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
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Today brings Part 2 of the five-part series, featuring a trio of games with notable dingers.
—Ryan Ford, Freep.com, 8 July 2025
The first baseman was one of four Mets hitters to homer in a 13-5 win over the Colorado Rockies on Sunday afternoon at Coors Field, with Alonso and Jeff McNeil each hitting two dingers, while Brett Baty and Francisco Alvarez each hit one, and Juan Soto reached base six times.
—Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 8 June 2025
Most teams let up the majority of dingers on fastballs, but the Blue Jays have allowed nearly half on offspeed and breaking stuff.
—Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 2 June 2025
The dinger, Chisholm’s 12th of the year, came against former Yankees pitching prospect Mitch Spence, who left a first-pitch cutter middle-in.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 28 June 2025
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Ryan Ford, Freep.com, 8 July 2025
The first baseman was one of four Mets hitters to homer in a 13-5 win over the Colorado Rockies on Sunday afternoon at Coors Field, with Alonso and Jeff McNeil each hitting two dingers, while Brett Baty and Francisco Alvarez each hit one, and Juan Soto reached base six times.
—Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 8 June 2025
Most teams let up the majority of dingers on fastballs, but the Blue Jays have allowed nearly half on offspeed and breaking stuff.
—Mitch Bannon, New York Times, 2 June 2025
The dinger, Chisholm’s 12th of the year, came against former Yankees pitching prospect Mitch Spence, who left a first-pitch cutter middle-in.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 28 June 2025
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“Dinger.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dinger. Accessed 16 Jul. 2025.
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