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base runner

or base·run·ner

[ beys ruhn-er ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, Baseball.

a player of the team at bat who is on base or is trying to run from one base to another.

An Americanism dating back to 1865–70

A base-runner is out if he interferes with an opponent while the latter is fielding a ball or if he is hit by a batted ball.

For an instant the third base runner hesitated, fearing a caught fly, and that instant cost his side the game.

The batsman becomes a base-runner the moment he starts for first-base.

Such a ball is snapped from the wrist and should be aimed to catch the base runner who is attempting to steal the base.

A base runner should never stop trying to make a base until the ball is in the hands of the baseman.

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