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Activar (Mex.) Advance Ace - as (Zito is Oakland's ace - Zito es el as de Oakland) (RD) Activate - activar (Mex.) Advance (the runner advances) - avanzar (el corredor avanza), moverse Advance a runner - avanzar a, llevar a (base), mover a, adelantar a (Cu) Ahead (in the score) -arriba (estar/ir arriba [en la pizarra]) Ahead (in the count) - arriba en la cuenta (Opinión), [estar] delante en el conteo (Cu) All Star Game - juego de Estrellas, Juego de las Estrellas (Cu) Alley (left center and right center) - callejón (Mex.) Allow hits/runs - permitir/aceptar/soportar/tolerar jits/carreras Amateur (noun & adjective) - amateur (amateurs), aficionado (Nic.) Amateur baseball - beisbol de aficionados (Mex.) American League - Liga Americana, Nuevo Circuito, joven liga (Ven.), menor de los circuitos (Ven.) Anaheim Angels - los Angelinos, querubines, Serafines, celestiales, aureolados (Opinón) Appeal (noun)- apelación Appeal (verb) - apelar (appeal a suspensión - apelar una suspensión) (RD) Arbitration - arbitraje Argue (with an umpire) - discutir, alegar, protestar Argue a call - discutir una jugada (RD), protestar una jugada/ una sentencia (Ven.) Arizona Diamondbacks - los Cascabeles, Diamantes, Ofidios, los del desierto, Diamantinas, Culebras, Serpientes Espalda de Diamantes, los D'Backs (Mex.), arizonenses Aspirin (hard fast ball) - aspirina (lanzar aspirinas - to throw hard fast balls) (Mex.) Assist - asisitencia At bat - al bate At home - en su casa, en su patio At-bat (noun) - bateada (el pitcher permiti— 3 hits en esa bateada - the pitcher allowed 3 hits in that at-bat) Atlanta Braves - los Bravos, ind’genas (de la Nacional), el club del hacha,atlantenses, los hacheros, escuadrón georgiano, la tribu (Mex.) Attendance - asistencia, concurrencia (Cu), taquillaje (RD) Average (noun) - promedio, average /aber‡xe/ Average (verb) - promediar (batting/ERA) Avoid a shut out - salvar la honrilla (Cu) Backstop - detenedor, malla de protección Back, deep (infield) - atrás (jugar atrás) Backdoor pitch/curve/slider - lanzamiento/curva/slider de contrapuerta (tv Fox) Backhand - a guante volteado (backhand catch - atrapada a guante volteado) (Ven.) Bad bounce - mal rebote (RD) bad bounce (take a bad bounce) - dar un mal rebote (RD) Bad hands (poor on defense) - ladrillón (Mex.) Bad luck ball player - un mala suerte (Mex.) Bag - in the bag - en la bolsa - (tenían el título prácticamente en la bolsa - they had the title practically in the bag) (ESPN Balk - balk, engaño Ball (bad pitch) - bola, (bola) mala Ball (the sphere) - pelota, bola (PR), esféride (Mex.), Doña Blanca (Mex.), píldora (Cu) Ball boy/ball girl - recogepelotas, recogebolas Ball (pitch 3-hit, 6-hit, etc. Ball) - lanzar pelota de (3 hits, 6 hits, etc.) (Opinión) Ball park - estadio, parque de pelota, parque, play (RD) Ball player - pelotero, beisbolero Baltimore Orioles - los Orioles, pajaritos,las oropéndolas, p‡jaros naranjas Bare handed - a mano limpia, a mano pelada (RD) Base - base, almohada, almohadilla, saco, coj’n, colchoneta Base line - raya Base line (first/third base line) - l’nea (l’nea de primera/tercera) Base on balls - see "walk" Base running -corrido de (las) bases/corring (Nic.)/corrin (RD) Base running error - error en el corrido de bases (ESPN) Base stealer - robador (Mex.) Baseball (the sphere) - see "ball (the sphere)" Baseball (the sport) - béisbol, pelota, beis (Mex.), el rey de los deportes (Mex.) Baseball card - postalita (RD), postalita coleccionable (RD), barajita (Ven.) Baseball player - pelotero, beisbolero, beisbolista(Mex.) Base-clearing (double) - limpiabases (doble limpiabases) Bases loaded - las bases llenas/los ‡ngulos cuajados/la casa llena, la caja llena (Mex.) Bat - bate, bat, madero (RD), carabina (Nic.), majagua (Mex.), arcabuz (15th century matchlock gun) (Mex.), basto (Mex.) Bat (aluminum bat) - bate de aluminio Bat (wood bat) - bate de madera Bat boy/bat girl - carga bates, el/la (RD); recoge bates, el/la; la ni–a recoge bates (RD); cargabate (cargabates), el/la (Nic.) Bat handle - mango del bate Bat left handed - pararse a la zurda (Cu) Bat right handed - pararse a la derecha Bat righty and throw lefty - batear a la derecha y tirar a la zurda (Mex.) Batted ball - batazo (PR) Batter - bateador Batter (left/right handed batter) - bateador izquierdo/derecho (Opinión) Batter-runner (not yet put out) - bateador-corredor Batter's box - caja/caj—n de bateo Batter's eye - parche negro (Ven.) Battery (pitcher and catcher) - bater’a Batting average - promedio (de bateo) Batting cage - jaula de bateo, jaula Batting coach - entrenador de bateo (PR), piloto de bateo (ESPN) Batting gloves - guantillas, guantines, guanteletas (Mex.), guanteletas de bateo (Cu) Batting instructor - instructor de bateo (Opinión) Batting order - orden de bateo (el