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Second base

noun

The base that must be touched second by a base runner in baseball.

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

... 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

Words linked to "Second base" : second, baseball team, bag, position, base