Editing Beanball (section)

{{Short description|Baseball slang for a pitch intended to hit the batter}}
[[File:Baseball runner hit by ball (illustration).jpg|thumb|Runner hit by ball]]
"'''Beanball'''" is a [[colloquialism]] used in [[baseball]], for a [[Baseball|ball]] thrown at an opposing player with the intention of [[Hit by pitch|striking them]] such as to cause harm, often connoting a throw at the player's head (or "bean" in old-fashioned [[slang]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=bean|title=bean - Origin and meaning of bean by Online Etymology Dictionary|website=www.etymonline.com}}</ref> A pitcher who throws beanballs often is known as a "headhunter". The term may be applied to any sport in which a player on one team regularly attempts to throw a ball toward the general vicinity of a player of the opposite team, but is typically expected not to hit that player with the ball. In [[cricket]], the equivalent term is "[[beamer (cricket)|beamer]]". Some people use the term "beaner", though that usage is discouraged due to the term also being an [[beaner|ethnic slur]] in the [[United States]].<ref name="NBC">{{cite news |last1=Romero |first1=Dennis |title=The worst slur for Mexican-Americans is still a mystery for some |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/worst-slur-mexican-americans-still-mystery-some-n959616 |access-date=2019-02-01 |work=NBC News |date=2019-02-01}}</ref>