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Second base   /sˈɛkənd beɪs/   Listen
Second base

noun
1.
The base that must be touched second by a base runner in baseball.
2.
The fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed near the second of the bases in the infield.  Synonym: second.





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"Second base" Quotes from Famous Books



... is at bat and another on the bases and two are out and an attempt is made to steal second, as the chief umpire calls the batter out on strikes the public should be clearly informed that the batter is out. If the play looks close at second base the crowd frequently believes the runner has been called out and resents it accordingly. In line with the same play, when the runner is called out and the fourth ball at the same time is called on the batter, the ...
— Spalding's Official Baseball Guide - 1913 • John B. Foster
... between the fielders. Like a startled deer Ken broke into a run. He turned first base and saw that he might stretch the hit into a three-bagger. He knew he could run, and never had he so exerted himself. Second base sailed under him, and he turned in line for the third. Watching Graves, he saw him run for the base and stand ready to catch ...
— The Young Pitcher • Zane Grey
... had swung back into the campus, and J.W. found himself drafted to hold down second base in the Faculty-Student ball game. But that is a story ...
— John Wesley, Jr. - The Story of an Experiment • Dan B. Brummitt
... scarcely a perceptible turn of his brown head, yet as the two in the car watched, the impromptu pitcher's glance flashed from behind his uplifted arm and he whirled in a half-circle to hurl the unexpected ball straight across the diamond to where a careless enemy had ventured from second base. Too late the startled runner ...
— From the Car Behind • Eleanor M. Ingram
... musical lines. Surely if this misty substance can make a tea-kettle squeak, why should it not, if multiplied in volume and run through a trombone, afford us a capable substitute for Bill Watkins, who plays second base on ...
— The Autobiography of Methuselah • John Kendrick Bangs


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