groundball
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3.6
- noun
- /ˈɡraʊndˌbɔl/
- Jargon
:
bola rodante
- Francisco kept battling, and even the groundball was only very barely fair.
- take a groundball
- hit a groundball
- get a groundball
Examples
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He ended the season with an above-average groundball rate but a below-average swinging strike rate.
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Robertson thought it would generate a groundball.
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His career groundball rate is 51.3%; since 2009, it's 50.5%.
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He had an interesting 2012, with the lowest strikeout rate of his career but also the best control and an increased groundball rate.
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He threw a lot of groundballs, didn't give up a lot of home runs; there was just a lot to like.
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He threw a lot of groundballs, didn't give up a lot of home runs; there was just a lot to like.
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It's those groundball outs that are killing them; stop that at less than 2 outs, and staying away from the double plays might be just as productive.
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Jesse Gonder hit a groundball in the hole between first and second, but the guy's so slow, that second baseman Tony Taylor tagged him out at first.
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Before running off that streak, Felix gave up a groundball single to Ichiro that smacked off Carp's glove and trickled into right field.
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The shortstop made an amazing play on the low groundball that nearly got past him.
Synonyms
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5.6
A hit where the ball rolls or bounces along the ground
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3.4
In baseball, a ball hit so it rolls or bounces on the ground
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8.1
A baseball hit that bounces along the ground before being fielded
Antonyms
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Groundball is made of ground ('earth' or 'surface') and ball ('round object'). So it simply means a batted ball that stays on or near the ground and rolls or bounces along the field.