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a pitcher who has given up a lot of long balls
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Against Blackburn, he was twice released by the sort of long ball over the top unlikely to have been attempted had Moore been leading the line.
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Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2026
Kneepkens and Rice added back-to-back 3-pointers moments later before Kneepkens hit another long ball to put UCLA up 13-2 less than three minutes in.
—CBS News, 31 Dec. 2025
Three-point shooting drove the 2010s offensive boom, but teams are shooting the long ball this year about as frequently as last year’s record attempt rate, and accuracy on those shots hasn’t changed either.
—Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 14 Nov. 2025
The baseball cliche is that chicks dig the long ball.
—Joe Kozlowski, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
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Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2026
Kneepkens and Rice added back-to-back 3-pointers moments later before Kneepkens hit another long ball to put UCLA up 13-2 less than three minutes in.
—CBS News, 31 Dec. 2025
Three-point shooting drove the 2010s offensive boom, but teams are shooting the long ball this year about as frequently as last year’s record attempt rate, and accuracy on those shots hasn’t changed either.
—Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 14 Nov. 2025
The baseball cliche is that chicks dig the long ball.
—Joe Kozlowski, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
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“Long ball.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/long%20ball. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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