fair ball
noun Baseball.
a batted ball that both lands and settles within the foul lines in the infield, or that is within the foul lines when bounding to the outfield past first or third base, or that first lands within the foul lines of the outfield or would if it were not caught or deflected.
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“I do believe that the buck stops here, that I cannot rely upon public opinion polls to tell me what is right. I do believe that right makes might and that if I am wrong, 10 angels swearing I was right would make no difference.”
Origin of fair ball
First recorded in 1855–60
Words nearby fair ball
fainthearted, faints, fainty, fair, fair and square, fair ball, Fairbanks, Fairborn, fair catch, fair copy, Fair Deal
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