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  • 1base runner — ☆ base runner n. Baseball any member of the team at bat who has reached first, second, or third base safely or is trying to reach a base or home plate …

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  • 2base hit — noun (baseball) the successful act of striking a baseball in such a way that the batter reaches base safely (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑safety • Topics: ↑baseball, ↑baseball game • Hypernyms: ↑ …

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  • 3home plate — Baseball. the base at which the batter stands and which a base runner must reach safely in order to score a run, typically a five sided slab of whitened rubber set at ground level at the front corner of the diamond. Also called home, the plate,… …

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  • 4home plate — ☆ home plate n. Baseball the base that the batter stands beside and over which the pitcher must throw the ball for a strike: it is the last base that a base runner must reach safely to score a run: see BASE1 (n. 9) …

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  • 5home plate — home′ plate′ n. spo the base in baseball at which the batter stands and which a base runner must reach safely in order to score a run, typically a slab of rubber set at the front corner of the diamond …

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  • 6reach — 1 /ri:tS/ verb 1 ARRIVE (T) to arrive at a particular place, especially when it has taken a long time or a lot of effort to get there: It was a relief to reach the safety of our home at last. | Your letter reached me yesterday. 2 WITH YOUR HAND… …

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  • 7Home run — In baseball, a home run (abbreviated HR) is scored when the ball is hit in such a way that the batter is able to circle all the bases, ending at home plate and scoring runs for himself and each runner who was already on base, with no errors by… …

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  • 8Base on balls — A base on balls (BB) is credited to a batter and against a pitcher in baseball statistics when a batter receives four pitches that the umpire calls balls . It is better known as a walk. The base on balls is defined in Section 2.00 of baseball s… …

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  • 9Lincoln Air Force Base — Infobox Airport name = Lincoln Air National Guard Base nativename r = Lincoln Air Force Base image width = 300 caption = 6 April 1999 image2 width = caption2 = IATA = LNK ICAO = KLNK type = Public/Miliary owner = Lincoln Airport Authority… …

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  • 10Hanscom Air Force Base — For the civil airport use of this facility, see Hanscom Field Infobox Airport name = Hanscom Field Hanscom Air Force Base nativename = Part of Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) image width = 300 caption = Hanscom AFB 29 March 1995 IATA = BED ICAO …

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