Bullpen

In baseball, the bullpen is the area where relief pitchers warm up before entering a game. A team’s roster of relief pitchers is also metonymically referred to as “the bullpen”. These pitchers usually wait in the bullpen if they have not yet played in a game, rather than in the dugout with the rest of the team. The starting pitcher also makes his final pregame warm-up throws in the bullpen. Managers can call coaches in the bullpen on an in-house telephone from the dugout to tell a certain pitcher to begin their warm-up tosses. Relief pitchers are often assisted in their warm-ups by specialized coaches known as bullpen catchers.