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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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.
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Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2025
Access The Athletic’s guide for abbreviations used in fantasy baseball.
—Gene McCaffrey, The Athletic, 26 Feb. 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, 26 Feb. 2025
The League also began an Earth Day tradition in 2008, with the inaugural MLB Green Glove Award that annually honors the baseball team with the highest rate of waste diversion from landfills.
—Candace Oehler, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
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“Baseball.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/baseball. Accessed 9 Mar. 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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