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leadoff

[ leed-awf, -of ]

noun

  1. an act that starts something; start; beginning.
  2. Baseball. the player who is first in the batting order or who is first to bat for a team in an inning.


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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of leadoff1

First recorded in 1890–95; noun use of verb phrase lead off
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Don’t forget Michael Conforto, running into an out and killing a rally, but still having the composure to set up Muncy’s big hit with a leadoff single in the eighth.

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He worked around a temporary lapse of command in the second, stranding a pair of leadoff walks without further stress.

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Originally, on a night the Dodgers gave normal No. 2 hitter Mookie Betts a scheduled day off following his battle with a stomach virus last week, the team had switch-hitter Tommy Edman following leadoff man Shohei Ohtani in the batting order.

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The game started with Bucknor, the leadoff hitter who came into the game with a .421 average, collecting a double.

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Even after opening the game with a pitch-clock violation that resulted in a leadoff walk to Ian Happ, Yamamoto pitched a scoreless first inning.

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