Complete Clue List
Across
1. Blue Jays OR Mets OR Astros
5. Hitters' stat (abbr.)
6. Essential tool for 4 Down
8. To calculate BA, divide H by this (abbr.)
9. What a ball might do off the outfield fence
11. Word that might describe some team mascots, perhaps
13. Important pitchers' stat (abbr.)
15. The UK's Senior Service (more likely to play cricket than baseball) (abbr.)
16. A player who slides headfirst does this to the dirt
19. Blue Jays' 2022 catcher who did NOT win a Silver Slugger award (5,6)
22. Uncle, to a Spanish-speaking player
23. M.L. Tigue Moore Field is home to this educational entity's baseball Ragin' Cajuns (abbr.)
24. Compass direction (abbr.)
25. Actress/model Doe AND first husband/photographer Richard; the _____
28. What managers (and players) sometimes do with umpires
29. Illegal move by pitcher (abbr.)
30. Colour of Boston baseball players' Sox
31. Sault ___. Marie, Ontario, claims to have the World's Largest Baseball
32. Number of balls required for a walk
Down
1. How baseball players are moved from one team to another; they're _____
2. Like a tide, the fortunes of a player might do this if he goes into a slump
3. Potential replacement for umpires? (abbr.)
4. Belonging to the player who broke Roger Maris's Yankee HR record in 2022 (5,6)
6. Mr Bonds, who hit a lot of home runs; son of Bobby
7. Colloquially, a hard hit ball is said to have been hit this great weight (with "a")
9. State that baseball's Rockies call home (abbr.)
10. Bearing or demeanor; a pitcher with poise might have a noble one
11. Fans might display this, especially around playoff time
12. What players might pack before going on a road trip
14. In 2020 the Arizona Diamondbacks introduced a mascot named ___ Leon
17. Including both pitcher and designated hitter, this many players start a game for each team
18. Type of shoe a Little Leaguer might wear
20. Baseball ____ Scotia oversees the Bluenose League
21. How fans chant?
26. What fielders strive NOT to do
27. Gas that might be used to light a baseball display sign (abbr.)
29. Type of heat measurement (abbr.)
31. Alternate abbr. to scorecard's K