check swing
Stopped mid-swing motion
A check swing is a partial swing in baseball where the batter starts to swing but stops before committing fully.
Whether the batter went around—crossed the threshold from holding back to swinging—determines if it counts as a strike.
The call is famously subjective and often disputed: The umpire ruled it a check swing, keeping the count at 2-1.
Uncooked cake mixture
- pitcherPouring vessel or hurler
- countReckon a total
- plateFlat dish for food
- umpireSports match official
ball · strike · foul · contact · at-bat · appeal · offered · restraint
Delay from uncertainty
- ambivalenceConflicting emotions coexisting
- uncertaintyState of being unsure
- waveringShowing unsteady resolve
- tentativeUncertain and provisional
half-hearted · uncommitted · second-guessing · vacillation · restrained · aborted · partial · incomplete
batter
Uncooked cake mixture
umpire · ball · strike · foul · contact · at-bat · appeal · offered · restraint · discipline
hesitation
Delay from uncertainty
- ambivalenceConflicting emotions coexisting
- uncertaintyState of being unsure
- waveringShowing unsteady resolve
tentative · half-hearted · uncommitted · second-guessing · vacillation · restrained · aborted · partial · incomplete · midway
check swingfull swing
Maximum activity level
follow-through · power swing · home run swing · hack · rip
check swinglet it rip
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