coacher
AmericanEtymology
Origin of coacher
Example Sentences
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Before the enactment of the rule confining the coachers to a limited space the coacher at third base sometimes played a sharp trick on the second baseman.
From Base-Ball How to Become a Player by Ward, John M.
A coacher is one of the batting players who takes his position within certain prescribed limits near first or third base to direct base- runners and to urge them along.
From Base-Ball How to Become a Player by Ward, John M.
And the Pirates beat us by just that one run the coacher sacrificed.
From Pitching in a Pinch or, Baseball from the Inside by Mathewson, Christy
The first thing that every manager teaches his players now is to obey absolutely the orders of the coacher, and then he selects able men to give the advice.
From Pitching in a Pinch or, Baseball from the Inside by Mathewson, Christy
By the time the coacher has seen the point and called to the runner and the latter has gotten himself into action, the chance has long passed.
From Base-Ball How to Become a Player by Ward, John M.
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