Entertainment / Baseball Glossary

Golden Sombrero: 0 for 4 with 4 strikeouts.

Goose Egg: Refers to a Zero put up on the scoreboard after an inning.

Gopher: A ball hit for a homerun.

Gopher Ball: A pitch destined to be hit for a home run; one that will ‘go for’ a run.

Got Shelled: Refers to a pitcher who is getting hit hard by the offense, surrendering a large number of hits and runs.

Grand Slam: A home run that is hit with a runner on every base. This hit scores 4 runs.

Green Light: Signal from the coach to hit the next good pitch, or a signal to a base runner that gives the runner the authority to decide when to attempt a steal.

Ground Ball: A ball hit in the infield by the batter that bounces in the infield.

Ground Rule Double: When a line drive bounces on the field and over the wall in fair territory the hit is scored as a ground rule double and the batter advances to second base.

Grounder: A ground ball.

Guess Hitter: A hitter who (sometimes to often) tries to guess what pitch the pitcher is going to throw him given the situation.

Heat (Heater): A good fastball.

High And Tight: Referring to a pitch that's up in the strike zone and inside on a hitter. Also known as ‘up and in.’

High Hard One: Sounds a little dirty but it’s not. Refers to a fastball that is thrown high up, or even above the top of, the strike zone, with the hopes of getting the batter to swing and miss (also known . . . View Full Definition

Hill: Pitcher's mound.

Hit: A play in which the batter safely reaches a base after hitting the ball, without aid from a fielding error or fielder’s choice.

Hit And Run: Play-action situation in which the batter must swing at the pitch while the base runner attempts to steal the base.

Hit Em Where They Aint: Rallying cry for batters through the decades since 1897, when Wee Willie Keeler hit .432. Asked how a man of his size could put together such an average, Keeler responded: ‘Simple. I keep my . . . View Full Definition

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