FORFEIT
Forfeit
In rare cases, baseball games are forfeited, usually when a team is no longer able to play. In the event of forfeiture, the score is recorded as 9-0, as stated in rule 2.00 of the Major League Baseball Rules Book. However, the actual game statistics are recorded as they stand at the time of the forfeit, and recorded as a loss in the standings for the forfeiting team, and a win for the other team, even if the forfeiting team is ahead at that point. The 9-0 score equates to the number of innings in a regulation game. Sports with seven-inning games, such as softball and Little League baseball, generally award a rule-based score of 7-0.The above text is a snippet from Wikipedia: Forfeit (baseball)
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forfeit
Noun
- A penalty for or consequence of a misdemeanor.
- That he our deadly forfeit should release (John Milton, On the Morning of Christ's Nativity, 1629)
- A thing forfeited; that which is taken from somebody in requital of a misdeed committed; that which is lost, or the right to which is alienated, by a crime, breach of contract, etc.
- He who murders pays the forfeit of his own life.
- Something deposited and redeemable by a sportive fine as part of a game.
- Injury; wrong; mischief.
Verb
- To suffer the loss of something by wrongdoing or non-compliance
- He forfeited his last chance of an early release from jail by repeatedly attacking another inmate.
- To lose a contest, game, match, or other form of competition by voluntary withdrawal, by failing to attend or participate, or by violation of the rules
- Because only nine players were present, the football team was forced to forfeit the game.
- To be guilty of a misdeed; to be criminal; to transgress.
- To fail to keep an obligation.
Adjective
- Lost or alienated for an offense or crime; liable to penal seizure.
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