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Skip Or Skipper: Refers to a team’s manager.

Slider: A pitcher that appears to the batter as a fastball until it reaches the plate, then breaks sharply on a level plane. The ball is held similarly to the curveball, but the wrist is kept straig . . . View Full Definition

Slurve: A slow, big-breaking curve ball

Small Ball Or Playing Small Ball: Refers to an offensive approach where the team uses bunts, walks, infield hits, hit and run plays, stolen bases, and sacrifices to manufacture runs.

Snowcone: Common term for when a fielder catches a ball, and a portion of the ball protrudes the end of the glove, appearing like a snowcone.

Southpaw: A left-handed pitcher. The word was created to describe a lefty because, traditionally, baseball stadiums were built with the pitching mounds facing west and the batter facing east, to preve . . . View Full Definition

Spit Ball: Illegal pitch which a foreign substance (most commonly spit or grease) is applied to the ball causing it to react in an unpredictable manner.

Squeeze Play: A bunt with a runner on third base designed to advance the runner home. The runner on third waits to ensure that the batter has successfully laid down the bunt before advancing towards home.

Stanza(s): Another term for Inning(s).

Starter: The pitcher who beings the game and pitches until he wins the game or is replaced by a relief pitcher.

Steal: Attempting to advance a base between pitches without the batter hitting the ball or getting a base on balls.

Stolen Base: Successfully advancing a base between pitches without the batter hitting the ball or getting a base on balls.

Strike: A legal pitch when so called by the umpire, which: Is struck at by the batter and missed; Is not struck at, if the ball passes through the strike zone; Is fouled by the batter when he has le . . . View Full Definition

Strike Out: When a batter swings and misses three pitchers, receives three pitches within the strike zone without swinging, or a combination of the two. The batter is declared out. Foul balls are counte . . . View Full Definition

Strike Zone: An area directly over home plate, from the bottom of the batter's kneecaps to the midpoint between the top of the batter's shoulders and the top of the batter's uniform pants.

Suicide Squeeze Play: A play in which a runner on third breaks toward home on the pitch and the batter’s responsibility is to bunt the ball allowing the runner to score.

Sweet Spot: The part of the bat just a few inches from the barrel.

Swing From The Heels: Refers to a hitter who takes honest healthy full swings at pitches, often in an attempt to get an extra base hit. ‘Reggie Jackson is really swinging from the heels this evening.’

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