ceremonial first pitch

noun

A ceremony that signals the start of a baseball. Just before the game starts, a guest acts as the pitcher and throws the ball to the catcher.

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Meanings

nounceremonial first pitch (plural ceremonial first pitchers)

plural ceremonial first pitchers

  1. A ceremony that signals the start of a baseball. Just before the game starts, a guest acts as the pitcher and throws the ball to the catcher.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 開球儀式 /开球仪式
  • 開球儀式 /开球仪式a ceremony that signals the start of a baseball
Finnish seremoniallinen aloitussyöttö
  • seremoniallinen aloitussyöttöa ceremony that signals the start of a baseball
Japanese 始球式
  • 始球式 (shikyūshiki)a ceremony that signals the start of a baseball
Korean 시구식
  • 시구식 (sigusik)a ceremony that signals the start of a baseball
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APA

ceremonial first pitch. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ceremonial%20first%20pitch

MLA

“ceremonial first pitch.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ceremonial%20first%20pitch. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ceremonial first pitch,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ceremonial%20first%20pitch.

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