PINCHHITTER

Pinch hitter

In baseball, a pinch hitter is a substitute batter. Batters can be substituted at any time while the ball is dead ; the manager may use any player who has not yet entered the game as a substitute. Unlike basketball, American football, or ice hockey, baseball does not have a "free substitution rule" and thus the replaced player in baseball is never allowed back into that game. The pinch hitter assumes the spot in the batting order of the player he replaces.

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pinch hitter

Noun

  1. A substitute batter; one who pinch-hits.
  2. An aggressive batsman brought on to score runs quickly, even at the risk of losing his wicket.
  3. An individual who substitutes for another to perform one or more tasks.
    I'll be sending a pinch hitter to do the presentation because I have the flu.


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