Rope
Line drive baseball hit
Example
Barnes hits a rope to center for a base hit
Related Slang
| Frozen rope | Line drive baseball hit |
| Line drive | Hard hit baseball in the air |
| Bloop | Weakly hit fly ball |
| Shoestring catch | Catch made just above a player's shoes |
| Single | Hit that results in the batter getting to first base |
| Double | Hit that results in the batter getting to second base |
| Triple | Hit that results in the batter getting to third base |
| Mash | To hit a baseball well |
| Ruthian | Powerful |
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A sports term primarily used in baseball to describe a line drive.
A rope is a hard hit baseball that flies in a straight line similar to taut rope. It can land as a hit or a be caught by a fielder for a putout. The term may also appear as "frozen rope."