ラッキーゾーン
also: ラッキー・ゾーン
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Meanings
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lucky zone (baseball)
A baseball term for the area between the regular outfield wall and a lower home-run fence set up at a shorter distance from home plate. Wasei-eigo; not used in English baseball terminology.
wasei-eigo (Japanese-coined English), from lucky zone
Koshien Stadium once had a lucky zone installed.
Usage patterns
- ラッキーゾーンに入るfor a batted ball to land in the lucky zone (counting as a home run)
The batted ball landed in the lucky zone and became a home run.
- ラッキーゾーンを設置するto install a lucky zone (in a stadium)
That stadium installed a lucky zone in the 1970s.
- ラッキーゾーンを撤去するto remove a lucky zone (from a stadium)
Many stadiums later removed their lucky zones.