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Around the Horn
A double play that goes from third base to second to first. Term comes from the beginning days of baseball before the opening of the Panama Canal when ships had to sail around South America's Cape Horn to reach the Pacific from the Atlantic
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Assist
A throw from one fielder to another that puts the batter or base runner out.
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At-bat
Any time the batter gets a hit, makes an out, or reaches base on an error or fielder's choice. If the batter draws a walk, gets hit by a pitch, completes a sacrifice play, or reaches base on catcher's interference, he is credited with a plate appearance but not an at-bat.
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