Meaning of deuces wild | Babel Free

Definitions

A situation in a ballgame where there are two balls, two strikes, two outs and two men on base.

Examples

“The deuces are wild, he would announce⟳ before a pitch. Two balls, two strikes, two out, two on, and two to two in the bottom of the second. Bosch could hear⟳ Scully's voice in his head as he considered that the deuces were now wild in his own⟳ game”

“If there were two balls and two strikes on a batter, with two outs in an inning—what is called “deuces wild” in baseball—the bullpen would work⟳ like⟳ mad to get⟳ its pitcher out of the inning.”

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