often attributive
: a game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players each on a large field having four bases that mark the course a runner must take to score
also
: the ball used in this game
Examples of baseball in a Sentence
We watched baseball on TV last night.
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Florida Memorial University’s baseball team lost its opening-round game 8-5 against Edward Waters at the Black College World Series at Montgomery, Alabama.
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Walter Villa, Miami Herald, 12 May 2024
Disgruntled players and pay disputes lead to temptation The Black Sox Scandal of 1919 helped to further organize baseball, leading to the creation of the position of commissioner of baseball, which was first assumed by former judge and known racist Kennesaw Mountain Landis.
—Jared Bahir Browsh, The Conversation, 10 May 2024
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Walter Villa, Miami Herald, 12 May 2024
Disgruntled players and pay disputes lead to temptation The Black Sox Scandal of 1919 helped to further organize baseball, leading to the creation of the position of commissioner of baseball, which was first assumed by former judge and known racist Kennesaw Mountain Landis.
—Jared Bahir Browsh, The Conversation, 10 May 2024
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“Baseball.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/baseball. Accessed 17 May. 2024.
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baseball
noun
base·ball
ˈbās-ˌbȯl 
: a game played with a bat and ball by two teams of nine players each on a field with four bases that mark the course a runner must take to score
also
: the ball used in this game
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