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- noun baseball, informal A
home run in which the ball does not leave the field of play; an inside-the-park home run.
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Examples
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The speedy Suzuki had no problem rounding the bases and scoring standing up with the first inside-the-parker of his career.
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First home run: In T-ball, I hit an inside-the-parker.
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"I figured it was a big outfield and when he left his feet and didn't come up with it, it was probably my chance of getting an inside-the-parker," Pierre said.
USATODAY.com 2004
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Ordonez misplayed the carom off the wall and Lo Duca raced home for his fourth homer and the first inside-the-parker by a
USATODAY.com 2003
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An inside-the-park homer is rare, and a stand-up inside-the-parker is rarer still, but on this one, the fleet Wise didn't even draw so much as a throw.
USATODAY.com - AL beats NL in the final Double-A All-Star finale 2002
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Campana became the first Cub in history to hit an inside-the-parker as his first major league homer at Wrigley.
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But if he misses one and in this game he did, the attempt can turn a single into a triple or inside-the-parker.
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The home run was the first inside-the-parker for the Astros at Minute Maid Park since Adam Everett on Aug. 6, 2003.
The Seattle Times 2011
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Peralta slid in ahead of the relay throw by shortstop Danny Worth with Cleveland's first inside-the-parker since Grady Sizemore did it against Baltimore on April 27, 2007.
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Bautista hit an inside-the-parker on July 7 against Minnesota.
ESPNsoccernet 2010
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