Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A fly ball that drops between an infielder and an outfielder for a hit.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • (Baseball), Cant A short fly that falls too far out to be handled by an infielder and too close in to be caught by an outfielder; -- called also Texas league single.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun baseball A weakly hit fly ball that drops between the infielders and outfielders for a hit; a flare.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun (baseball) a fly ball that falls between and infielder and an outfielder

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[After the Texas League, a baseball minor league.]

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