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Wild pitch - Definition and Overview |
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In baseball, a wild pitch (denoted by WP) is a pitch that is too high, too low, or too wide of home plate for the catcher to capably field, thereby allowing one or more runners to advance at least one base.
A wild pitch usually passes the catcher behind home plate, often allowing runners on base easy advancement.
A closely related statistic is the passed ball. As with many baseball statistics, whether a pitch that gets away from a catcher is a passed ball or wild pitch is at the discretion of the official scorer.
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Example Usage of pitch |
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LeeGoldberg: set another pitch mtg for Monday, sort of a "call-back" on one I had last week. I feel like an actor doing auditions. |
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missyjchrisp: media passes? check. hot outfit? check. faux tan? check. pitch fashion show tonight.. stay tuned for exclusive article on @slynkeydotcom :)x |
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agchat: OK, i'ts now pitch time, feel free to pitch as you wish. #agchat |
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