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
Maddie	MAD-ee	English
Lamont	-	English
Beate	be-AH-tə	German
Thucydides	thoo-SID-ə-deez (English)	Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Nkechi	-	Western African, Igbo
Het-Heru	-	Egyptian Mythology