One who pitches anything, as hay, quoits, a ball, etc.; specifically (Baseball), the player who delivers the ball to the batsman., A sort of crowbar for digging., A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids, with a spout or protruding lip and a handle; a water jug or jar with a large ear or handle., A tubular or cuplike appendage or expansion of the leaves of certain plants.
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pitcher
The batter is the player who has a bat in his hands and tries to hit the ball thrown by the pitcher.
From an Anglo/Norman word, 'Buquet' with a meaning of pitcher or bulging vessel
There are four phonemes in the word "pitcher": /p/, /ɪ/, /tʃ/, /ə/. Phonemes are the smallest units of sound in a language that can distinguish meaning between words.
The ASPCA says that the California Pitcher Plant is non-toxic to dogs. I've read that the Asian pitcher plant is mildly toxic, meaning it could cause your dog to vomit, but it wouldn't kill him. There are 130 species of pitcher plants. When in doubt over the toxicity of plants, the answer is don't let your dog have access to it.
Bean is slang for head. In baseball, if you hear the term 'beanball', it means the pitcher is throwing at the batter's head.
A pitcher can pitch a no-hitter, meaning the opposing team has no hits in the entire game while the pitcher throws a complete game, and still lose by way of walks, errors, and other means of unearned runs.
In Major League Baseball, the designated hitter (DH) rule allows a player to bat in place of the pitcher in certain leagues. In the American League, teams can use a DH, meaning the pitcher does not hit. However, in the National League, the pitcher must bat unless a DH is utilized in interleague games or in the World Series when played in an American League park. Thus, whether the pitcher hits or not depends on the league and specific game circumstances.
If you are a baseball pitcher, you want a low era. ERA stands for earned run average, meaning how many runs were scored on you. You want low one because no pitcher wants people to score on them.
An underarm throw in softball is basically a pitch. If you watch a fast pitch softball team, you will see that the pitcher pitches underhand.