Glossary of baseball (H)


H

hack

Hall of Fame

Hall of Very Good

hammer

handcuff

handle

hang

hanging a snowman

happy

hard hands

hardball

hat trick

HBP

head of lettuce

headhunter

heart of the plate

heat

heavy hitter

help his own cause

herky-jerky

hesitation pitch

hidden ball trick

high and tight

high cheese

high hard one

high heat

high let it fly; low let it go

hill

hit

hit a bullet

hit and run

hit away

hit behind the runner

hit by pitch

hit 'em where they ain't

hit for average

hit for the cycle

hit it where the grass don't grow

hit on Christmas Day

hit the ball on the screws

hit the deck

hit the dirt

hitch in his swing

hitter

a person who hits a ball with a bat in baseball.

hitter's count

hitter's park

hitterish

hold

hold the runner on

hold up on a swing

hole

hole in his glove

hole in his swing

hole in the lineup

home

home cooking

home advantage|home field advantage

home game|home team

home half

home plate

home run

home run derby

home run trot

Unfortunately for his personal power totals, Milledge was bamboozled into believing his liner in the fourth inning against the Chicago Cubs on Thursday night had cleared the left-field fence at PNC Park for his first career grand slam. Dead certain he had gone deep, Milledge raised his fist rounding first base, put his head down and went into a trot. Cool. Double-dog certain because the fireworks guy at PNC set off the pyrotechnics that explode every time a Bucs player goes deep. Music also began to blare. What a glorious moment for the Bucs!... only, the ball had not cleared the fence. It hit the top and stayed in the field of play.
As Bucs announcer Bob Walk said, "Uh oh, uh oh, uh oh, uh oh — we got a problem here." Milledge was not quite midway between second and third base when he realized the Cubs had him in a rundown. And, yeah, um, he was tagged out. Score that a two-run double and a big ol' base-running blunder.

home stand

home team

homer

hook

hook foul

hopper

horsehide

hose

hot

hot box

hot corner

hot stove league

house by the side of the road

howitzer

human rain delay

humpback liner

hurler