Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A succession of games played especially by a baseball team at the team's home field or court.
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- noun baseball A
series of games played at a team's home field
Etymologies
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Examples
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San Diego, fresh from a 6-0 homestand, is beginning a nine-game road trip, its longest of the season.
USATODAY.com 2005
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It was their first nine-win homestand since going 9-1 from
USATODAY.com 2004
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Angeles Lakers in the remaining games in its homestand, is 2 1
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LOUIS (Ticker) -- The St. Louis Blues 'season-opening homestand is not producing the desired results.
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Now the Vikings 5-7 will attempt to win a third consecutive game under Frazier during the second of a three-game "homestand" -- with no certainty where they will be next Monday night when they are scheduled to play host to the Chicago Bears, a game that was supposed to be a celebration of their 50th season.
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Now the Vikings 5-7 will attempt to win a third consecutive game under Frazier during the second of a three-game "homestand" -- with no certainty where they will be next Monday night when they are scheduled to play host to the Chicago Bears, a game that was supposed to be a celebration of their 50th season.
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Now the Vikings 5-7 will attempt to win a third consecutive game under Frazier during the second of a three-game "homestand" -- with no certainty where they will be next Monday night when they are scheduled to play host to the Chicago Bears, a game that was supposed to be a celebration of their 50th season.
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While Strasburg would be on schedule to potentially return for the next homestand, that is an "optimistic" plan, Riggleman said.
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The four wins have come against teams with losing records, and none of the opponents on the rest of this homestand was above .500 as of Monday afternoon.
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"This homestand has been a combination of things," Martinez said.
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