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]

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Nahuel	naw-WEL	Native American, Mapuche
Lauma	-	Latvian, Baltic Mythology
Mtendere	mten-DAY-ray	Southern African, Chewa
Ourbanos	-	Biblical Greek
Ambrosi	-	Georgian
Baise	[beiz]