charging the mound
Batter attacks pitcher
Charging the mound is when a batter rushes toward the pitcher after being hit by a pitch or otherwise provoked, typically to start a fight.
The mound is the raised area where the pitcher stands.
The phrase captures one of baseball's most dramatic confrontations: He got beaned in the ribs and immediately started charging the mound.
By extension, it can describe any aggressive direct confrontation with an adversary.
- hit-by-pitchBatter struck by ball
- inside pitchPitch near batter's body
- fightPhysical or verbal conflict
- ejectionForced removal from somewhere
- angerIntense hostile emotion
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- baseball incidentsbalk, error, ejection, interference, obstruction
charging the moundbacking away
Reverse movement from something
walking away · standing your ground · staying put · backing off
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