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- noun Plural form of
comebacker .
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Examples
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Considering that almost all assists from pitchers are on comebackers, that is an indication of how severe his groundball / flyball splits are.
Blog updates 2009
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I agree, DonnaG, but we all know it's the cute comebackers that make headlines.
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As a comedian, Imus is spending too much time worrying about foreign and domestic affairs, and neglecting his comebackers.
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But the 32-year-old Canadian bolstered his score by making a bunch of 5 - and 6-foot comebackers after sliding putts past the hole.
USATODAY.com - Weir takes control as Woods scrambles at Masters 2003
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This year, Wood is the glamor guy of the comebackers.
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Here was Clemens, bounding off the mound like a kid to field three comebackers.
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Because he has pitched so well for the Giants, it's hard to picture Lopez struggling - but his career hasn't consisted of a succession of strikeouts and comebackers.
SFGate: Top News Stories skroner@sfchronicle.com (Steve Kroner 2011
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Baseball pitchers could protect themselves from comebackers.
SI.com 2011
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Baseball pitchers could protect themselves from comebackers.
CNN.com 2011
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But Lorenzo Cain and Mitch Maier were each retired on comebackers to the mound - Cain's a hot shot and Maier's a slow roller - and Alcides Escobar grounded out to end the inning.
The Seattle Times 2011
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