Charging the mound Charging the mound In baseball, charging the mound is an assault by a batter against the pitcher, usually the result of being hit by a pitch or nearly being hit by a pitch, such as a brushback. The first incidence of a professional charging of the mound has not been identified, but the practice dates back to the game's early days. Charging the mound is the most common initiator of a bench-clearing brawl. Before charging, the batter usually throws his bat and helmet aside so that he may face the pitcher unarmed (it is a very serious breach of baseball
Tournament of Knights complete the joust. After that the first throwing team, as always, starts the next joust. When the opposing team is in battle position When the opposing team is in battle position, you may choose to try to throw your balls so that you knock out their balls from the triangles. You may knock the balls out from all three triangles; however, you only need to knock out one ball to make the opposing team lose its battle position. Then they’re not allowed to throw towards the blocks until they (from baseline 1) have succeeded in getting a new ball in