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because you run around back to home.

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Q: Why is a home run called a home run?
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If a batter hits a home run?

If a batter hits a home run, he can automatically run around all the bases and the team gets a point. If there are any runners already on the bases, then they count as points too. This is why you can have two-run home runs and 3-run home runs. If the bases are loaded, and the player at bat hits a home run, then the team gets four points. This is called a grand slam.


What is it called if a player hits a single double triple and a home run all in the same game?

It is called "hitting for the cycle".


When do you hit a home run in baseball?

You hit a home run when the ball reaches into the stands INSIDE THE FOUL LINES or farther. Or you're able to run all the way around from1st to home plate while the ball remains in play, which is called an 'inside the park HR'.


What does 'walk off home run' mean?

A walk-off home run is a home run which ends the game. This is a phrase that has only recently entered the baseball lexicon, believed to have been started by Dennis Eckersley of the Oakland Athletics after Kirk Gibson hit a home run off of him in the bottom of the ninth inning in Game 1 of the 1988 World Series to win the game. If the home team hits a home run to win the game in the 9th or an extra inning, both teams walk off the field since the game is over.A walk-off home run is a home run in the bottom of the last inning that ends the game. A walk-off home run is a home run that ends the game. It must be a home run that gives the home team the lead in the bottom of the 9th inning or the bottom of any extra inning. It is called a "walk-off" home run because the teams walk off the field immediately afterward.


Does a home run given up after 5 consecutive errors count as an earned run?

only one earned run and that's the home run, the other runs arent his fault but the home run is.

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What is a fly's home called?

It is called a home run


What is a flying bat home called?

It is called a home run


What is a run in baseball called when the player only gets home base at a time and not by a home run?

just a run


If a walk off home run ends the game what is a pinch hit walk off home run called now days?

It's called a pinch-hit walk-off home run.


What is it called when there is a Home run with someone else on base?

run batted in


What is a Wahlkauph home run?

It is called a Walk-Off home run, and its any homerun that wins the game.


What is a point in a baseball game?

A point in the game of baseball is called a "run".


Why is a foul not called a fair pole?

the home run pole


When you hit a single and they over throw it at first and you run home is that a home run?

Yes , it's called an inside the park home run. Wrong, it's scored as a single with a three base error.


Did Babe Ruth call his home run?

yes i think so i have read a story about him and that home run he hit was a called home run


Why did Thomas run home from school?

because his teacher called him addled


If a ball is hit outside the 3rd baseline, what is it called?

home run