Baseball Words

Where is "foul territory"?

• The part of the field outside the lines that go by 1st and 3rd bases

• The outfield

• The part of the field inside the lines that go by 1st and 3rd bases

• The square area between 1st, 2nd, and 3rd bases and home plate

What is a single?

• When there's one out

• When a player reaches 1st base after hitting the ball

• When there's one ball and one strike

• When a player walks

What is a triple?

• When a player reaches 3rd base after hitting the ball

• When all three bases are loaded

• When there's three strikes and three balls

• When the pitcher has thrown three balls

What is a double?

• When there's two outs

• When there's two strikes and two balls

• When the ball flies to second base

• When the batter reaches 2nd base after hitting the ball

How does a player get a strike? (Not counting fouls)

• When the ball flies through the strike zone

• When the batter hits the ball and it hits a player

• When the ball gets caught by an in/outfielder

• When the player swings at the ball but doesn't hit it

How does a player get a ball?

• If the ball doesn't fly through the strike zone and the batter doesn't swing

• If the batter hits the ball

• When the ball hits the ground

• If the player catches the ball

Who determines whether or not a play was a strike or ball?

• Catcher

• An MLB official

• Umpire

• One of the head coaches

Answer explanation

If it is really, really hard to tell whether a play was a strike or ball the video footage will be sent to MLB's headquarters and reviewed by people there, but the vast majority of the time it is the umpire.

What is the max amount of balls you can have?

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

What happens when the batter gets their fourth ball?

• They get a free point for their team

• They walk to 1st base

• Nothing

• The pitcher changes

What is the max amount of strikes a batter can get?

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5