Definition of comebacker
:a grounder in baseball hit directly to the pitcher
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Dodgers pitcher Joe Beckwith missed all of the 1981 season with an eye injury after being grazed by a comebacker.
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Davies and Jared Hughes combined on a scoreless seventh, with Hughes getting Josh Harrison on a comebacker with the potential tying run at second base for the final out.
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Cruising with a 3-0 lead, Romano walked three in the inning and sailed a throw to the backstop that should have been an easy force at home on a comebacker by pinch-hitter Tomas Telis.
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The Tigers got started in the first inning when Ian Kinsler doubled but was caught advancing home on a comebacker to Vargas off the bat of Justin Upton.
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Kole Calhoun next walked, Trout lashed a single up the middle and stole second, but Pujols rapped a comebacker into Faria’s glove to end the inning.
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Ryu’s left foot was bruised by a comebacker last Wednesday.
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That inning's leadoff batter, Alex Gordon, lined a comebacker off his left leg.
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The comebacker by Turner was his 114th pitch of the night — a nice effort.
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First Known Use of comebacker
1966
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