fly ball

[flahy bawl]

noun

Baseball.

1. a ball that is batted high up into the air, as opposed to a ground ball.

Word History and Origins

Origin of fly ball¹

An Americanism first recorded in 1860–65

Example Sentences

To that point, his signature moment in October might have been muffing a routine fly ball in the decisive Game 5 of the World Series against the Los Angeles Dodgers last fall.

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A fly ball two batters later — which worked for a sacrifice fly thanks to Hernández’s inability to cut the ball off — made it 3-0.

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The same crowd that can’t distinguish home runs from fly balls was chanting his first name throughout the ballpark after just two pitches.

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Edman has been dealing with the latest flare-up to his long-bothersome ankle injury, having tweaked it again while running down a fly ball in center field in the ninth inning of Tuesday’s win in Arizona.

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Edman slotted in center field on Wednesday — where he tracked down a fly ball on the game’s first pitch — and will likely see most of his playing time there for at least the foreseeable future.

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