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Baseball Terms for Players
- Battery – term for a pitcher and catcher
- Closer – a pitcher that can close out the game, usually throws hard
- Field general – catcher
- Backstop – catcher
- Hot corner – third base
- Southpaw – left-handed throwing player
- Punchin’ Judy hitter: singles hitter
- Slap hitter term for a batter who doesn’t take a full swing
- Table setter – leadoff hitter or a hitter who gets on base before the best hitters
- On deck batter- next up to bat
- In the hole – the batter behind the batter on deck
- Ride the pine – sitting on the bench
- Blue – umpire
- Five tool player – a player that has exceptional running and fielding skills, has a strong throwing arm and can hit for power and average
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