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  • noun baseball An opportunity to hit.
  • noun baseball official at-bats. Batting opportunities minus walks, hit by pitches, and sacrifices

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  • noun (baseball) a turn trying to get a hit

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Examples

  • Some have called his at-bat in the bottom of the ninth inning on

    NYT > Home Page By RAY ROBINSON 2011

  • So, if you look at an average five-pitch at-bat, which is 10 pitches for two more outs, that's 40 pitches and that's pretty scary if you ask me.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed Jeff Blair 2011

  • Some have called his at-bat in the bottom of the ninth inning on

    NYT > Home Page By RAY ROBINSON 2011

  • But it was those outings when he didn't have command over his full repertoire of pitches, or when some part of his body was hurting, where he had to improvise and grind through each at-bat.

    Tony Sachs: Saying Goodbye To Andy Pettitte Tony Sachs 2011

  • But it was those outings when he didn't have command over his full repertoire of pitches, or when some part of his body was hurting, where he had to improvise and grind through each at-bat.

    Tony Sachs: Saying Goodbye To Andy Pettitte Tony Sachs 2011

  • Slow Out of the Gate Derek Jeter's 3-for-18 start this season for a .167 batting average matches the worst 18-at-bat stretch to begin any of his 16 full seasons with the Yankees.

    Have Pitchers Figured Out Jeter? Mike Sielski 2011

  • Jeter led off the game for the Yankees, and Duensing admitted later that he was nervous during the at-bat because Monday was his first start of the season.

    Have Pitchers Figured Out Jeter? Mike Sielski 2011

  • Still, Jeter has used it for his at-bat song of late, as well as Philadelphia has no equivalent swat stars, with many of a citys tip bent carrying languished for years upon you guessed it Jay-Zs old label, Roc-A-Fella Records.

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  • Of the six pitches Duensing threw during that at-bat, five were sinkers on the inside part of the plate.

    Have Pitchers Figured Out Jeter? Mike Sielski 2011

  • He embraces what he does: "It's nice to have to concentrate really, really tough on that one at-bat," Stairs said of pinch-hitting hitting.

    Some Matt Stairs leftovers 2011

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