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sit dead-red

sit dead-red verb: for a batter to look for a four-seam fastball.

Verb

sit dead-red (third-person singular simple present sits dead-red, present participle sitting dead-red, simple past and past participle sat dead-red)

  1. For a batter to look for a four-seam fastball.
    • If I were him, I would sit dead-red on this 3 and 1 pitch and try to launch one.

Forms of sit dead-red

third-person singular presentsits dead-red
present participlesitting dead-red
past participlesat dead-red
pastsat dead-red

Origin of sit dead-red

Popularized by broadcaster and former player Joe Morgan.

Questions about sit dead-red

What does sit dead-red mean?
Sit dead-red means for a batter to look for a four-seam fastball.
What part of speech is sit dead-red?
Sit dead-red is a verb.
What is the past tense of sit dead-red?
The past tense of sit dead-red is sat dead-red.

Words near sit dead-red in the dictionary

  1. sit back
  2. sit back on one's heels
  3. sit bone
  4. sit bones
  5. sit by
  6. sit dead-red
  7. sit down
  8. sit for
  9. sit idly by
  10. sit in
  11. sit in for

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