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271:home plate
256:picked off
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200:first base
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80:newspapers
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904:Hat trick
884:Foul ball
842:slap bunt
774:Positions
663:Equipment
628:Foul pole
524:In flight
509:Ejections
218:tagged up
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1051:Pitching
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944:Walk-off
929:Home run
889:Foul tip
812:Bat flip
726:Stirrups
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648:Outfield
598:Backstop
586:Ballpark
559:Cheating
489:Glossary
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472:softball
468:Baseball
346:cite web
306:See also
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1611:winning
1602:Streak
1516:Related
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986:On-deck
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794:Batting
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731:Uniform
638:Infield
618:Bullpen
483:Outline
312:Run out
290:History
267:catcher
165:tag out
136:A 1911
94:scholar
1650:Portal
1606:losing
1578:Series
1568:Pepper
1553:Jargon
1470:Putout
1370:Assist
1340:Tag up
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1172:Maddux
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1125:cutter
1100:Eephus
1036:Triple
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1405:Error
1380:Catch
1320:Slide
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497:Rules
231:base)
101:JSTOR
87:books
1310:Safe
1270:Balk
1063:Balk
1041:Walk
832:Bunt
671:Ball
470:and
397:ISBN
352:link
177:live
163:, a
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779:Run
769:Out
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676:Bat
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173:out
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