Hidden ball trick (Baseball)

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Name (Latin)
Hidden ball trick (Baseball)
See Also From tracing topical name
Baseball Defense
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Other Identifiers
Wikidata: Q1564567
Library of congress: sh2015000104
Sources of Information
  • Work cat: 2014036326: Deane, B. Finding the hidden-ball trick : the colorful history of baseball's oldest ruse, 2015.
  • Dickson Baseball Dictionary, c1989:("hidden ball trick 1. n. A time-honored legal ruse in which a baseman conceals the ball and hopes that the runner believes it has been returned to the pitcher. When the runner steps off the base, he is summarily tagged out with the hidden ball")
  • Wikipedia, viewed January 14, 2015("In the game of baseball, the hidden ball trick is a play in which the defense deceives the runner about the location of the ball, in an effort to tag out the runner")
Wikipedia description:

A hidden ball trick is a play in which a player deceives the opposing team about the location of the ball. Hidden ball tricks are most commonly observed in baseball, where the defence deceives the runner about the location of the ball, to tag out the runner. In goal-based sports (e.g., American football and lacrosse), the offence deceives the defence about the location of the ball, in an attempt to get the defense running the wrong way, such as in a fumblerooski.

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