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beanball

Or bean ball

[been-bawl]

noun

Baseball.
  1. a ball thrown by a pitcher purposely at or near the head of the batter.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of beanball1

First recorded in 1900–05
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Example Sentences

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Meanwhile, Schiff has been hitting big league pitching in Washington for years, including nasty spitballs hurled by Donald Trump, who loves to throw beanballs at opponents’ heads.

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And in Major League Baseball, brushback pitches, beanballs and brawls are part of the sport’s lore, and are excused as apt punishment for breaking the game’s unwritten rules.

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Sure, violence erupts from time to time in other sports — the consequence of a beanball pitch or an inadvertent collision in the heat of competition.

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The fans, however, can be forgiven if they see the pitch thrown at them as beanballs.

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After a beanball, you act as if it never happened because brawling is unthinkable.

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