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With more than 13,000 in attendance opening night, rain delays couldn't stop fans from witnessing a Bananas victory over the Party Animals after a young fan caught a foul ball in the stands for the third out, marking the second game to end that way in the team's history.
—Marina Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 29 Dec. 2024
On Wednesday night, he’d been drilled in the same knee on a foul ball.
—Jen McCaffrey, The Athletic, 11 July 2024
Two overly eager New York fans were ejected from the Yankees’ do-or-die win over the Dodgers on Wednesday after ripping a foul ball from the glove of Los Angeles’ outfielder Mookie Betts.
—Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 30 Oct. 2024
And a weirdly aggressive fan trying to rip a foul ball out of a Dodgers’ player’s mitt.
—Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 30 Oct. 2024
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Word History
First Known Use
1855, in the meaning defined above
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“Foul ball.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/foul%20ball. Accessed 9 Jan. 2025.
Kids Definition
foul ball
noun
: a baseball batted into foul territory
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