pickoff
Noun
Meaning
pickoff (plural pickoffs)
(baseball) A play in which a pitcher throws a live ball to a fielder so that the fielder can tag out a baserunner who has moved away from the base
Synonyms
Phrases with the word
Examples
An errant pickoff throw to first allowed Marsh to take second then Wells struggled with his control, walking Davis Ward and Joe Ramm to load the bases.
Beau Hamblin singled the Barnett, the Sheridan pitcher, unleashed a wild pickoff throw to first allowing Hamblin to sprint to third.
A pair of rollers "above" and "below" the pickoff plane were mounted in rotating holders that were geared together.
For example, one experienced base stealer noted that careless pitchers dig the toes on their back foot into the ground when they are about to pitch in order to get a better push off, but when they intend to turn and throw a pickoff, they do not.
Bemidji Centaur Derek Young dives back to first after an attempted pickoff in Wednesday’s game against the Bemidji Blue Ox amateur team at Des Sagedahl Field.
Modern U.S. tactics focuses on using a combination of jamming, stealth aircraft and standoff range weaponry to degrade and pickoff the radars such batteries rely upon.