Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One who plays a ball game, especially baseball.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun an athlete who plays baseball.
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- noun An
athlete , usually abasketball ,baseball , orfootball player.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an athlete who plays baseball
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Examples
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An analogy to a minor-league ballplayer is apt: if you get your "cup of coffee" in the majors, would you be happy going back to play for the Podunk Boll Weevils?
First on the Ticker: Palin will not run for re-election 2009
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He essentially sold shares in his future earnings, just like this ballplayer is doing now.
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Well, I got a 50% by running through it so quickly that I tapped the wrong button about three times ... these questions are frequently the equivalent of asking whether a certain ballplayer preferred gum or chaw.
So You Think You Know Horror Movies? Bill Crider 2007
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Of course these writers don't delve deep enough into Cobb's life so that they can discover that Cobb rarely used those sharpened spikes on opponents (no more than the average ballplayer from the dead ball era) and that the real reason he sharpened his spikes before games in the dugout in full view of his opponents was to get a psychological edge.
All we need is Blog? Ed 2005
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Of course these writers don't delve deep enough into Cobb's life so that they can discover that Cobb rarely used those sharpened spikes on opponents (no more than the average ballplayer from the dead ball era) and that the real reason he sharpened his spikes before games in the dugout in full view of his opponents was to get a psychological edge.
Archive 2005-03-01 Ed 2005
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The retired ballplayer is living quietly in the Bay Area and coaching for the Oakland A’s, 1968. 54
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The retired ballplayer is living quietly in the Bay Area and coaching for the Oakland A’s, 1968. 54
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The retired ballplayer is living quietly in the Bay Area and coaching for the Oakland A’s, 1968. 54
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"It's a special feeling because I know my message of being a Latino ballplayer is getting across to different families," he says, "and it gives kids hope that someday they can reach their dreams.
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The ballplayer is the first contestant to go home on season 13 of the ABC hit.
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