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Batted ball

In the sports of baseball and softball, a batted ball is a pitch that has been contacted by the batter's bat. Batted balls are either fair or foul, and can be characterized as a fly ball, pop-up, line drive, or ground ball. In baseball, a foul ball counts as a strike against the batter, unless there are already two strikes on the batter, with special…

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Fair or foul

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Safety concerns

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Batted ball

Nodes52
Edges51
Triples53
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.038462
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Batted ball

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related to Safety concerns · 14
Batted ball → August, Batted, Boston Red Sox, Houston Astros, In, In August, In July, In May, Jim Rice, June, Mike Coolbaugh, There, Tyler Zombro, Umpire Dale Scott
related to Statistics · 8
Batted ball → Batted Ball Profile, Boston Red Sox, FanGraphs, FanGraphs's, For, Martinez, MLB, The
related to Fair or foul · 7
Batted ball → For, However, In, Likewise, On, That, The
related to Effect · 6
Batted ball → Also, Balls, Fielders, For, Previously, Since
related to Infield fly · 5
Batted ball → An, If, The, This, Umpires
related to Fly ball · 4
Batted ball → Fielders, For, MLB, Under
related to Characterization · 2
Batted ball → Major League Baseball, MLB
related to Foul tip · 2
Batted ball → By, This
is a · 1
Batted ball → pitch that has been contacted by the batter's bat
related to Bunt · 1
Batted ball → Bunts

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Batted ballis apitch that has been contacted by the batter's bat0.90text
Batted ballrelated to BuntBunts0.60section
Batted ballrelated to CharacterizationMajor League Baseball0.60section
Batted ballrelated to CharacterizationMLB0.60section
Batted ballrelated to EffectFielders0.60section
Batted ballrelated to EffectBalls0.60section
Batted ballrelated to EffectFor0.60section
Batted ballrelated to EffectSince0.60section
Batted ballrelated to EffectPreviously0.60section
Batted ballrelated to EffectAlso0.60section
Batted ballrelated to Fair or foulOn0.60section
Batted ballrelated to Fair or foulThe0.60section

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