Definition of comebacker
: a grounder in baseball hit directly to the pitcher
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Jones was caught off third base on a comebacker to the mound by Candelario.
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Hamels could have been out of the inning, but a comebacker deflected off his glove and another run scored.
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The game ended when Mulholland fielded Casey Martin's comebacker and threw to second to start a double play.
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Cincinnati Reds pitcher Amir Garrett had a scare on the mound last night after being hit by a comebacker from Atlanta Braves' Ender Inciarte.
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Main threats look like favorite Promnesia and comebacker Halo Darlin.
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Salinas put the team in front at 3-2 and a Turner comebacker to the pitcher made it 4-2.
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Starting pitcher CC Sabathia replicated the tomfoolery when Jose Altuve rifled a comebacker toward his burly midsection.
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Philadelphia starter Jake Arrieta hit a comebacker that Moylan knocked down.
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First Known Use of comebacker
1954
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