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Effectively Wild Episode 1862: Forbidden Ball Trick

Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast

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The Dodgers Are Down 61 % Chance to Win the Division

Selast blast is episode 18 62, and we will be talking about baseball. The term base hit arose in the late 18 sixties with a column in box scores labelled one b. It did not mean signals, but rather hits in which the batter reached at least first base without the benefit of an error. This term was gradually displaced by the shorter form 'base hit' as it dropped out of common usage. But technically, any kind of hit is a base hit according to the rule book. And i think you'll agree that generally the we would use this is to talk about a single right? Yes?

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