orden) (ESPN, tv) Batting slump - mala racha bateadora (Mex.) Batting title - corona de bateo (ESPN), título de bateo (ESPN) Beat - derrotar a, superar a, doblegar a, vencer, dejar en el terreno /campo a, imponerse a (Mex.), propinarle una derrota a (ESPN), dar cuenta de (los Padres dieron cuenta 10-8 de los Cardenales de San Luis) (ESPN) Beat badly/trounce - vapulear, apabullar, aporrear (Mex.), apalear (ESPN) Beat the throw - superar el tiro (PR), anticipar el tiro (Opinión), vencer el tiro (ESPN) behind (in the score) - debajo (estar debajo [en la pizarra]), abajo Behind (they are three runs/games behind) - están tres carreras/juegos abajo, van tres carreras/juegos abajo (ESPN) Behind (in the count) - debajo en la cuenta Behind the batters (in the count) - por debajo de los bateadores (en la cuenta) (ESPN) Behind (behind in the count 0 - 2) - estar en el hoyo (ESPN, tv) Belt high - a la altura de la cintura (a belt high fast ball - una recta a la altura de la cintura) Bench (noun) - banco (Ven.), banca Bench coach - coach de banco (Opinión), entrenador de la banca (Opinión) Bench depth - profundidad de la banca (Mex.) Bench (verb) - enviar a la banca, embancar (Nic.), sentar en la banca a (Mex.), sentar a (PR) Bench (empty the bench/play everyone) - vaciar la banca (Opinión) Bench (warm the bench) - calentar el pino/el banco (Mex.), banquear (RD) best of 5, best of 7 series - serie a ganar 3 de 5/4 de 7 (Ven.), serie al mejor de 5/7 (Ven.), serie a ganar 3 de 5/4 de 7 partidos (Mex.), una serie de 5/7 (Mex.) Big gun (best hitter) - cañón grande (PR) big leaguer - grandes ligas, el; ligamayorista; el Ligas Mayores, grandeliguero (also adjective) (PR) Big leagues - Ligas Mayores, la Gran Carpa (RD), el Circo Grande (PR), béisbol mayor (Nic.), la carpa grande (Mex.) Blast/home run - mameyazo (Mex.) Bleachers - graderías (Nic.) Block the plate - bloquear el plato (NH) bloop/blooper - hit flojo (Ven.), hit de choña (Nic.) Blow a lead - desperdiciar una ventaja (ESPN) blow a save - malograr un rescate (ESPN), desperdiciar un salvamento (RD) Blown save - rescate malogrado, salvamento desperdiciado blow up (pitcher loses his stuff) - explotar bobble head doll - mu–eco de cabeza movible (Ven.), mu–ecas huecas (Ven.) Boo (booing) (noun) - abucheo, rechiflas boo (verb) - abuchear, rechiflar, pitar (ESPN) boot a ball (make an error) - botar una pelota (Nic.), patear una pelota (ESPN) Boston Red Sox - los Medias Rojas, Bosox, conjunto de la Nueva Inglaterra, bostonianos (Opinión) Bottle bat - bate campana (Nic.) Bottom of (an inning) - baja de/cierre de (una entrada) bounce (noun) - rebote, piconazo, picón bounce (verb) - rebotar, picar Bounce foul - picar foul (PR) Bounce past someone - pasar de un bote a (Ven.) Box score - tirilla (Mex.) Box seat - palco, asiento de palco (Ven.) Box seat (luxury) - palco de lujo (Ven.) Box seat (VIP) - palco VIP (RD) Brawl - broncón (Opinión) Break a record - romper un record (Cu) Break a tie - quebrar un empate (ESPN) Break up a double play - romper un dobleplay (Mex.) Breaking ball/pitch - lanzamiento/pitcheo quebrado/rompiente; lanzamiento/pitcheo de/en rompimiento, bola quebrada/pitcheo quebrado; bola/pitcheo rompiente; pitcheo de quiebre (Nic.), rompimiento (he threw 40 breaking balls - lanzó 40 rompimientos) (Cu) Bring someone up from the minors - subir a (RD), llamar arriba a Broadcast booth - palco de transmisión (RD) Broken-bat grounder/hit - una rola/un jit con bate quebrado (ESPN) broken-bat single - sencillo de bate roto (ESPN) brushback pitch - con permiso (ESPN, tv), afeitadora (Ven.), rasuradora (Chicago, radio) Brushback pitch (throw a brushback pitch) - rasurar a los bateadores (Mex.) Brush a batter back/pitch someone tight - cepillarle (XM) Bull pen - bull pen/bulpén, el; calentador/calentadero de los lanzadores (Mex.), el foso de calentamiento de los lanzadores (ESPN) Bull pen (throw in the bull pen) - hacer calentamiento (Nic.) Bunt - toque, toque de pelota, planchita (Ven.) Bunt single - jit en toque (Cu), toque de jit (Cu) Bunt (sacrifice bunt) - toque de sacrificio Bunt (verb) - tocar, tocar bola (Nic.) Bunter - tocador de bola (Nic.) Burn up the league - pegarle fuego a la liga (RD) Butterfingers (develop butterfingers) - enmantequillársele la pelota a uno (Mex.) By a score of (3 - 1) - con pizarr—n de (3 - 1) (PR) By the book (manage/play by the book) - (manejar/jugar) con el librito (Mex.) Cactus League (Southwest sping training) - Liga del Cactus (RD) Call a balk on - cantar balk a (PR) Call a game - dar por finalizado el partido (Nic.) Call a game after 5/6/etc. Innings - recortar el juego en 5/6/etc. Innings (Nic.) Call a game (because of darkness/rain) - sellar un partido (por oscuridad/lluvia) (Cu), acortar, suspender (PR) Call a game (catcher) - llamar un partido (PR) Call
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