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ROUNDING BASES [3 records]

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Record 1 2017-10-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Baseball and Softball
CONT

Rounding a base. When a runner approaches a base, he swerves to the right side of the base path so that he can minimize the distance he has to travel to the next base. When rounding the bases, runners are allowed to swerve 15 feet beyond the base line.

OBS

Rounding a base is the technique through which a runner could go faster to pass a base to go to the next. Rounding the bases means, for a batter/runner, to circle all three bases and come back to home plate to score a point; it could be done on a single play, by hitting a home run, or on different plays(single(s), double(s), triple, base(s) on balls pushing the runner one base ahead, stolen base(s), etc.

Key term(s)
  • rounding a base
  • rounding the bases
  • to round the bases

French

Domaine(s)
  • Baseball et softball
DEF

Exécuter une technique de course permettant au frappeur/coureur de filer plus rapidement d'un but à l'autre.

CONT

Contourner un but c'est exécuter une manœuvre permettant de courir plus rapidement d'un but à l'autre. Contourner les buts signifie faire le tour de tous les buts pour revenir au marbre; ce peut se faire en un jeu, par un coup de circuit, ou en plusieurs, simple(s), double(s), triple, but(s) sur balles obligeant le coureur à avancer d'un but, but(s) volé(s), etc.

Key term(s)
  • contourner les buts

Spanish

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Record 2 2017-10-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Baseball and Softball
OBS

Rounding a base is the technique through which a runner could go faster to pass a base to go to the next. Rounding the bases or circling the bases means, for a batter/runner, to circle all three bases and come back to home plate to score a point; it could be done on a single play, by hitting a home run, or on different plays(single(s), double(s), triple, base(s) on balls pushing the runner one base ahead, stolen base(s), etc.

Key term(s)
  • round a base
  • rounding the bases
  • circling the bases
  • rounding a base
  • circling a base

French

Domaine(s)
  • Baseball et softball
CONT

Contourner un but c'est exécuter une manœuvre permettant de courir plus rapidement d'un but à l'autre. Contourner les buts ou faire le tour de tous les buts, c'est passer d'un but à l'autre sans être retiré et revenir au marbre pour marquer un point; ce peut se faire en un jeu, par un coup de circuit, ou en plusieurs, simple(s), double(s), triple, but(s) sur balles obligeant le coureur à avancer d'un but, but(s) volé(s), etc.

Spanish

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Record 3 2013-11-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Baseball and Softball
DEF

The block or slab beside which a player stands to hit the ball, and to which he must return, after hitting the ball and rounding the bases, in order to score.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Baseball et softball
DEF

Point, marqué par une plaque, où le frappeur se tient lorsqu'il affronte le lanceur; quatrième but du losange que le joueur doit croiser pour marquer un point.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Béisbol y softball
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