defensive indifference
defensive indifference · defensive indifferences
An official scoring judgement in which a runner is not credited with a stolen base…An official scoring judgement in which a runner is not credited with a stolen base because the team playing the field did not try to stop the steal. This typically occurs late in a game when the fielding team is winning by at least two runs.
Meaning
1 sensesAn official scoring judgement in which a runner is not credited with a stolen base because the team playing the field did not try to stop the steal. This typically occurs late in a game when the fielding team is winning by at least two runs.
The play was scored as defensive indifference.
Forms
plural: defensive indifferences| Singular | defensive indifference |
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