According to Wikipedia:
“The player currently batting in a game is said to be at the plate, at bat, or up to bat (shortened to up). To keep the game moving at an orderly pace, the next batter due up waits to take his turn in a circle (actually marked or imaginary) between his team’s dugout or bench and the batter’s box, and is said to be on deck, with the circle known as the on deck circle. The player in the batting order after the on deck batter is said to be in the hole.”
Just thought I’d clear that up. And to quote Michael Scott: “Wikipedia is the best thing ever. Anyone in the world can write anything they want about any subject, so you know you are getting the best possible information.”
That is all.
Let’s hope Daniel doesn’t get ahold of that Wikipedia article eh?
Baseball is full of odd terms to describe things. Such as “Bullpen”, referring to the location where pitchers who are warming up to come in the game throw their pitches. A term often used to describe the batter taking a swing at a pitch is called “cut-on”, or “he took a cut at it”.