The home plate umpire with occasional help from the third base umpire calls balls and strikes in the game of baseball.
BB stands for "Base on Balls". It refers to when a batter receives four pitches determined by the umpire as balls before the Baseball is either put into play or receives three strikes. In such a case the batter earns a free base and can walk to first base. The batter has received a base on balls.
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It is the umpire that stands behind the catcher.
The ball boy retrieves the balls. The umpire makes the decision to keep the ball in play. The balls all go to the home team after the game.
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You can safely prepare cheese balls 2 - 3 days before serving.
you ever seen a baseball game ??? they do it almost on every pitch ...
When a batter receives four pitches that the umpire calls balls, and is then entitled to reach first base without the possibility of being called out.
Home plate umpire.
That was Roberto Alomar of the Baltimore Orioles who spit in the face of home plate umpire John Hirschbeck after being ejected for arguing balls and strikes during a game on September 27, 1996.
There was an episode of "Dirty Jobs" on the Discover Chanel about this. It is not the umpire that does it. It is a person that works for the home team of any given game. It is a very particular type of natural mud but i do not remember where it comes from. I have heard they prepare about 60 balls per game.