Definitions

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun a baseball deliberately thrown at the batter's head.

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  • noun baseball A pitch aimed at the batter's head

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  • noun a baseball deliberately thrown at the batter's head

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Examples

  • Gene Budig to discuss why Wright is always involved in beanball wars.

    Instant replay rears its head 1999

  • In the 1960s, an era populated by its own demons, a baseball player in the American League once said that any pitcher throwing a beanball was a "Communist."

    Archive 2009-03-01 2009

  • In the 1960s, an era populated by its own demons, a baseball player in the American League once said that any pitcher throwing a beanball was a "Communist."

    Weekend contest: the new "anti-Semitism" 2009

  • Reminds me of the time, way back in the mid-sixties, when a baseball player or coach or something said that anyone who throws a beanball is a "Communist."

    Dawg's Blawg 2005

  • Reminds me of the time, way back in the mid-sixties, when a baseball player or coach or something said that anyone who throws a beanball is a "Communist."

    Archive 2005-06-01 2005

  • In the 1960s, populated by its own demons, a baseball player in the American League once said that any pitcher throwing a beanball was a "Communist."

    Dawg's Blawg 2009

  • The floating signifier "Communist" -- which, back in the day, could mean anything from supporting fluoridation of water, promoting rock music or even throwing a beanball* -- has now been replaced with "anti-Semite," but the thuggish tactics of government remain unchanged.

    Archive 2009-12-01 2009

  • That said, Dodgers "owner" Frank McCourt, by inviting the intervention of the courts through a bankruptcy filing, has thrown a beanball not just at the head of Commissioner Bud Selig, but at the private legal empire known as Major League Baseball's rulebook.

    Law vs. Baseball Law Jr. Holman W. Jenkins 2011

  • Girardi says he wants to avoid tit-for-tat beanball wars.

    Yankees Won't Engage in a Beanball War Daniel Barbarisi 2011

  • The floating signifier "Communist" -- which, back in the day, could mean anything from supporting fluoridation of water, promoting rock music or even throwing a beanball* -- has now been replaced with "anti-Semite," but the thuggish tactics of government remain unchanged.

    The new McCarthyism, cont'd. 2009

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