often attributive
: a game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players each on a large field having four bases that mark the course a runner must take to score
also
: the ball used in this game
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Since the early days of the offseason, president of baseball operations David Stearns has been consistently saying the club will give Carson Benge a chance to compete for an Opening Day roster spot in the outfield.
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The interest in Bassitt is recognition that not all goes according to plan in baseball, as the injury parade of the 2025 season made most clear for the Braves.
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The renegade baseball general manager in Moneyball, for instance, was later played by Brad Pitt, while the characters in The Big Short were portrayed by Christian Bale, Ryan Gosling, Steve Carell, and Pitt again, among others.
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Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 5 Feb. 2026
Since the early days of the offseason, president of baseball operations David Stearns has been consistently saying the club will give Carson Benge a chance to compete for an Opening Day roster spot in the outfield.
—Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 5 Feb. 2026
The interest in Bassitt is recognition that not all goes according to plan in baseball, as the injury parade of the 2025 season made most clear for the Braves.
—Ken Sugiura, AJC.com, 5 Feb. 2026
The renegade baseball general manager in Moneyball, for instance, was later played by Brad Pitt, while the characters in The Big Short were portrayed by Christian Bale, Ryan Gosling, Steve Carell, and Pitt again, among others.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 5 Feb. 2026
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“Baseball.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/baseball. Accessed 7 Feb. 2026.
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baseball
noun
base·ball
ˈbās-ˌbȯl 
: a game played with a bat and ball by two teams of nine players each on a field with four bases that mark the course a runner must take to score
also
: the ball used in this game
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