单词 | pinch-runner |
释义 | pinch-runnern. Baseball. A player who substitutes for and runs for another player who has reached a base, esp. at a crucial period of play. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > baseball > baseball player > [noun] > runner runner1845 base runner1866 base-stealer1875 pinch-runner1910 1910 N.Y. Times 3 July s1/1 He calls on his pinch-hitters, pinch runners, and pinch-coachers and gets the signal code working overtime. 1934 News-week 13 Oct. 19/2 Manager Frisch..made the strategical error of using Dizzy Dean as a pinch runner. 1970 Toronto Daily Star 24 Sept. 17/1 Cash wound up at second and pinch-runner Freddie Patek at third. 1995 Richmond (Va.) Times-Dispatch 8 June e1/1 When I'd get a hit, I just jogged to first base and got a pinch-runner. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1910 |
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