The ceremonial first pitch is a longstanding ritual of baseball in which a guest of honor throws a ball to mark the end of pregame festivities and the...
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In baseball, a first-pitch strike is when the pitcher throws a strike to the batter during the first pitch of the at bat. Statistics indicate that throwing...
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The First Pitch is a 2012 bronze statue of James D. Griffin, by William Koch. It is located at Swan Street and Washington Street, outside Sahlen Field...
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Fever Pitch (released as The Perfect Catch outside North America) is a 2005 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by the Farrelly brothers. It...
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Exercise Pitch Black is a biennial warfare exercise hosted by the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). The exercise is normally held in Northern Australia...
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hit batsman is awarded first base, provided that (in the plate umpire's judgment) he made an honest effort to avoid the pitch, although failure to do...
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In the game of cricket, the cricket pitch consists of the central strip of the cricket field between the wickets. It is 22 yd (20.12 m) long (1 chain)...
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worldwide. It is the first film in the trilogy and was followed by two sequels, Pitch Perfect 2 (2015) and Pitch Perfect 3 (2017). During the 2011 International...
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A football pitch (also known as a soccer field in the United States) is the playing surface for the game of association football. Its dimensions and markings...
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An eephus pitch (also spelled ephus) in baseball is a very high-arcing off-speed pitch. The delivery from the pitcher has very low velocity and often...
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Pitch is a perceptual property that allows sounds to be ordered on a frequency-related scale, or more commonly, pitch is the quality that makes it possible...
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Reggie Jackson (section The Bronx Zoo)
pitch at the Yankees' opening-day game, the last at the original Yankee Stadium. He also threw out the first pitch at the first game at the new Yankee...
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baseball, the pitch is the act of throwing the baseball toward home plate to start a play. The term comes from the Knickerbocker Rules. Originally, the ball...
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Glossary of baseball terms (redirect from Quick pitch)
pitcher. A pitch that is easy to hit. Conversely, in the case where the first pitch is a strike and the second pitch is a ball, the second may be the result...
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their first at bats—Kouzmanoff and Nava doing so on the first pitch. Ernie Koy and Heinie Mueller were the first players to accomplish the feat in the same...
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Concert pitch is the pitch reference to which a group of musical instruments are tuned for a performance. Concert pitch may vary from ensemble to ensemble...
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2017 World Series (category October 2017 sports events in the United States)
from first base. In the bottom of the seventh inning, Springer hit a home run off the first pitch he saw off of Morrow, who was pitching for the third...
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Pitch Black (titled The Chronicles of Riddick: Pitch Black on later re-releases) is a 2000 American science fiction horror film directed by David Twohy...
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A pitch invasion (also known as field storming, rushing the field or rushing the court) occurs when a person or a crowd of people spectating a sporting...
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Vladimir Guerrero (category Dominican Republic expatriate baseball players in the United States)
the first pitch of an at-bat, Guerrero hit 126 home runs and put 1,780 balls in play. On September 26, 2011, Guerrero surpassed Julio Franco as the all-time...
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Starting pitcher (category Baseball pitching)
starter is the first pitcher in the game for each team. A pitcher is credited with a game started if they throw the first pitch to the opponent's first batter...
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Aircraft principal axes (redirect from Yaw, pitch and roll)
and down; pitch, nose up or down about an axis running from wing to wing; and roll, rotation about an axis running from nose to tail. The axes are alternatively...
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A pitch drop experiment is a long-term experiment which measures the flow of a piece of pitch over many years. "Pitch" is the name for any of a number...
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Oriole Park at Camden Yards (section Ballpark firsts)
real ceremonial first pitch against the Blue Jays in 2013, is first seen wearing a jacket featuring the cartoon bird in the tunnel to the team dugout as...
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Cornhole (category Sports originating in the United States)
again pitch first in the next inning. The first pitch of the first inning can be decided by a coin toss. A legal pitch must be tossed while the pitcher's...
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A pitch clock (also known as a pitch timer) is used in various baseball leagues to limit the amount of time a pitcher uses before he throws the ball to...
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The Pitch Lake is the largest natural deposit of asphalt in the world, estimated to contain 10 million tons. It is located in La Brea in southwest Trinidad...
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elevator pitch, elevator speech, lift speech, or elevator statement is a short description of an idea, product, or company that explains the concept in...
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2016 World Series (category Pages using the EasyTimeline extension)
threw the ceremonial first pitch before the game while members of the Cleveland Orchestra string section performed the national anthem. The pitching matchup...
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example, if the notes Do and Fa are played on a piano, a person with relative pitch would be able to identify the second note from the first note given...
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