2006-08-05 15:38:04 · 26 answers · asked by imnottellingu 1 in Sports ➔ Baseball
Game ending hit, whether it be a single, double, triple, or home run.
2006-08-09 12:14:03 · answer #1 · answered by The Mick "7" 7 · 19⤊ 1⤋
From Wikipedia:
In baseball, a walk-off home run is a home run which ends the game. It must be a home run that gives the home team the lead in the bottom of the final inning of the game - either the ninth inning, any extra inning, or any other regularly-scheduled final inning. It is called a "walk-off" home run because the teams walk off the field immediately afterward. Sportscasters also use the term "walk-off double" or other such terms if such a hit drives in the winning run to end the game. The terms walk-off hit by pitch or walk-off balk have been applied, and the latter has been dubbed a balk-off (these types of questionable walk-offs are seen by some fans as cheapening the concept). Although the concept is as old as baseball, the term itself has come into use only in the last few decades, and can apply to softball as well.
2006-08-05 15:41:56 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's become the new catch-phrase with David Ortiz and the Red Sox. The Sox now have 7 walk-off wins this year - 5 by Ortiz and 2 by Mark Loretta.
To answer your question, the term "walk-off" means that a player for the home team had a hit to score the winning run and was able to "walk off" the field a winner without needing three outs.
2006-08-05 15:47:08 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
If the home team is losing (or tied) and, in their final at-bat, score enough to win before the other team gets three outs on them, the visiting team can "walk off" the field once the winning run scores.
EXAMPLE:
Nobody out in in a 3-3 tie in the bottom of the ninth and Derek Jeter leads off the inning w/ a home run. The visitors start "walking off" the field as soon as the ball clears the fence.
Game over.
2006-08-05 15:49:06 · answer #4 · answered by clint torres 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In walk off HRor hit,it was the hit that decided the game, 4 the home team. If only 1 run is needed the batter would be credited with a base hit, a HR if the batter hits the ball fair into the stands or over the wall.
2006-08-05 16:57:29 · answer #5 · answered by baseballjohn48 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's used as a phrase like when someone hits a walk off home run (or any other hit or winning run batted in), both teams have "walked off" the field immediately after the winning run scores.
2006-08-05 15:47:51 · answer #6 · answered by Nowhere Man 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Walk off means that it ends the game, a walk off home run occurs in the bottom of the 9th+ inning when the home team hits a home run that puts them ahead and ends the game.
2006-08-05 15:44:54 · answer #7 · answered by lmak13 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It means that the team that just hit the homerun, is walking off the field because they won the game without having to get the remaining three outs, also could work for any other scoring play in bottom of ninth or bottom of any extra inning as long as they score at least one more point than the away team.
2006-08-05 15:46:07 · answer #8 · answered by Topher 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's the "Feel Good" moment in baseball! You would hit a home run to end the game...............and that's it.........you just walk off the field and go home! You just won the game for your team!
It would have to be in the bottom of the ninth or the bottom of an extra inning (your last licks) when you hit the home run that puts your team ahead by at least one run, and that's the ballgame!!!!!
2006-08-05 15:50:18 · answer #9 · answered by Brucie Boy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means that the homerun ends the game. If the team up to bat is tied or losing and then they hit a homerun in the 9th inning to win the game, that is a walk off home run.
2006-08-05 15:41:40 · answer #10 · answered by chris 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It means that the hit won the game for the team that hit it. Because of it, they get to "walk off" the playing field with a win.
2006-08-05 15:41:33 · answer #11 · answered by think2day 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