dust off the batter

In baseball, to throw a pitch at or very close to the body of the batter. Primarily heard in US, South Africa. Don't be afraid to dust off the batter a bit if he's crowding the plate.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Miroslava	mee-rah-SLAH-vah (Russian)	Czech, Slovak, Russian, Croatian, Serbian, Macedonian, Slovene, Medieval Slavic
Comfort	KUM-fərt	English (Rare)
Johana	-	Czech
Latham	['leiθəm]
CÂNdida	-	Portuguese
Gabriela	gahp-RYE-lah (Polish), gah-BRYE-lah (Spanish), gahp-ree-E-lah (German)	Portuguese, Polish, Romanian, Spanish, German, Czech, Slovak, Croatian, Bulgarian