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the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed near the third of the bases in the infield (counting counterclockwise from home plate)
he is playing third -
the base that must be touched third by a base runner in baseball
he was cut down on a close play at third
How To Use third base In A Sentence
- As a life-long Sox fan, Thomma professed deep offense at being put in the Cubs section when he blogged: ...in a crime against nature, your correspondent - a genuine White Sox fan, a man who attended his first twi-night double header at the Old Comiskey in 1963, who sat behind third base for the 50th anniversary All Star Game there in '83--has been assigned a seat in the Cubs section. Archive 2008-11-25
- Angels skipper Mike Scioscia put on a squeeze play, with the slothlike Molina advancing down the third base line like a wandering buffalo.
- ‘First base’ referred to embracing and kissing; ‘second base’ referred to groping and fondling; ‘third base’ referred to fellatio, usually known in polite conversation by the ambiguous term ‘oral sex’; and ‘home plate’ meant conception-mode intercourse, known familiarly as ‘going all the way.’ GENERATION S.L U.T.
- He'll pick an opportune moment, of course, when the batter is adjusting his gloves and looking at the third base coach. USATODAY.com - Miller's aces in good hands
- Down to his final strike, he swung late at a fast ball and lofted a pop-up down the third base line.
- Before the enactment of the rule confining the coachers to a limited space the coacher at third base sometimes played a sharp trick on the second baseman. Base-Ball How to Become a Player
- A base hit should get the runner to third base, and a groundout usually advances him to second.
- In the bottom of the fifth inning, Manny Ramirez hit a shot down the third base line that caromed off the stands and struck Gerry Davis, the left field line umpire.
- McBride singled in a run in the second, banging a ball off the glove of diving third baseman Ken Boyer to score Leon Wagner.
- In 1941, Williams hit six long flies that drove in a runner from third base.
