plural dingers
baseball, informal
: home run sense 1
Only the Royals, Astros and Cubs have given up more dingers than the Angels.—
Stephen Cannella
Stephen CannellaRamirez had driven in 72 runs and had scored himself 49 times, while smacking 16 dingers …—David Sabino
David SabinoExamples of dinger in a Sentence
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Soon, George Herman Ruth, The Babe, would appear on the scene, sock dingers, become the world’s first mass media celebrity athlete, and forge the Age of Heroes in baseball.
—Corbin Smith, Rolling Stone, 31 Mar. 2024
Jose Abreu then mashed his third home run in the last two games, this one being a two-run dinger to put Houston up 3-1.
—Ryan Morik, Fox News, 12 Oct. 2023
They're led by likely NL MVP Ronald Acuna Jr., who founded the 40-70 club, and MLB home run leader Matt Olson, who hit 54 dingers this season.
—Ryan Morik, Fox News, 8 Oct. 2023
The Astros hit three off Mad Max, including a grand slam from Jose Abreu, to give them 16 dingers for the series, a Rangers record for fireworks allowed.
—Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 7 Sep. 2023
Santana’s 13th dinger of the season gave Milwaukee a 3-2 lead at the time and was the fourth of five times the Brewers took the lead in the series.
—Journal Sentinel, 30 July 2023
Eight different Rays have at least 10 homers this season, with DH Harold Ramírez not far behind at nine dingers.
—Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 4 Aug. 2023
Pressly preceded the dinger with four scoreless frames in a quartet of outings.
—Michael Shapiro, Chron, 13 Apr. 2023
And in the grand scheme of things, 500 long balls over a dozen years isn’t a lot — just 1% of all dingers over that time period.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2023
Corbin Smith, Rolling Stone, 31 Mar. 2024
Jose Abreu then mashed his third home run in the last two games, this one being a two-run dinger to put Houston up 3-1.
—Ryan Morik, Fox News, 12 Oct. 2023
They're led by likely NL MVP Ronald Acuna Jr., who founded the 40-70 club, and MLB home run leader Matt Olson, who hit 54 dingers this season.
—Ryan Morik, Fox News, 8 Oct. 2023
The Astros hit three off Mad Max, including a grand slam from Jose Abreu, to give them 16 dingers for the series, a Rangers record for fireworks allowed.
—Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 7 Sep. 2023
Santana’s 13th dinger of the season gave Milwaukee a 3-2 lead at the time and was the fourth of five times the Brewers took the lead in the series.
—Journal Sentinel, 30 July 2023
Eight different Rays have at least 10 homers this season, with DH Harold Ramírez not far behind at nine dingers.
—Ryan Ford, Detroit Free Press, 4 Aug. 2023
Pressly preceded the dinger with four scoreless frames in a quartet of outings.
—Michael Shapiro, Chron, 13 Apr. 2023
And in the grand scheme of things, 500 long balls over a dozen years isn’t a lot — just 1% of all dingers over that time period.
—Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2023
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