baseball

noun

base·ball ˈbās-ˌbȯl

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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If any rotation is baseball could get away with trading one of its pitchers, the Mariners are one of them. —

Gord Magill, Newsweek, 22 Dec. 2024 Furthermore, Joseph competes in cross country, wrestling, baseball, golf, and track teams! —

Andy Humbles, The Tennessean, 22 Dec. 2024 Plus there are technicians on hand to restring racquets, lace baseball gloves and sharpen ice skates. —

Jemima McEvoy, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024 Now that the dust has begun to settle in the aftermath of Juan Soto’s eventual $800 million defection from the Yankees to the Mets, the question is just how much the balance of New York baseball power has actually shifted? —

Bill Madden, New York Daily News, 21 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for baseball