List of baseball jargon

The following is an alphabetical list of selected unofficial terms, phrases, and other jargon used in baseball, and explanations of their meanings. See also baseball slang for slang in general usage that originated in baseball. For an exhaustive list, see The New Dickson Baseball Dictionary, by Paul Dickson.

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;Yard

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:noun: The playing field, the "ballyard".

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:verb: To hit a home run, specifically one that goes out of the playing field, not an inside-the-park home run; to "Go yard". "He went yard".

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