batter's box

noun

Baseball.

1. box.

Example Sentences

Then, Freddie Freeman drew a walk in a strategic battle with the 23-year-old pitcher, whose plan to hold the ball against Freeman as the pitch clock wound down was thrown back in his face by Freeman standing outside the batter’s box as long as possible.

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Aaron Judge understood that as he dug into the batter’s box in the fourth inning on Tuesday night, with the fate of the 2025 New York Yankees hanging perilously in the balance.

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However, the team’s assistance hasn’t benefited the left-handed-hitting Ohtani in the batter’s box, as the Phillies have shut him down by deploying a series of hard-throwing left-handed pitchers against him.

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This year, Snell’s evolution has continued around the Dodgers — where manager Dave Roberts has lauded him as a “next-level thinker” for the way he can read opponents’ swings, figure out their tendencies in the batter’s box, and adapt his plan of attack to what he feels a given matchup requires.

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“In the batter’s box, he’s certainly still a threat,” Roberts said.

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