Synonyms for
Baseball
Definition
Baseball is a sport played with a ball and a bat by two teams of nine players each, with the goal of scoring runs by hitting the ball and running around four bases laid out in a diamond shape.
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Common collocations
- play baseball
- baseball game
- baseball bat
- baseball glove
- baseball field
- baseball team
- professional baseball
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Usage note
While 'baseball' can sometimes be used as a verb (e.g., 'to baseball someone'), it is far more common as a noun referring to the sport itself. It is often colloquially referred to as 'America's pastime'.
Example sentences
- I played baseball with my friends at the park.
- He hit the baseball over the fence for a home run.
- The baseball game was rained out.
- The baseball team won the championship.
- She caught the baseball in her glove.
Quotes
Baseball is like church. Many attend few understand. - Leo Durocher
Baseball is a lot like life. It's a day-to-day existence, full of ups and downs. You make the most of your opportunities in baseball as you do in life. - Ernie Harwell
Baseball is a red-blooded sport for red-blooded men. It's no pink tea, and mollycoddles had better stay out. It's a struggle for supremacy, a survival of the fittest. - Ty Cobb