What's the difference between pitcher and shortstop?
Pitcher
Definition:
(n.) One who pitches anything, as hay, quoits, a ball, etc.; specifically (Baseball), the player who delivers the ball to the batsman.
(n.) A sort of crowbar for digging.
(n.) 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.
(n.) A tubular or cuplike appendage or expansion of the leaves of certain plants.
Example Sentences:
(1) They could go out and trade for a pitcher such as the New York Mets’ Bartolo Colón , an obvious choice despite his 41 years, but he would come with an $11m price tag for next season and have to pass through the waiver wires process first – considering the wily mood Billy Beane is in this year, the A’s could be the team that blocks such a move.
(2) That is the question facing Major League Baseball pitchers who are faced with the horrendous looking but protective hat that made its debut this week.
(3) Runners at the corners for Daniel Descalso who he hits a hard ground ball right to Barmes at shortstop (not second base), he steps on the bag at second to get Freese for one out, fires to first to get the second out, and that's what we call an inning ending double play...or sometimes we call it a pitchers best friend.
(4) Electromyography and high-speed film were used to examine the muscle activity in the elbows of pitchers with medial collateral ligament insufficiency compared to the activity in uninjured elbows.
(5) 2.05am BST Cardinals 0 - Red Sox 0, top of the 4th We have a pitcher's duel ladies and gentlemen!
(6) Their acquisition of starting pitcher Ubaldo Jimenez however, well, that’s a wild one.
(7) When hall-of-fame pitcher Tom Glavine signed with the Mets, he agreed to build a new baby nursery in team-mate Joe McEwing’s home for his No47.
(8) 1.51am GMT Cardinals 2 - Red Sox 1, top of 5th AlisonW (@AlisonW) #RedSox finally doing what they do best: making the pitcher make more pitches.
(9) 1.06am GMT Red Sox 0 - Cardinals 0, bottom of the 3rd And Clay faces Lance Lynn to start off the third, and the Superman-character named pitcher works a decent at-bat, working the count to 2-2 and then fouling off the next two pitches and taking ball three to a full count.
(10) Matt Cain became the latest Giants All-Star pitcher to slide , joining Barry Zito , who started the trend, and Tim Lincecum, whose 4.37 ERA was rewarded with a two-year $35m deal, a curious decision from the front office.
(11) Five of the best S. flava : bright yellow trumpet pitchers and sulphur-yellow flowers.
(12) All of the pitchers returned to professional or college league baseball without recurrence of the ulcer.
(13) All four pitchers returned to professional baseball the year following surgical excision of the bursa.
(14) I will refrain on saying my thoughts on the National League and pitchers hitting, but all I'm saying here is that maybe it would have been more fun to see a David Oritz or Victor Martinez hitting there instead.
(15) The tying run is coming to the plate and a new pitcher is coming to the mound... Jon Smalldon (@jonsmalldon) Brandon Crawford!
(16) Manager Mike Scioscia may have one-time slugger Josh Hamilton back in time for the postseason, should he heal from rib inflammation ( if they even need him ); same goes for starting pitcher Matt Shoemaker, who has carried the team down the stretch and is recovering from a mild left rib-cage strain , not to mention his rookie hazing role as a Saudi oil tycoon.
(17) 1.05am BST Jake Peavy Dave Leese (@dl_1009) @Busfield @LengelDavid I especially like watching a pitcher who's been declared legally blind, have a go at hitting a 90mph fastball October 26, 2013 Yes, the Sox starter is legally blind without corrective lenses.
(18) These pitchers have had symptoms for some time with progressive loss of full extension of the elbow and increasing pain.
(19) Sox on the Beach (@SoxontheBeach) Also, why are the A's fans behind home plate waving towels when THEIR pitcher is in the mound?
(20) Even more so if "rookie" Hyun-jin Ryu doesn't get his act together tonight - the first Korean pitcher to start in the playoffs looked nothing like the impressive hurler he was in the regular season, getting hit hard by the Braves in the NLDS.
Shortstop
Definition:
(n.) The player stationed in the field bewtween the second and third bases.
Example Sentences:
(1) Runners at the corners for Daniel Descalso who he hits a hard ground ball right to Barmes at shortstop (not second base), he steps on the bag at second to get Freese for one out, fires to first to get the second out, and that's what we call an inning ending double play...or sometimes we call it a pitchers best friend.
(2) Gaspirini, a shortstop who counts speed amongst his best attributes, recently made his first trip to the United States, to visit his new organization at Kauffman Field.
(3) Zito is looking for that double play to get the heck out of the inning, but is gifted a pop to left that shortstop Brandon Crawford is out to collect.
(4) Kevin Siegrist is warming up in the Cards bullpen as Michael Young is retired easily via a 100MPH pitch that gets Young to bounce out to Kozma at shortstop.
(5) The rookie shortstop boots it, bobbles it, picks it up and fires home and nails Angel Pagan who is trying to trot home!
(6) The Red Sox even brought in shortstop Stephen Drew on a one-year deal, despite the fact that Boston fans disliked his older brother J.D.
(7) When the Red Sox called up shortstop prospect Jose Iglesias the hope was that he would be good enough to stick around on a big league roster.
(8) Another rookie, Wil Myers, is walked on four pitches before Ben Zobrist lines a shot through the hole between second base and shortstop- shaky start for Perez.
(9) 4.51am BST Cardinals 5 - Nationals 6, Bottom 8th The "aggressive" (read: kind of impatient and often frustrating) shortstop Ian Desmond is up and he's definitely not bunting here.
(10) Meanwhile, there’s a core of first baseman Anthony Rizzo, shortstop Starlin Castro and outfield Nate Schierholtz, who just have to get better if there’s to be any offensive improvement.
(11) @LengelDavid October 24, 2013 Well you must have liked that little backhand from Stephen Drew at shortstop to get Carpenter for the first out, right?
(12) Mercer stays in the game and replaces Barmes at shortstop for Pittsburgh.
(13) New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter, who retires this season, has won over hundreds of thousands of fans and our tribute video gives a hat-tip to his remarkable sportsmanship.
(14) Price doesn't look like giving up this lead or anything right now - he's in complete command, that is until the Rangers shortstop lines a shot straight up the middle and into center field.
(15) The man is a picture of confidence, gobbling up Pedroia's roller to shortstop.
(16) That's second base to the shortstop to first base - two outs, one time.
(17) 4.03am BST Dodgers 3 - Cardinals 0, Final Vin Scully says "and the Dodgers are alive and well..." That they are after Molina grounds out to the shortstop - this ballgame is over.
(18) Back inside Tropicana Field, facing his old team, the Tampa Bay Rays, Price had a shaky first inning: Eugenio Suárez’s error at shortstop put the Rays’ Ben Zobrist on first base and the next batter, Brandon Guyer, knocked him home with a triple to right field, putting the Rays up 1-0.
(19) Facebook Twitter Pinterest New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter celebrates after the game with (from left to right) Joe Torre, Mariano Rivera, Jorge Posada, and Andy Pettitte after the game.
(20) 1.14am BST Reds 0 - Pirates 0, top of 1st Ryan Ludwick is up next, and the Reds left fielder hits a soft grounder to shortstop where Clint Barmes is there to fire over to first base for the second out.