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	Pronounced	Usage
Ganix	-	Basque
Dafna	-	Hebrew
Guiomar	gee-oo-MAR (Portuguese), gee-o-MAHR (Spanish)	Portuguese, Spanish, Arthurian Romance
SÜLeyman	suyl-ay-MAHN	Turkish
Aureliusz	ow-REL-yuwsh	Polish
Osip	O-seep	Russian