home stand

noun

Updated on: 8 Apr 2018

Definition of home stand

: a series of baseball games played at a team's home field

Recent Examples of home stand from the Web

The Wolverines have a long home stand starting this week, with games against Plainfield on Thursday, April 5 at 4 p.m., East Hampton on Saturday, April 7 at 11 a.m., and Bacon Academy Tuesday, April 10 at 4 p.m.

— janice steinhagen, Courant Community, "New Coach Leads Wolverine Baseball Squad," 4 Apr. 2018
The Pelicans battled though fatigue to complete their rare five-game home stand with four consecutive victories, but energy was non-existent in the first half Saturday.

— william guillory, NOLA.com, "Tired legs catch up to Pelicans in blowout loss to Rockets," 24 Mar. 2018
Subway will have a somewhat similar promotion starting with the second home stand of the 2018 season.

— pete grathoff, kansascity, "Royals' promotions for 2018 include deals at McDonald's, Subway," 22 Mar. 2018
There’s the town of Mandan, whose mine closed in 1909, where several intact, vacant, 19th-Century homes stand on a grid of empty streets.

— john carlisle, Detroit Free Press, "For some in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, a ghost town is home," 16 Feb. 2018
Louisville: The Cardinals wrap up a three-game home stand on Thursday evening, when Georgia Tech comes calling.

— USA TODAY, "Shorthanded Syracuse hands Louisville third straight loss," 5 Feb. 2018
Considering that the Bucks are in Manhattan to play the New York Knicks on Tuesday and the Nets are in the midst of a four-game home stand, Zeller could join Milwaukee as soon as Tuesday.

— matt velazquez, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Bucks trade guard Rashad Vaughn and a future second-round pick to Nets for center Tyler Zeller," 5 Feb. 2018
The Cavs visit Little Caesars Arena on Tuesday (8 p.m., TNT) to begin a six-game home stand that will likely determine whether the Pistons can keep their postseason hopes alive.

— vince ellis, Detroit Free Press, "Starting Anthony Tolliver could help Detroit Pistons' sinking ship," 29 Jan. 2018
Before tipoff, @Dame_Lillard paid tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. pic.twitter.com/c1J8M89Dsj -- Trail Blazers (@trailblazers) January 17, 2018 NEXT UP The Blazers continue their three-game home stand against the Indiana Pacers on Thursday.

— sean meagher, OregonLive.com, "Trail Blazers postgame report: Defensive concerns for Portland?," 17 Jan. 2018

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