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base on balls
base on balls
In baseball, the term used when a batter reaches first base after taking four pitches outside the strike zone (known as "balls"). A: "Oh, Robertson's on first?" B: "Yeah, base on balls."
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
| Chaggit | | - | Biblical Hebrew |
| Nigella | | - | English (Rare) |
| Eve | | EEV (English), EV (French) | English, French, Biblical |
| Petronia | | - | Ancient Roman |
| Eugenio | | e-oo-JE-nyo (Italian), e-oo-KHE-nyo (Spanish) | Italian, Spanish |
| Anu (1) | | AH-noo | Finnish, Estonian |