单词 | dead ball |
释义 | > as lemmasdead ball dead ball n. Baseball (historical) attributive designating the period prior to the 1920 season, when bouncier balls were introduced; of or relating to this period; cf. sense A. 16c, lively ball era at lively adj. 12. ΚΠ 1931 Washington Post 22 June 11/1 With the introduction of the lively baseball, the greatest batters of the dead ball era were supplanted by the Ruths, the Wilsons, the Gehrigs and the Kleins. 1991 L. Koppett New Thinking Fan's Guide to Baseball 96 Pitchers..are even more susceptible to being distracted than the dead-ball pitchers were—with the hazard of home runs being hit off mistakes. 2006 J. Reisler Great Day in Cooperstown iv. 58 Those dead ball days when long flies were rare. < as lemmas |
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