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BULLPEN [2 records]

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Record 1 2011-08-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Baseball and Softball
DEF

A collective name for the relief pitchers of a team.

OBS

According to some sources the "bull pen" or "bullpen" is the place where the relief pitchers warm up during a game.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Baseball et softball
DEF

Groupe que forment les lanceurs de relève d'une équipe et pour lequel le français n'a pas de désignation imagée comme l'anglais.

OBS

Lorsque «bullpen» signifie «l'endroit où les lanceurs de relève se réchauffent ou s'échauffent durant un match», on le rend en français par «enclos d'exercice».

Spanish

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Record 2 2003-01-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Baseball and Softball
DEF

A fenced area, usually in the outfield and off the playing area, where releif pitchers warm up during a game to be ready to take their turn on the mound if the starting pitcher has to be replaced.

OBS

The word "bullpen", which is also prison slang for a place of temporary confinement, is of uncertain origin in baseball. Some think it can be traced to the Bull Durham tobacco signs that were posted on the fences of many ball parks in 1909. Featured on the sign was a picture of a gigantic bull, and in many parks relief pitchers warmed up directly in front of it.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Baseball et softball
DEF

Aire située en dehors de la zone de jeu où les lanceurs de relève et les joueurs substituts peuvent [s'échauffer ou] se réchauffer durant la partie [afin d'être prêts à relever le lanceur partant].

Key term(s)
  • enclos de pratique

Spanish

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