wild pitch



wild pitch

A careless statement or action, as in Calling comic books great literature-that's a wild pitch. This term comes from baseball, where it signifies a pitched ball so far off target that the catcher misses it, enabling a base runner to advance. [Mid-1900s]
See also: pitch, wild

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Keila-English (Modern)
Guo-Chinese
&Thorn;ÓRbjÖRg-Ancient Scandinavian
Briannabree-AN-ə, bree-AHN-əEnglish
Lambert['læmbət]
PlutoPLOO-to (English)Greek Mythology (Latinized), Roman Mythology