comebacker
noun
come·back·er
ˈkəm-ˌba-kər 
plural comebackers
1
baseball
: a ground ball hit directly to the pitcher
… Cormier had retired Mo Vaughn … on a weak comebacker to the mound to end the seventh.—
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golf
: a putt back to the hole after a preceding putt has rolled past it
After pitching to within 20 feet of the pin, Junior runs his first putt four feet past and then misses the comebacker.—Jaime Diaz
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Boone also revealed to reporters Friday that pitcher JT Brubaker broke three ribs trying to avoid a comebacker last week.
—Newsweek, 28 Feb. 2025
Boone didn’t rule out an oblique issue for the pitcher, who got hurt trying to avoid a comebacker in Friday’s game.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 23 Feb. 2025
Jake Burger followed with an infield single, and Josh Bell flared a single to left field, but Stone escaped the two-on, no-outs jam by starting a 1-6-3 double play on Jesus Sanchez’s comebacker and striking out Nick Gordon swinging with a 96-mph fastball.
—Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2024
Two days later, Baltimore’s Spenser Watkins was hit by a 106 mph comebacker and Gillaspie was called back up.
—Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Apr. 2025
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Newsweek, 28 Feb. 2025
Boone didn’t rule out an oblique issue for the pitcher, who got hurt trying to avoid a comebacker in Friday’s game.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 23 Feb. 2025
Jake Burger followed with an infield single, and Josh Bell flared a single to left field, but Stone escaped the two-on, no-outs jam by starting a 1-6-3 double play on Jesus Sanchez’s comebacker and striking out Nick Gordon swinging with a 96-mph fastball.
—Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 8 May 2024
Two days later, Baltimore’s Spenser Watkins was hit by a 106 mph comebacker and Gillaspie was called back up.
—Jeff Sanders, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Apr. 2025
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“Comebacker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/comebacker. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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