pickoff
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6.0
- noun
- /ˈpɪkˌɔf/
- Jargon
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pick-off (béisbol, jerga)
- The catcher made a perfect pickoff throw to second base, catching the runner off guard.
- pickoff throw
- pickoff attempt
- pickoff move
Examples
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In his senior year at Dayton Hall College, David had tried to instruct Maria in some of the finer points of baseball: the intentional walk, the delayed pickoff, and the hit-and-run.
Fiction book (2000) -
And except for one pickoff throw, he catches the balls hit at him.
Blog text (28) -
He gave up a hit in the 1st inning, but then got the baserunner out with a pickoff.
Blog text (18) -
She's a hell of a nice person and clever as Whitey Ford's pickoff move.
Fiction book (1992) -
Melky Cabrera's exaggerated jog back to second base on a fake pickoff throw is my new favorite thing about baseball.
Blog text (12) -
At times, that's what Cincinnati's A.J. Green did to him last week, although Bailey laughed last and loudest with his first interception of the year, a pickoff that set up the Broncos' game-clinching touchdown.
Blog text (19) -
During the game, the pitcher executed a quick pickoff of the runner at first base.
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The team practiced pickoffs to improve their chances of getting the runners eliminated.
Synonyms
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7.5
A play where the pitcher or catcher throws quickly to tag a runner off base
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8.2
An out made by a fielder when they catch a fly ball or tag a runner
A play where a fielder throws the ball to put a runner out
An action by players during a baseball game to help the team win
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Pickoff comes from the simple parts pick and off, where pick means 'to take' and off means 'away', like quickly picking a small object off a table. So in baseball a pickoff is a quick move that 'takes away' a runner by surprise.