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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 advancingbaserunner , instead of attempting to put out the batter-runner atfirst 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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