To bunt a baseball is to hit it purposefully light, without swinging. Some players bunt in order for another runner to advance from second to third base. In baseball, the bunt is a rarely employed strategy. It is used as a means of putting pressure on the defense or as a way of getting a player on base. The word "bunting" comes from the Spanish word "banderillar," which means to throw or hit lightly. In English, the term is sometimes used interchangeably with "jabbing." A batter will jab at a pitch in an attempt to get the pitcher to change his/her mind and walk him/her. While jagging is done with two hands, bunting is performed with one hand only. The goal is to get the pitcher to call for a ball rather than a strike by using the correct technique. Bunting began as a batting practice exercise during baseball's early days. Before the advent of baseball stadiums, games were played on fields that were not enclosed; thus, runners could not be held up at third base while their team was playing elsewhere. To create more offense in BP sessions, players began hitting balls off the ground with their bats. Because there were no fences, however, none of their hits went for extra bases. Rather, they just kept running back to their own dugout!