How to Use baseball in a Sentence
baseball
noun- We watched baseball on TV last night.
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But, in baseball, that hasn’t seemed to be the case the last number of years.
—Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2024
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Like the best baseball player in the world hits the ball three out of 10 times.
—Mitchell Kuga, Billboard, 26 Apr. 2024
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Officials say the hard ball — roughly the size of a baseball — hit the child on the back of the head.
—Adam Sabes, Fox News, 17 Aug. 2023
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In baseball terms, one is high and tight, the other low and wide.
—Nicholas Dawidoff, The New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2024
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But the 12-year-old has plenty of baseball to play first.
—Globe Columnist, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Aug. 2023
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Dean moved to Elkins midway through the school year in time to play for the Elks' baseball team.
—Arkansas Online, 24 July 2022
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He was taken by the Phillies in the Rule 5 draft and cleared by the Navy to pursue baseball this spring.
—Katie McInerney, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Aug. 2023
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Clyde Berry Field is the home field of the Henderson baseball team.
—Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 1 Nov. 2023
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So this roadtrip should be a good test of the old-school brand of baseball that the young guardians play.
—Ted Crow, cleveland, 24 Aug. 2022
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The left-hander, ranked as one of the top 20 prospects in baseball, threw a strike on his first pitch to Mike Brosseau.
—Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2025
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For the Orioles, that 2018 season was the first of four straight as one of baseball’s five worst teams.
—Nathan Ruiz, Baltimore Sun, 4 Aug. 2023
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Is the romance of baseball in New York coming to an end?
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
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The hottest ticket in all of baseball is coming to Akron.
—Craig Webb, The Enquirer, 6 Oct. 2022
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Does the Daily News know that there are two baseball teams in New York?
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 22 July 2024
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All fans want from baseball is a podium in front of the pitcher’s mound.
—Grant Brisbee, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2025
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Witt ranged towards his right and snared the baseball in a full layout.
—Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 21 May 2025
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How far can a 12-year-old baseball player hit a home run?
—Lola Sherman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Nov. 2023
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The men were described as 20-25 years old and of thin build, and wearing dark clothes and baseball caps.
—cleveland, 22 July 2022
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There isn’t a prospect in all of baseball who can match De La Cruz’s size, speed and power.
—Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 4 Mar. 2023
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This was truly vintage baseball, played by rules that go back to the 1850s.
—Graydon Megan, Chicago Tribune, 14 June 2023
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This isn’t about the Padres so much as the Dodgers, about their juvenile flock, about baseball.
—Nick Canepacolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Oct. 2022
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One of baseball’s top prospects entering the year, Cruz raised his OPS to 1.074.
—Curt Hogg, Journal Sentinel, 29 Aug. 2022
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In baseball it’s Shohei Ohtani, with his ability to both pitch and hit like he was born on the field.
—Nathan Grayson, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2022
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One of the best ways to organize baseball caps is to store them on a hanger.
—Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Aug. 2022
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The uniqueness of playing in a baseball park, the home of the Padres, provides another hook.
—Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Dec. 2023
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The baseball icon Roberto Clemente’s name graces a downtown bridge.
—Billy Witz, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2024
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There’s something about the nine-year-old brain, and there’s something about baseball.
—Megan Angelo, Vogue, 12 Oct. 2023
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Tyler plays baseball and his brothers are part of the high school football team while Emma is a cheerleader and played softball for three years.
—Sam Gillette, People.com, 21 May 2025
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The entire point is to give players of any (adult) age, gender or skill set a place to hang out and play some baseball (of frequently questionable quality).
—Levi Weaver, New York Times, 21 May 2025
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