ball field
noun
variants
or ballfield
: a field for playing a sport using a ball
especially
: a baseball field
The 14-year-old Astroturf surface at Dean Field in Bloomfield, one of the city's most popular ball fields, will be replaced with real grass next year. —
Jon Schmitz
Jon Schmitz In Minneapolis, they tore down Met Stadium for a polyester ballfield with a roof over it, a ghostly greenish plastic baseball mall, and all those lovely summer nights were lost. —Garrison Keillor
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Outside locations, such as a camp ground or a ball field, were the second most common, making up 41% of deaths.
—Elizabeth B. Kim, USA TODAY, 23 June 2024
Josh Rojas can fill just about any spot on the ball field.
—Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 9 Jan. 2025
Remley was supportive of growth and progress in the city, often voting in support of annexation and once in support of an affordable housing project that would raze a historic city ball field.
—Taylor Seely, The Arizona Republic, 27 Dec. 2024
Broken beer bottles, crushed Bud Light cans, blue medical gloves, and large pools of blood could be seen near ball fields and picnic benches at one of the crime scenes.
—Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 29 July 2024
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Elizabeth B. Kim, USA TODAY, 23 June 2024
Josh Rojas can fill just about any spot on the ball field.
—Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 9 Jan. 2025
Remley was supportive of growth and progress in the city, often voting in support of annexation and once in support of an affordable housing project that would raze a historic city ball field.
—Taylor Seely, The Arizona Republic, 27 Dec. 2024
Broken beer bottles, crushed Bud Light cans, blue medical gloves, and large pools of blood could be seen near ball fields and picnic benches at one of the crime scenes.
—Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 29 July 2024
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“Ball field.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ball%20field. Accessed 10 Feb. 2025.
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