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fielder's choice

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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A play made on a ground ball in which the fielder chooses to put out an advancing base runner, thus allowing the batter to reach first base safely.

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  • noun baseball An official scoring play in which a fielder puts out an advancing baserunner, instead of attempting to put out the batter-runner at first base.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a play made on a ground ball in which the fielder chooses to put out an advancing runner instead of the batter

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