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  2. Glossary of baseball terms - Wikipedia

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    A slang term for a baseball record that is disputed in popular opinion (i.e., unofficially) because of a perception that the record holder had an unfair advantage in attaining the record. It implies that the record requires a footnote explaining the purportedly unfair advantage, with the asterisk being a symbol commonly used in typography to ...

  3. Seeding (sports) - Wikipedia

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    Seeding (sports) In sport, seeding is the practice of separating the most skilled competitors from each other in the early rounds of a tournament. Players or teams are "planted" into the bracket in such a manner that the best do not meet until later in the competition, usually based on ranking from the regular season.

  4. Royal Spanish Baseball and Softball Federation - Wikipedia

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    Headquarters. Madrid, Spain. President. Jesús Lisarri. Official website. www .rfebs .es. The Royal Spanish Baseball and Softball Federation ( Spanish: Real Federación Española de Béisbol y Sófbol) is the national governing body of baseball and softball in Spain. The association was established in 1944 and it is headquartered in Madrid.

  5. List of sports idioms - Wikipedia

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    In some cases, the specific sport may not be known; these entries may be followed by the generic term sports, or a slightly more specific term, such as team sports (referring to such games as baseball, football, hockey, etc.), ball sports (baseball, tennis, volleyball, etc.), etc. This list does not include idioms derived exclusively from baseball.

  6. Softball - Wikipedia

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    e. Softball is a popular variation of baseball, the difference being that it is played with a larger ball on a smaller field and with only underhand pitches (where the ball is released while the hand is primarily below the ball) permitted. Softball is played competitively at club levels, the college level, and the professional level.

  7. Diccionario de la lengua española - Wikipedia

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    The Diccionario de la lengua española[ a] ( DLE; [ b] English: Dictionary of the Spanish language) is the authoritative dictionary of the Spanish language. [ 1] It is produced, edited and published by the Royal Spanish Academy, with the participation of the Association of Academies of the Spanish Language. It was first published in 1780, as ...

  8. Hitting for the cycle - Wikipedia

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    Harry Davis hit the first cycle in American League history, in 1901 for the Philadelphia Athletics. In baseball, hitting for the cycle is the accomplishment of one batter who hits a single, a double, a triple, and a home run in the same game. Collecting the hits in that order is known as a "natural cycle". [ 1]

  9. List of medical roots, suffixes and prefixes - Wikipedia

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    Forms terms denoting conditions relating to eating or ingestion Greek φαγία (phagía) eating < φᾰγεῖν (phageîn), to eat Sarcophagia-phago-eating, devouring Greek -φᾰ́γος (-phágos), eater of, eating phagocyte: phagist-Forms nouns that denote a person who 'feeds on' the first element or part of the word