Pickoffs is an English word. Below you'll find 5 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Pickoffs meaning
plural of pickoff
Using Pickoffs
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of pickoff
Context around Pickoffs
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 2 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Pickoffs
- In this selection, "pickoffs" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 24.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, four, plotting, seven and dubon stand out and add context to how "pickoffs" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include easiest of pickoffs for a and just seven pickoffs all season. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "pickoffs" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with pickoffs
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The Vols had just seven pickoffs all season in 2017. (10 words)
Certainly not the easiest of pickoffs for a right-hander like Reed, but one Mountaineer pitchers have plenty of experience with. (21 words)
No one actually watches because they like watching pitchers throw four pickoffs in a row or the batters re-adjust their batting gloves after a called strike. (27 words)
He moved out of the spare bedroom and slept in the same room as Ben; they routinely talked baseball deep into the night, plotting pickoffs (Dubon played shortstop and Ritchey was a pitcher). (33 words)
Pickoffs—when the pitcher attempts to throw the runner out before delivering the pitch—will be limited to two attempts per plate appearance, and the count will reset if the runner advances. (32 words)
No one actually watches because they like watching pitchers throw four pickoffs in a row or the batters re-adjust their batting gloves after a called strike. (27 words)
Example sentences (5)
Certainly not the easiest of pickoffs for a right-hander like Reed, but one Mountaineer pitchers have plenty of experience with.
No one actually watches because they like watching pitchers throw four pickoffs in a row or the batters re-adjust their batting gloves after a called strike.
Pickoffs—when the pitcher attempts to throw the runner out before delivering the pitch—will be limited to two attempts per plate appearance, and the count will reset if the runner advances.
He moved out of the spare bedroom and slept in the same room as Ben; they routinely talked baseball deep into the night, plotting pickoffs (Dubon played shortstop and Ritchey was a pitcher).
The Vols had just seven pickoffs all season in 2017.