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  • noun Plural form of comebacker.

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Examples

  • 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

  • I agree, DonnaG, but we all know it's the cute comebackers that make headlines.

    CNN Poll: Hillary Drops In New Hampshire 2009

  • As a comedian, Imus is spending too much time worrying about foreign and domestic affairs, and neglecting his comebackers.

    Marvin Kitman: The Burning of the I-Man 2008

  • 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

  • This year, Wood is the glamor guy of the comebackers.

    Pitchers face spring war of attrition 2000

  • Here was Clemens, bounding off the mound like a kid to field three comebackers.

    Clemens proves skeptics wrong 1999

  • 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

  • Baseball pitchers could protect themselves from comebackers.

    SI.com 2011

  • Baseball pitchers could protect themselves from comebackers.

    CNN.com 2011

  • 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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