Glossary of baseball (W)


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waiting for the express and caught the local

wallop

walk

walk-off

In its truest sense a walk-off occurs when a runner already on base scores the winning run and the batter need only touch first base and "walk off" the field, but see walk-off home run.

warning track

warning track power

waste a pitch

wave

wearing a pitch

web gem

went deep

went fishing

wheelhouse

wheel play

wheels

whiff

whiffout

whip

whitewash

wild card

wild in the strike zone

wild pitch

win

window shopping

windup

winning record

winning streak

winter leagues

wire-to-wire

wood

work the count

worm burner

worm killer

wrapped around the foul pole

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