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  • noun Plural form of flyball.

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Examples

  • ESPN appears to have lumped balls categorized as line drives in with flyballs, which is how that recent THT article came to some of the wrong conclusions about Danks.

    South Side Sox 2009

  • The Metrodome was a dark, indoor stadium with fast turf, where players lost balls in the Teflon roof and flyballs occasionally hit a speaker hanging from the ceiling.

    American League Team Notes 2010

  • Only 5.8 percent of his flyballs turned into home runs, sixth-best in the majors.

    Can Livan Hernandez do it again? Adam Kilgore 2011

  • Sunday, with New York's Freddy Garcia twirling his full arsenal of splitters, sliders and changeups, the Indians whacked balls into the ground or hit weak flyballs, never really threatening the Yankees.

    Yanks Smack Cleveland Again Daniel Barbarisi 2011

  • Cheering crowds, sizzling grounders, flyballs hit into the clouds.

    San Pedro de Macoris Christian Bell 2011

  • The Metrodome was a dark, indoor stadium with fast turf, where players lost balls in the Teflon roof and flyballs occasionally hit a speaker hanging from the ceiling.

    Minnesota Twins Team Report 2010

  • Sunday, with New York's Freddy Garcia twirling his full arsenal of splitters, sliders and changeups, the Indians whacked balls into the ground or hit weak flyballs, never really threatening the Yankees.

    Yanks Smack Cleveland Again Daniel Barbarisi 2011

  •  Snagging searing grounders, somehow stretching to catch flyballs that should've been just out of reach.

    Thinly Sliced Raw Fish 2010

  • Like most of his teammates, he came up empty, hitting three flyballs against Hernández.

    Livan Hernandez helps Washington Nationals start road trip the right way 2010

  • '' I was fortunate enough to get a strikeout and a couple of flyballs. ''

    USATODAY.com 2008

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