pickoff
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6.0
- noun
- /ˈpɪkˌɔf/
- Jargon
- 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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2.9
An action by players during a baseball game to help the team win
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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
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.