basepath
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- noun
- /ˈbeɪsˌpæθ/
- Jargon
- When healthy, he was truly exciting on the basepaths, and I certainly respect how hard he worked and how frustrated he was by the injuries that plagued him in 2005, 2006, and 2007.
- speed along the basepath
Examples
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The coaches took turns manning second base and tried not always successfully to leap over players sliding into the bag, generally making a mess on the basepaths.
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"Runners often take risks on the basepaths to steal an extra base and create scoring opportunities."
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Carlos Lee has only made one mistake on the basepaths this year that I saw.
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On the basepaths, she was 7-for-9 in stolen base attempts.
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Trout was worth 12 runs on the basepaths; McGee was worth 4.6.
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Unlike Cabrera, Trout provided excellent value to the Angels on the basepaths, with his glove, as well as at the plate.
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He never entirely figured out how to use his speed effectively or efficiently on the basepaths, and he was never much more than average with the stick while with the Twins.
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Cobb on the basepaths rounding second and heading for third where he slides, spikes high, safe.
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I could tell you that the difference between Trout and Cabrera on the basepaths was about 15 runs' worth, but you don't need any advanced calculations to see how big of a difference there is between the two.
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Trout obviously dominates Miggy on the basepaths, but shouldn't they be compared by their baserunning abilities relative to their respective positional average?
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Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word basepath comes from the two parts base and path; base is the place a runner touches in baseball and path means 'way', so a basepath is the 'way' a runner follows between bases.