third base
noun
1
: the base that must be touched third by a base runner in baseball
2
: the player position for defending the area around third base
third baseman
noun
Examples of third base in a Sentence
a runner on third base
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The Braves put the leadoff man on base in each of Yamamoto’s four innings and got that runner to third base each time.
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Bill Plunkett, Orange County Register, 16 Sep. 2024
Their miscommunication continued in the dugout after the inning, with the two players exchanging words until third base coach Matt Williams had to separate them.
—Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 8 Sep. 2024
Things got exponentially worse in the next at-bat, when a bunt from Brandon Marsh led to controversy at third base.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2024
He was thrown out at third base while trying to stretch his second double into a triple.
—Alanis Thames, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Sep. 2024
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Bill Plunkett, Orange County Register, 16 Sep. 2024
Their miscommunication continued in the dugout after the inning, with the two players exchanging words until third base coach Matt Williams had to separate them.
—Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 8 Sep. 2024
Things got exponentially worse in the next at-bat, when a bunt from Brandon Marsh led to controversy at third base.
—Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2024
He was thrown out at third base while trying to stretch his second double into a triple.
—Alanis Thames, The Christian Science Monitor, 20 Sep. 2024
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“Third base.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/third%20base. Accessed 2 Oct. 2024.
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