baseball has definitions from the fields of baseball,sport,games
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[ noun ] (baseball,sport,games) a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of 9 players; teams take turns at bat trying to score run

Examples

"he played baseball in high school" "there was a baseball game on every empty lot" "play ball!"

Used in print

(Rocky Mountains News, [Denver, Colorado],...)

Boston_Red_Sox Outfielder Jackie_Jensen said Monday night he was through playing baseball .

Liston is Bill_Liston , baseball writer for the Boston_Traveler , who quoted Jensen as saying :

Just when it seems baseball might be losing its grip on the masses up pops heroics to start millions of tongues to wagging .

Both , of_course , were remarkable feats and further embossed the fact that baseball rightfully is the national pastime .

It will forever be a baseball mystery how a team will suddenly start hitting after a distressing slump .

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[ noun ] (baseball,games) a ball used in playing baseball

Used in print

(The Dallas Morning News,...)

Not satisfied with various unofficial checks on the liveliness of baseballs currently in_use , the major_leagues have ordered their own tests , which are in_progress at Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology .

(Bonnie Prudden, "The Dancer and the Gymnast"...)

The only area in which American boys hold their own is the baseball throw .

Related terms

ball baseball_equipment

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