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What does "battery" mean in baseball terminology?
Not "things Yankee fans throw at opposing players".
grouch-Klink cannot answer this, partly because I blocked the idjit ages ago, mostly because it knows NOTHING about BASEBALL.
5 Answers
- Bert WeidemeierLv 76 years ago
You have to understand how a battery works before you can understand why they call it a "battery." There is a positive and negative force in a battery that work together to form a common bond. Like a battery powers a circuit, a catcher powers the pitcher in more ways than one, without the catcher the pitcher essentially cannot pitch properly.
- el ÁguilaLv 76 years ago
I looked this up once; Henry Chadwick likened a pitcher's strength and speed with that of an artillery battery, both firing projectiles at high speed. Over time, "battery" came to include the catcher as well.
- ?Lv 76 years ago
Congratulations from #10 top contributor in baseball (never thought I'd say that). Grouch-klink deserves to have batteries thrown at him.
- Anonymous6 years ago
Why isn't this question about using PEDs or gambling on baseball?
