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fly ball

[ flahy bawl ]

noun

Baseball.
  1. a ball that is batted high up into the air, as opposed to a ground ball.


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Origin of fly ball1

An Americanism first recorded in 1860–65
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As Wednesday showed, it’s how they’re winning games, this time triumphing despite three errors and two base-running blunders and one misplayed fly balls.

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The fly ball dropped by Aaron Judge — the most memorable moment from the Yankees’ festival of errors in the fifth inning of the clinching game — is presented here with quick cuts.

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Maybe, they reasoned, Aaron Judge wouldn’t have bungled that routine fly ball in Game 5 of the World Series against the Dodgers had he worn a suave Salvador Dali mustache.

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After three lazy popups to begin batting practice, Ohtani walloped a long home run to right field, so deep a coach shagging fly balls simply turned and watched it sail over the fence.

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Judge, who did not commit an error in 158 regular-season games and 13 postseason games, raced in and had plenty of time to catch what seemed to be a routine fly ball.

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