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Examples of fly ball in a Sentence
He hit a long fly ball to left field.
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Lots of fly balls in the sweet spot - and lots of Shohei Ohtani.
—Tony Blengino, Forbes, 24 Oct. 2024
Jorge Soler led off the frame with a double to right, hitting a deep fly ball Betts couldn’t catch on the run in right.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2024
To lead off the bottom of the eighth, Soler — who has solely played the outfield after only DH-ing for the Giants before the trade deadline — took a poor route to LaMonte Wade Jr.’s fly ball.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2024
Look at those fly ball and homer ranks compared to its overall placement.
—Tony Blengino, Forbes, 10 Oct. 2024
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First Known Use
1865, in the meaning defined above
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“Fly ball.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fly%20ball. Accessed 19 Nov. 2024.
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