-breaking loss. DENVER (KDVR) — There isn't a mercy rule in baseball, but some fans think there should be after the Colorado Rockies lost 16-1 in the season opener against the Arizona Diamondbacks.

In Baseball5, a WBSC variation of baseball and softball which is played to five innings, a team which leads by 15 runs after three innings or 10 after four innings automatically wins.

In baseball, a pitcher can commit illegal motions or actions that constitute a balk. Most of these violations involve pitchers pretending to pitch when they have no intention of doing so.