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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A fly ball enabling a runner to score after it is caught by a fielder.

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  • noun baseball A fly ball that allowed a runner to advance after it was caught

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  • noun a sacrifice made by hitting a long fly ball

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  • This really should be a species of social insect that, penguin-like, pushes one of its own out over the pond to see if a frog is waiting...

    December 25, 2007