baseballs

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a game played especially in North America by two teams of nine players, in which a player hits a ball with a bat (= stick) and tries to run around four bases on a large field before the other team returns the ball:

Jake never played baseball like the other kids.

the ball used in the game of baseball:

He had a baseball and a couple of bats in his sports bag.

His fame is rooted in his extraordinary ability to hit baseballs where fielders could not catch them.

a game with two teams of nine players in which a ball, thrown by a pitcher, is hit by a player with a bat (= special stick) who then tries to run around four bases before being stopped by the other team

A baseball is the ball used in this game.