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  • noun Plural form of grounder.

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Examples

  • "I had a bunch of grounders, which is the kind of game I want to pitch."

    National League Baseball - Cardinals vs. Braves 2000

  • The culprit for Gee looks to be BABIP on grounders, which is .258, while its about what you'd expect on LDs and FBs.

    Amazin' Avenue 2010

  • We shall do this with the "grounders," using the largest one when possible, and only taking to the smallest when absolutely necessary on account of space.

    Wood-Carving Design and Workmanship George Jack 1894

  • I'm going to say something quick before the roving 'grounders' arrive!!!

    Propeller Most Popular Stories chip56 2010

  • You should have worked harder on fielding those grounders in Little League.

    Can You Survive The Zombie Apocalypse? Max Brallier 2011

  • If you're ever going to go 0-for-6 or let five grounders through your legs or be humiliated in front of your friends and family, you might as well do it when you're 12.

    Was Your Little League This Good? Jason Gay 2011

  • With or without him, I would be in the yard practicing grounders by bouncing a tennis ball off the side of the house and catching it off the ground.

    Chicken Soup for the Soul: Thanks Dad Jack Canfield 2011

  • With or without him, I would be in the yard practicing grounders by bouncing a tennis ball off the side of the house and catching it off the ground.

    Chicken Soup for the Soul: Thanks Dad Jack Canfield 2011

  • Ben flipped to the back of the binder, where the detailed spreadsheet called for a weekly regimen of one hundred grounders, one hundred fly balls, and on and on.

    Parents Behaving Badly Scott Gummer 2011

  • Back when Ben played Little League, the coach would hit a few grounders, mix in a few pop flies, then the kids scrimmaged.

    Parents Behaving Badly Scott Gummer 2011

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