base on balls
baseball
Also known as: walk
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A "base on balls," also known as a walk, is an advancement to first base awarded to a baseball player who receives four pitches deemed "balls" by the umpire during their turn at bat. A "ball" is a pitch that does not enter the strike zone. This is one of the seven ways a batter can reach base without hitting the ball. Baseball itself is a game played between two teams of nine players, where the objective is to score runs by advancing around four bases.123
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