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
Blondie	BLAHN-dee	English (Rare)
HalİM	-	Turkish
Mignon	-	Literature
Praveen	-	Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam
Zawisza	-	Polish (Archaic)
Saul	[sɔ:l]