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passed ball

Baseball a misplay by the catcher in which a pitch that could be caught or controlled is missed and a base runner advances to another base as a result

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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