Dead Red: When a batter gets the pitch they were looking for and hits it hard.Cycle: When a player records a single, double, triple, and home run all in the same game, no matter the order.Cutoff Man: A fielder who receives a throw from an outfielder after a hit.Curtain Call: When a player’s performance causes the audience to become so excited that he returns to the dugout waving or tipping his cap.Comebacker: A ground ball that is hit back to the pitcher.Closer: The pitcher who often enters the game in the ninth and final inning to preserve a small lead.Climbing the Ladder: A sequence of pitches, typically high-velocity fastballs, that are each thrown higher than the last with the intention of getting the batter to chase them out of the strike zone.Cleanup Hitter: The fourth batter in the lineup.Circus Catch: An acrobatic catch on a fly ball, typically involving an unorthodox time or slide. Choke Up: When a batter holds their hands up higher on the handle of their bat in hopes of making contact and avoiding striking out.Chin Music: A pitch thrown up and in on a batter that makes them move out of the way.Chase: When a batter swings at a pitch that is well outside the strike zone.Cellar: The team currently in last place in the MLB, as the “cellar” is the lowest room of a house.Caught Napping: When a player gets picked off.Caught Looking: When a batter fails to swing at a pitch which winds up being the last of their three strikes.Can of Corn: An easily-caught fly ball to the outfield.Bush League: When a player behaves or plays in a way that is considered amateur.Brushback: A pitch thrown inside with the intention of scaring the batter into standing farther off the plate.
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