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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A fly ball enabling a runner to score after it is caught by a fielder.
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- noun baseball A
fly ball that allowed arunner to advance after it was caught
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- noun a sacrifice made by hitting a long fly ball
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asativum commented on the word sacrifice fly
This really should be a species of social insect that, penguin-like, pushes one of its own out over the pond to see if a frog is waiting...
December 25, 2007