That day, when she was on third base in the ninth inning of a tie game, Marcenia decided to take the biggest chance in all baseball. She decided to steal home.
Most people know the catcher will give signs to the pitcher when your team is on defense, but when you're on offense, the third base coach gives signs to both the batter and the base runner.
In the game of baseball, it describes the way a pitcher will throw the ball when there is no one on base – no one who is on either first, second, or third base.
Usually there's one person on the first base, one person on the second base and one person on the third base: the first baseman, the second baseman, the third baseman.
This year's tournament has already seen its fair share of upsets, like Oral Roberts making it to the sweet 16, and I'm guessing from its name, also third base.