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
Jami (2)YAH-meeFinnish
'Ach'av-Biblical Hebrew
Radka-Czech, Bulgarian
Philippos-Ancient Greek, Biblical Greek
EdomEE-dəm (English)Biblical
Pierson['piəsn]