why do they symbolize a strikeout with a "k" in baseball?
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As The Straight Dope explains, we owe the "K" to an early sportswriter named Henry Chadwick. In fact, Chadwick and another writer named M.J. Kelly are largely responsible for the scoring system baseball uses today. \nBut whence the K? Chadwick already had "S" slated for "sacrifice." So a strikeout became a "K", after the last letter of the word "struck." The reason a strikeout isn't a "T" is because "struck" was the preferred term of the day. \n\nWhile we tend to side with the Straight Dope (which cites Pete Palmer's book Total Baseball and Neil Cohen's article "How to Score a Game" as its sources), you can read some other creative "K" theories on this baseball message board. We especially like "the three lines in a K, three strikes in a strikeout" suggestion.
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This happens when the baseball player has the option of getting the out in multiple places.  For example, a ball is hit to the short stop and there was a man on first.  In this case, the short stop could throw the ball to second or first base and get the out.
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it stands for wild pitch\nwhen a pitcher throws a ball that a catcher cant simply handle\nits a wild pitch
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stands for walks, hits per inning pitched. and em all up and divide by innings pitched.
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Well I think there's pieces of truth in each of the answers but maybe this will clear it up.......In baseball a Putout is given to a player who holds the ball when the out is recorded. (An outfielder catches a pop up = PO, a first baseball catches the ball and tags 1st on a force play = PO) An assist is given to a player who throws the ball in a play that results in an out. (A SS throws to 1b who tags 1st, SS gets an Assist, 1b gets a PO.  If a RF throws home and C tags out runner, RF gets assist, C gets PO) So by definition, on a strikeout, the catcher is the player holding the ball when an out is recorded, therefore the C gets a PO on a strikeout.  If he drops the ball and throws the runner out at 1st, its an assist. If he tags the runner, its a PO. A pitcher does not get an assist on a strikeout however.
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Rule 7.05 covers a player deliberately using a piece of his uniform to touch a batted ball, but I would imagine that doesn't apply here, especially as the first basemen is not making the put out.  I believe the runner is out.
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Those are probably the fungo circles.  When teams are taking their fielding practice, coaches hit fly balls to outfielders using a fungo bat.  By dedicating a dirt patch for that, it helps prevent wear and tear on the grass.
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Yeah if you want to look at stats alone but weird things happen in baseball.I remember last year the Royals swept the Yankees and the Royals had a horrible team.That's why so many people get frustrated with the Yankees.People think they should win every single game with a pay roll like that, and they probably should.I also think that a lot of good teams are too relaxed when a bad team comes into town and then they loose.Sorry...I keep going on and on but its just that I am a Royals fan and even though they are bad I have seen them beat some of the best teams.I guess that's just how baseball works.
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It is a home run that ends the game.  The term "walk-off" comes from the days of Lou Gehrig.  After he hit a three-run home run to win a game for the Yankees his teammates walked-off the field, into the dug-out, and into the locker room.  They did this before rounding the bases and touching home plate.  All the runs were scored and the umpire called the game before Gehrig himself could even make his way to home.
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Because if there is a hard hit line drive or grounder they can stop it short before it goes into the outfield.
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what does this have to do with baseball?
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in order for them to be out, they have to make contact with the ball.  it would just be a strike or a ball (depending on where the pitch is thrown)
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Several years ago,I started using the name "Monarchs",as a way of paying homage to the Kansa City Monarchs of the old negro leagues.They are a part of baseball history that should not be forgotten.There are many of the old negro league teams with names you could use.
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It's a takeoff of "innings", which is a singular word used in cricket to describe one time at bat for a team.  Over time in America, it became known in one of two ways, both singular and omitting the final "s": as one team's at bat (their [half of the] inning), as well as both teams' times up.\n\nAs for the name itself, it comes from Middle English innynge, a getting in- like getting in the field or getting into the dugout to prepare to bat :)
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Each position on the field has a number .... when you here that string of numbers it tells you who touched the ball ... such as the short stop fielded the hit and threw it to the second baseman for an out who then threw it to the first baseman for an out.
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To be honest, I always thought it had something to do with a "knock out"; but I found this on Wikipedia:\n\nIn scoring, a swinging strikeout is recorded as a K, or a K-S. Some scorers record strikeouts where the batter didn't swing at the last pitch with a backwards-facing K, also recorded as K-C. The use of "K" for a strikeout was invented by Henry Chadwick, a newspaper journalist. The letter "S" was used to coin "sacrifice" so Mr. Chadwick decided to use "K", with "K" being the last letter in "struck".
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It is not an out, but gets counted as a strikeout.  Remember, first base can't be occupied at the time of the catcher's drop for the batter to advance to first.