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
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The hiring of Andrew Friedman as president of baseball operations.
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Ken Rosenthal, The Athletic, 21 Jan. 2025
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1921 — Kenesaw Mountain Landis takes office as baseball’s commissioner.
1947 — Carl Hubbell, Frank Frisch, Mickey Cochrane, and Lefty Grove are elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2025
The Blue Jays have been beaten up by the baseball free agency gods over the past two offseasons, whiffing on big prizes like Shohei Ohtani last year and Blake Snell, Corbin Burnes and Roki Sasaki this time around.
—Tony Blengino, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
In his more than two decades of writing about the world of sports, he’s chronicled everything from high school rodeo to a major league baseball no-hitter to the Super Bowl to the Finals.
—Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 20 Jan. 2025
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Ken Rosenthal, The Athletic, 21 Jan. 2025
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THIS DATE IN SPORTS
1921 — Kenesaw Mountain Landis takes office as baseball’s commissioner.
1947 — Carl Hubbell, Frank Frisch, Mickey Cochrane, and Lefty Grove are elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2025
The Blue Jays have been beaten up by the baseball free agency gods over the past two offseasons, whiffing on big prizes like Shohei Ohtani last year and Blake Snell, Corbin Burnes and Roki Sasaki this time around.
—Tony Blengino, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
In his more than two decades of writing about the world of sports, he’s chronicled everything from high school rodeo to a major league baseball no-hitter to the Super Bowl to the Finals.
—Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 20 Jan. 2025
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“Baseball.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/baseball. Accessed 26 Jan. 2025.
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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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