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'''Yahoo Music Engine''' is a free music player released by [[Yahoo]] in [[2005]]. The features are currently complete, although the player is still considered to be in the [[Development stage|Beta stage]] due to minor, miscellaneous glitches. Its appearance is somewhat similar to the ''[[MusicMatch Jukebox]]''. This may be related to the fact that MusicMatch, which developed the Jukebox, was purchased by Yahoo in 2004.

[[Image:SmithCaughtStealing.jpg|240px|right|thumb|Detroit Tigers second baseman Jason Smith, left, tags out Cleveland Indians' Jhonny Peralta, right, trying to steal second base in the third inning Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2004, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Duane Burleson)]]

Its features include CD [[ripping]] and [[CD/DVD authoring|burning]], access to [[Launcast]] and [[Yahoo Unlimited]], playlist creation, transfer of music to portable devices such as [[digital audio player|mp3 players]] and [[USB flash drive]]s. Also the program allows [[Yahoo Messenger]] users to [[streaming media|stream]] music to one another (not to be confused with [[uploading and downloading]] or [[filesharing]]) and browse one another's playlists. Only those subscribed to Yahoo Ultimate are entitled to entire songs, however. Non-subscribers are limited to a thirty second sample.

In [[baseball]] a '''tag out''', sometimes just called a '''tag''', is a play in which a [[baserunner]] is [[out (baseball)|out]] because he is touched by the fielder's hand holding a [[live ball (baseball)|live ball]] while the runner is ''in jeopardy''. A baserunner is in jeopardy when:

One can rip songs in a variety of formats including [[WAV|.wav]], [[MP3|.mp3]], and [[WMV|.wmv]]. Interestingly, one cannot rip songs in the [[WMA|.wma]] format, despite the fact that songs purchased from Yahoo are encoded using that format.

# he is not touching a base (other than after overrunning first base or when advancing to an awarded base, such as on a [[base on balls]]);

# he is touching a base he has been forced to vacate because the [[baserunner|batter became a baserunner]];

# he has not [[tag up|tagged up]] on a caught [[fly ball]];

# he failed to touch a previous base, or to touch them in order; or

# he is touching a base that a preceding baserunner is also touching, except when forced to vacate the previous base because the [[baserunner|batter became a baserunner]]

The Engine also has a great deal of [[plugin]]s, which reside on the program's official website below.

A tag is the most common way to retire baserunners who are not in danger of being [[force out|forced out]] (as in (1) above), but a tag can put runners out on a force or a non-force play, as well as on an [[appeal play]] (as in (3) or (4) above). Runners attempting to advance are sometimes '''thrown out''', which means that a fielder throws the ball to someone covering the base, who then tags the runner before the runner touches the base. A runner who leads off a base too far might be '''picked off'''; that is, the pitcher throws to a fielder covering the base, who then tags the runner out.

==External links==

[[Category:Baseball rules]]

*[http://music.yahoo.com/musicengine Yahoo! Music Engine Official Site]

*[http://plugins.yme.music.yahoo.com Yahoo! Music Engine Plug-ings]

[[Category:Windows media players]]