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bang-bang

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noun

  1. informal war and fighting, esp involving ammunition

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Then, what appeared to be a tying single from Pages was denied by a diving stop from third baseman Matt Chapman, who fired across the diamond to beat Pages on a bang-bang play.

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Then, rookie star Roman Anthony drove him home with a double, Bregman able to score on a bang-bang play at the plate after the ball ricocheted off the Monster and bounced past Pages in left center.

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Yet, the Dodgers tacked on again in the seventh, when another double from Freeman set up Pages for a two-out, two-run single, Freeman racing home on his battered right ankle to score on a bang-bang play.

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Three batters later, the Yankees failed to match such bang-bang decision-making.

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“It’s hard. And they’re kind of bang-bang situations.”

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