pinch runner

pinch runner
A substitute runner, usually brought in to replace a slow runner to increase the chance of that runner scoring.

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  • Pinch Runner — (ピンチランナー, Pinch Runner?) est un film japonais de Hiroyuki Nasu, sorti le 20 mai 2000 au Japon, mettant en vedette les membres d alors du groupe de Jpop Morning Musume interprétant des lycéennes s entrainant pour une compétition de course à pied… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • pinch runner — pinch running. Baseball. a player sent into a game to replace a base runner. [1960 65] * * * pinch runner, Baseball. a player who is substituted for a base runner: »Casey then took Hook out for a pinch runner, Rod Kanehl (New York Times) …   Useful english dictionary

  • Pinch runner — A pinch runner is a baseball player substituted for the specific purpose of replacing a player on base. In the typical case, the pinch runner is faster or otherwise more skilled at base running than the player for whom the pinch runner has been… …   Wikipedia

  • Pinch Runner Original Soundtrack — Pinch Runner Pinch Runner (ピンチランナー, Pinch Runner?) est un film japonais de Hiroyuki Nasu, sorti le 20 mai 2000 au Japon, mettant en vedette les membres d alors du groupe de Jpop Morning Musume interprétant des lycéennes s entrainant pour une… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • pinch runner — pinch running. Baseball. a player sent into a game to replace a base runner. [1960 65] * * * …   Universalium

  • pinch runner — n. (Baseball) player sent into a game as a substitute base runner …   English contemporary dictionary

  • Morning Musume in Pinch Runner — Pinch Runner Pinch Runner (ピンチランナー, Pinch Runner?) est un film japonais de Hiroyuki Nasu, sorti le 20 mai 2000 au Japon, mettant en vedette les membres d alors du groupe de Jpop Morning Musume interprétant des lycéennes s entrainant pour une… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Pinch — may refer to:* Pinch (cooking), a very small amount of an ingredient, typically salt or a spice * Pinch, West VirginiaMathematics and Science* Pinch (plasma physics), the compression of a plasma filament by magnetic forces, or a device which uses …   Wikipedia

  • Pinch hitter — For other uses, see Pinch hitter (cricket) .In baseball, a pinch hitter is a substitute batter. Batters can be substituted at any time while the ball is dead (not in active play); the manager may use any player that has not yet entered the game… …   Wikipedia

  • pinch — I. verb Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French *pincher, pincer Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. a. to squeeze between the finger and thumb or between the jaws of an instrument b. to prune the tip of (a plant or shoot) usually to… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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