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Definition of Texas leaguer
1. Noun. (baseball) a fly ball that falls between and infielder and an outfielder.
Definition of Texas leaguer
1. Noun. (baseball) A weakly hit fly ball that drops between the infielders and outfielders for a hit; a flare. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Texas Leaguer
Literary usage of Texas leaguer
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. St. Nicholas by Mary Mapes Dodge (1912)
"... looked worse when Seymour hit a high, short fly to right—a "texas leaguer."
For Evers stood still; he made no move for the ball. ..."
2. Baseball: Individual Play and Team Play in Detail by William Jones Clarke, Fredrick Thomas Dawson (1915)
"... nothing can be done with that "thorn in the side," The texas leaguer—(a little
fly ball just out of reach of both outfielders and infielders). ..."
3. Letters of a Plattsburg Patriot by John Bryson Barnes, O. N. E. (1917)
"The horse slid as if trying to make second on a texas leaguer. I didn't slide—not
to the best of my recollection—but I hove-to when I reached the other side ..."
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