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Examples
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If you bring in a left-handed relief specialist to face a left-handed pinch-hitter, everyone stands around and waits for two or three minutes until the reliefer arrives and warms up.
An Umpire Speaks Up About the Length of Yankees-Red Sox Games 2010
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A pitcher dematerializes in the middle of a windup and is replaced, not by an angel-headed reliefer from the twilight bullpen, nor by Dr. Yamaguchi, as you half expect, but by the man to whom journalists who ought to know better still refer as 'the leader of the free world.
Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas Robbins, Tom 1994
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That means you can expect a little of everything in Orioles: Looking ahead (9) lefty reliefer wrote: hey pete thanks for the confidenc ...
Blog updates 2009
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The announcer may say the reliefer fireman "came in and slammed the door," that is, he got the necessary third out and prevented any scoring.
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