rabbit ball
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of rabbit ball
An Americanism dating back to 1920–25
Example Sentences
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Those who blamed the rabbit ball for 1950's batting splurge could produce plenty of statistics to support their stand.
From Time Magazine Archive
Rawlings Co. now makes the official major league baseball after a 101-year Spalding reign, and the scuttlebutt is that Rawlings is turning out a rabbit ball.
From Time Magazine Archive
The lively "rabbit ball" has almost everyone swinging for the fences, and the modern game has a pragmatic maxim: "Singles hitters drive Chevrolets; home run hitters drive Cadillacs."
From Time Magazine Archive
Younger pitchers nursed sore arms and cursed the "rabbit ball," but New York's Whitey Ford, 33, and Milwaukee's Warren Spahn, 40, kept on winning ball games.
From Time Magazine Archive
Up here they may play baseball with a rabbit ball, but Down Under they must play golf with a kangaroo ball.
From Time Magazine Archive
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