Well, “balls and strikes” originates in the game of baseball, the American pastime. In the game of baseball, a good pitch is called a strike, bad pitches are called balls. And there’s an umpire sitting behind the batter solely to determine if a pitch is good (strike) or bad (ball...
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B: Perhaps it doesn’t matter, since he once said that a judge should call balls and strikes like an umpire. Note: The idiom, which comes from baseball, means “to act a home plate umpire” in literal sense, and by extension, means “to act impartially.” In baseball, when the pitch...
call balls and strikes To act as the home plate umpire in a baseball game, i.e., by determining and announcing that a pitch is a ball or a strike.Wilson's calling balls and strikes today? Aw man, he's the worst—he needs glasses or something, for sure. ...
voters are embracing early voting. And in a bit, Senator Brian Schatz of Hawaii will stop by to share some details on Vice President Harris’s plan of increased access to housing. And we’re going to talk a little inside baseball and get some scoop on what he thinks about the Senate ...
call balls and strikes To act as the home plate umpire in a baseball game, i.e., by determining and announcing that a pitch is a ball or a strike.Wilson's calling balls and strikes today? Aw man, he's the worst—he needs glasses or something, for sure. ...
Some of the world’s most contentious land battles may take place at a baseball field's home plate. Now Major League Baseball is turning to cameras and computers in an effort to settle some of those fights over balls and strikes.
“He’s a pretty good pitcher, and that velocity is real,” saidMLB Pipeline’s No. 23 overall prospect JJ Wetherholt, who lined out in the first. “We had [a scouting report] that he just threw fastball and curveballs, but he was throwing sliders to me, so that was different. It...
"this pitcher throws more strikes than balls" a gentle blow 同义词:raptap a score in tenpins: knocking down all ten with the first ball "he finished with three strikes in the tenth frame" 同义词:ten-strike a conspicuous success 同义词:hitsmashsmasherbang ...
He walked the first batter he faced in Jeff McNeil but then got Mookie Betts to hit into a double play, bringing up Trout with two out and the sellout crowd on its feet. Article content Throwing 100 mph fastballs Ohtani struck out his Angels team mate to trigger celebrations as t...