backstop
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5.5
- noun
- /ˈbækˌstɑp/
- US
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- The baseball field is a mini-stadium, spectacularly manicured, with a backstop behind home plate to keep the ball in play.
- hit the backstop
- balls into the backstop
- baseball backstop
Well, the, the backstop is going to be removed.
- Well, the, the backstop is going to be removed.
Examples
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The umpire actually called the runner out at home on a throw over the catcher's head to the backstop.
Blog text (29) -
But in a single five-pitch plate appearance, three balls went to the backstop, allowing a runner on first to score.
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A number of large trees were lost in the Great Lawn; one crashed through a backstop.
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In his second start of the series, he lasted 20 pitches, with a quarter of them going to the backstop.
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After the fields have been completed, $16,000 will be needed to provide the backstop and control fence that goes up the sides to provide safety for players and fans.
Blog text (2) -
I'd popped up so quickly that the ball sailed right past me to the backstop, untouched.
Fiction book (2000) -
It came in like a rocket, sailed over the catcher's head, and crashed into the backstop.
Fiction book (1996) -
And the park, neglected over the years, has litter clinging to the backstop of the baseball diamond where I once charged around the bases and dove headfirst into home, winding up in the hospital with a broken collarbone (I was safe).
Fiction book (1990) -
At the left-hand corner closest to the street was a baseball diamond, its backstop a cage of rusty chain-link fencing, the sharp outline of its bases dulled by encroaching grass.
Fiction book (1996) -
At the game, the pitcher delivered a wild throw that soared over the batter's head and hit the backstop.
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Etymology
Backstop comes from the two simple parts back 'behind' and stop 'to stop', and it first named the fence or screen behind home plate that 'stops' stray balls. So a baseball backstop is a barrier that protects people and keeps the ball in play.