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Pickoff

In baseball, a pickoff is an act by a pitcher or catcher, throwing a live ball to a fielder so that the fielder can tag out a baserunner who is either leading off or about to begin stealing the next base.

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Pickoff

Nodes54
Edges53
Triples33
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.037037
Components1

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Pickoff

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related to Notable examples · 17
Pickoff → Baltimore Orioles, Blue Jays, Charlotte Hornets, Hal Stowe, His, In, Lenn Sakata, Little League, On August, On July, Orioles, Sakata, Stowe, The, The Hornets, Tippy Martinez, Toronto Blue Jays
related to Holding baserunners · 11
Pickoff → Along, An, Being, By, First, It, Pitchers, Prolific, The, This, To
related to Technique · 3
Pickoff → However, The, When
is a · 1
Pickoff → act by a pitcher or catcher
related to Records · 1
Pickoff → MLB

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pitcher base runner move first throw attempt pitch stealing ball pitchers catcher baseball baserunner inning game may also going take

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Pickoffis aact by a pitcher or catcher0.90text
Pickoffrelated to Holding baserunnersAlong0.60section
Pickoffrelated to Holding baserunnersFirst0.60section
Pickoffrelated to Holding baserunnersAn0.60section
Pickoffrelated to Holding baserunnersThe0.60section
Pickoffrelated to Holding baserunnersIt0.60section
Pickoffrelated to Holding baserunnersThis0.60section
Pickoffrelated to Holding baserunnersTo0.60section
Pickoffrelated to Holding baserunnersBy0.60section
Pickoffrelated to Holding baserunnersBeing0.60section
Pickoffrelated to Holding baserunnersProlific0.60section
Pickoffrelated to Holding baserunnersPitchers0.60section

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