On a baseball scorecard "K" denotes a strikeout. Everything you wanted to know about scorecards:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball_scorekeeping As it turns out, in this case it should be a backwards "K" as the batter did not swing and took a called third strike ("went down looking", in baseballspeak). Yes much of the game takes place in the infield. One of the difficulties of playing outfield (I know from experience) is being ready when the ball is hit your way; one can go many innings without making a play. Thanks for the comment! Cheers, frank On 6 September, 2015 4:03:04 PM EDT, Bob W-PDML <[email protected]> wrote: >What does 'throw a K' mean? > >It's a nice photo. The sport seems a bit crowded, tucked into that >little corner of the field. > >B > > > >> On 6 Sep 2015, at 20:59, Knarf <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Kind of echoes my thoughts when I looked at the photo, Paul. Except >my favourite bit is the batter, body anticipating the pitch. The ump's >body position was pretty cool, too >> >> Thanks for the comment! >> >> Cheers, >> >> frank >> >>> On 4 September, 2015 11:43:03 PM EDT, Paul <[email protected]> >wrote: >>> Great pix! Shows the essence of baseball - the pitcher after the >ball >>> is gone, the ball in mid-flight, the batter and catcher waiting for >the >>> >>> ball to arrive and...best of all, the ump poised to make the call. >>> >>> -p >>> >>>> On 9/4/2015 9:29 PM, Knarf wrote: >>>> So Wednesday night our company got a corporate box at The Dome to >>> watch the Blue Jays and the Cleveland First Nations ("Indians" is >>> sooooo offensive) so I jumped at the chance. Never been to a box >>> before; it was pretty cool. >>>> >>>> Free beer. >>>> >>>> To be more accurate, "beer that someone else paid for". Whatever, I >>> liked it. >>>> >>>> Didn't bring a long lens, so with the kit zoom I'm okay with this >>> photo. Here's ace knuckleballer R.A. Dickey throwing a strike: >>>> >>>> >http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.ca/2015/09/mr-dickey-throws-k.html?m=1 >>>> >>>> On a baseball scorecard a strike out is marked "K", and this pitch >>> was an inning-ending strike, hence the title. >>>> >>>> Jays won. Maintained their lead over the hated Yankees. I got free >>> beer. >>>> >>>> It was a good night. >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> >>>> frank >>>> >> >> -- >> Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above >and follow the directions. -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
