foul ball

noun

: a baseball batted into foul territory

Examples of foul ball in a Sentence

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LeMahieu, meanwhile, looked like a shell of his former self after breaking his foot on a foul ball — his second serious foot injury in three seasons — last spring. Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 11 Feb. 2025 While playing for the Cubs in a game in Houston in 2019, a 2-year-old toddler was hit by a foul ball off the bat of Almora. Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 27 Jan. 2025 Bartman interfered with a foul ball hit by Marlins hitter Luis Castillo that Cubs outfielder Moisés Alou was trying to catch for an out. Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 17 Jan. 2025 The home plate umpire, Larry McCoy, called it a foul ball. Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for foul ball 

Word History

First Known Use

1855, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of foul ball was in 1855

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“Foul ball.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foul%20ball. Accessed 23 Feb. 2025.

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foul ball

noun
: a baseball batted into foul territory

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