Examples of fly ball in a Sentence
He hit a long fly ball to left field.
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No pitcher allows more fly balls, and Oracle Park can hold only so many of them in.
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Grant Brisbee, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
Los Angeles Dodgers fans were irate when right fielder Mookie Betts nearly lost his glove — and risked injury — at the hands of two New York Yankees fans who fought with him over a fly ball in the World Series.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Dec. 2024
One 93-mph fastball on the inner half of the plate produced a routine fly ball to center field, and the Dodgers were celebrating a victory that moved them to within two wins of their eighth World Series title.
—Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2024
Pitchers are given daily reports showing metrics on movement and velocity, with a general trend of working to strike pitchers out as opposed to letting the defense work behind the pitcher through ground ball hitting or fly ball rate.
—Maury Brown, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
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Grant Brisbee, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
Los Angeles Dodgers fans were irate when right fielder Mookie Betts nearly lost his glove — and risked injury — at the hands of two New York Yankees fans who fought with him over a fly ball in the World Series.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Dec. 2024
One 93-mph fastball on the inner half of the plate produced a routine fly ball to center field, and the Dodgers were celebrating a victory that moved them to within two wins of their eighth World Series title.
—Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2024
Pitchers are given daily reports showing metrics on movement and velocity, with a general trend of working to strike pitchers out as opposed to letting the defense work behind the pitcher through ground ball hitting or fly ball rate.
—Maury Brown, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
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“Fly ball.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fly%20ball. Accessed 15 Jan. 2025.
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