Definitions
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- noun baseball A pop fly that falls behind home plate, typically caught by the
catcher for an out - noun baseball A hard-hit
batted ball that travels toward themound , or between theshortstop andsecond baseman . - noun baseball A
batted ball that is hit toward thepitcher .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Zimmermann got a grounder to second and a comebacker by Theriot to get out of the inning.
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Things unraveled for the Mets (4-6) in the top of the eighth, when the Rockies (7-2) scored three runs off reliever Bobby Parnell—the first when he air-mailed a throw home after a comebacker to the mound, the next two on a stratospheric home run from Troy Tulowitzki.
Score Sheet 2011
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With runners on second and third and one out in the fifth, Nick Swisher bounced a comebacker to Angels pitcher Darren Oliver, who threw home to get Jorge Posada in a rundown.
One Season William Fredrick Cooper 2011
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He also was victimized by a botched grounder by second baseman Brian Bixler, who let one go through his legs, and Gaudin himself made a throwing error on a comebacker.
Live blog: Nationals at Yankees, Steinbrenner Field, Tampa 2011
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He retired the first Rangers' batter that he faced with hardly any help at all: Motte induced a comebacker from Michael Young, snagged the ball and fired a strike to first.
Adrian Beltre Foul Ball? Umpire Makes Controversial Call Late In World Series Game 1 (VIDEO) The Huffington Post News Editors 2011
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Hughes gets hit with a comebacker that ends up an infield hit.
ceciliatan: Today’s Game/Baseball in Tweets ceciliatan 2010
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MINNEAPOLIS — The question came at Andy Pettitte like a comebacker to the mound.
Yankees Still Question the Competitiveness of Pavano Brian Costa 2010
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With runners on second and third and one out in the fifth, Nick Swisher bounced a comebacker to Angels pitcher Darren Oliver, who threw home to get Jorge Posada in a rundown.
One Season William Fredrick Cooper 2011
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He retired the first Rangers' batter that he faced with hardly any help at all: Motte induced a comebacker from Michael Young, snagged the ball and fired a strike to first.
Adrian Beltre Foul Ball? Umpire Makes Controversial Call Late In World Series Game 1 (VIDEO) The Huffington Post News Editors 2011
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Loes may be best known for mishandling a ground ball comebacker to the mound in the 1952 World Series at Ebbets Field.
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