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Recent Examples of first base
Two other teams, the Diamondbacks (Josh Naylor) and Nationals (Nathaniel Lowe) filled their first base vacancies via trades.
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Bill Madden, Orlando Sentinel, 20 Jan. 2025
The Mariners have the biggest need at first base, but don’t have the dough, apparently, to address it.
—Jim Bowden, The Athletic, 24 Jan. 2025
The Astros have acquired Isaac Paredes in a trade to man the hot corner, along with signing Christian Walker to play first base.
—John Yoo and John Shu, Newsweek, 24 Jan. 2025
Primarily a third baseman for the Yankees, the righty-swinging Berti started three playoff games at first base — despite having never played the position at the MLB level — after Anthony Rizzo suffered two broken fingers in the second-to-last game of the regular season.
—Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 23 Jan. 2025
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Bill Madden, Orlando Sentinel, 20 Jan. 2025
The Mariners have the biggest need at first base, but don’t have the dough, apparently, to address it.
—Jim Bowden, The Athletic, 24 Jan. 2025
The Astros have acquired Isaac Paredes in a trade to man the hot corner, along with signing Christian Walker to play first base.
—John Yoo and John Shu, Newsweek, 24 Jan. 2025
Primarily a third baseman for the Yankees, the righty-swinging Berti started three playoff games at first base — despite having never played the position at the MLB level — after Anthony Rizzo suffered two broken fingers in the second-to-last game of the regular season.
—Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 23 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for first base
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Today, Cicero remains ground zero as the most vulnerable town in Illinois during immigration raids.—
Esteban Rodriguez,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Jan. 2025
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Trump officials have designated Chicago as ground zero for deportations.—
Axios,
Axios,
23 Jan. 2025
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It’s been on the city drawing board for years but has yet to go any further.—
Paul Gattis | pgattis@al.com,
al,
27 May 2021
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Winter Park is back to the drawing board in charting a path forward for its former library, which sits within shouting distance of Park Avenue.—
Ryan Gillespie,
Orlando Sentinel,
9 Feb. 2023
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At the beginning of last year, Honda rearranged the corporate structure around its motorsport activities.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
11 Feb. 2025
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Jason Lipshutz: Unlike the star-heavy start of 2024, the beginning of 2025 has not been jammed with big new album releases — just Bad Bunny’s Debí Tirar Más Fotos, really — and Hurry Up Tomorrow took advantage of that relative silence.—
Rania Aniftos,
Billboard,
11 Feb. 2025
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The Spaniard’s commitment to speaking English from day one was initially applauded, but that narrative changed when results deteriorated.—
Stuart James,
The Athletic,
5 Feb. 2025
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The block schedule would include an anchor day one day a week in which the students would attend all of their classes for a shorter length of time.—
Michelle Mullins,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Feb. 2025
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Bobrovsky improves to 23-12-2 on the season and has won five of his past six starts.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
9 Feb. 2025
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Jack Hinshelwood, on his first start since November after knee damage, was left exposed by Georginio Rutter, who prefers to operate further forward, as the No 10.—
Andy Naylor,
The Athletic,
9 Feb. 2025
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The operating credo at the outset of the Trump Administration has a transactional, Tammany Hall logic: there is no rule except power.—
Benjamin Wallace-Wells,
The New Yorker,
2 Feb. 2025
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Their choice will be a signal about how party insiders want to position themselves at the outset of President Donald Trump’s new term.—
Dana Ferguson,
Twin Cities,
31 Jan. 2025
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Martinelli drove the baseline, attracting a double-team before getting a step between the two USC defenders and creating enough space to loft the shot and give Northwestern (13-10 overall, 4-8 Big Ten) the lead in the closing seconds.—
Staff and news service reports,
Orange County Register,
5 Feb. 2025
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Martinelli split a double team near the baseline and softly laid it in to give Northwestern (13-10, 4-8 Big Ten) the lead in the closing seconds.—
Houston Mitchell,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Feb. 2025
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“First base.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/first%20base. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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