noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a baseball cap (= that people wear for baseball and for fashion )
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He was wearing a sweater and a baseball cap.
a baseball glove
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He rubbed oil into his baseball glove to make it softer.
a basketball/baseball etc game
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He was watching a baseball game on TV.
a football/tennis/baseball etc fan
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Jack is a keen football fan.
baseball cap
baseball/outdoors/sailing etc enthusiast
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a keep-fit enthusiast
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
good
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The allegedly good baseball weather is overrated, especially at night.
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It seems like the perfect toy, better than playing baseball catch with Dad.
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But I also think it would be good for baseball if we started earlier.
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He was the best baseball player, the best student, the best looking of all the boys.
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Earl Weaver was everything good about baseball in a single package.
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Are we saying that Seattle is a better baseball town than New York?
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The best baseball was in the predominantly white neighborhoods.
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Old men always make the best baseball music.
great
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But remember, these are great times for baseball .
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He said Qualcomm Stadium is a great stadium for baseball .
major
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This is a much more predictable menace, however, at least to those in major league baseball .
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Tuesday marks year number 50 since Jackie Robinson broke the color line in major league baseball .
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There will never be a wild card in major league baseball , skeptics scoffed.
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When major league baseball began divisional play in 1969, there was, after some initial grumbling, little complaint.
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The concept of interleague play in major league baseball is certainly intriguing, worthy of serious consideration.
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The new economics of major league baseball also work against inner-city talent, Towers says.
new
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He pointed to his new , white baseball shoes.
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We can turn Anaheim Stadium into what would appear to be a new stadium for baseball .
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Detroit voted to tax itself for a new baseball stadium.
professional
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Two professional baseball players find their lives drawn together in unusual circumstances.
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Yes, Jason Kidd said, he was quite serious about trying his hand at professional baseball .
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Smith played professional baseball after high school, spending a year in the Tigers' organization as a shortstop.
■ NOUN
bat
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On the morning of the delivery he hid in an alley armed with a baseball bat concealed under his raincoat.
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They use personalized K. C. Slammers baseball bats , and now you can get your own customized bat, too.
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The murder is perfectly executed, except that the baseball bat left at the scene of the crime is sticky with fingerprints.
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Families with children carrying picnic baskets, thermoses, baseball bats , shoulder bags.
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Get tooled up with baseball bats and go smash some windows in some club.
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Three of the seven players told investigators they put Tiger in a bag and beat her with baseball bats .
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A few feet away, a baseball bat crushed a schoolteacher's head, smashed his skull into a pulpy mess.
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It feels like a kick in the stomach or a blow with a baseball bat .
cap
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The temperature had reached 30 degrees, but one of the athletes completed training still in his full tracksuit and baseball cap .
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No chains, no baseball cap , no eight-ball jacket.
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She stopped beside a man wearing T-shirt, plus fours, cartridge belt, and baseball cap back to front.
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He wore a blue baseball cap backward and a gold hoop in his left ear.
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And I usually pin my hair up and stick it under a baseball cap .
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Witnesses said they saw McVeigh with the somber, dark-complected man with a baseball cap .
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Opposite, number 47 in huge green wellingtons and baseball cap was talking to number 60.
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We eat, and then little Charlie gets his baseball cap , which turns out to be a bit small.
card
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Instead, I was sitting on my couch examining baseball cards and looking them up in the encyclopedia.
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For example, my nephew Peter loves sports; he collects baseball cards , and creates imaginary teams in his mind.
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George hit upon the idea of buying a few baseball cards .
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His baseball card collection was near and dear to him.
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Readers of series books often collect books as eagerly as they collect baseball cards .
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Then, discarding me like a broken toy, they clustered around Fred Kowalski, engrossed in baseball cards .
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On Monday, and when Marty looked for his baseball cards Thursday night they were gone.
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He started talking about how valuable baseball cards were, and how easy it was to sell them.
cards
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Instead, I was sitting on my couch examining baseball cards and looking them up in the encyclopedia.
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For example, my nephew Peter loves sports; he collects baseball cards , and creates imaginary teams in his mind.
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George hit upon the idea of buying a few baseball cards .
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Readers of series books often collect books as eagerly as they collect baseball cards .
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Then, discarding me like a broken toy, they clustered around Fred Kowalski, engrossed in baseball cards .
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On Monday, and when Marty looked for his baseball cards Thursday night they were gone.
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He started talking about how valuable baseball cards were, and how easy it was to sell them.
fan
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His 70 homers that season captured the attention of even non-baseball fans .
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It began because baseball fans started thinking about baseball and its stars in terms of dollar values.
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Yeah, just wait for that first three-game losing streak next year and see how good their baseball fans are.
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Many baseball fans in Cleveland beg to differ.
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Now 37, Berghuis plays a lot of tennis and is a big baseball fan .
field
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I remember that I liked ice skating on the flooded baseball field in winter.
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But the baseball field had a lot of grass.
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A picture swirls on to the screen of a parrot out on the baseball field singing razor-blade songs.
game
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With the roar of the crowd at a Blue Jays baseball game ?
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A: Our financial plan on which this whole thing is modeled is based on 81 baseball games and nothing else.
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He will be permitted to meet members of Congress as well as visiting Wall Street and watching a baseball game .
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It has spent more millions on improvements to Hi Corbett Field to benefit a few weeks of spring training baseball games .
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A family of four can expect to spend $ 100 for a baseball game and snacks.
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In reality, there are probably more important things in life than baseball games .
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In July 1956, the administration banned all golf, baseball games , and dances between the patients and outsiders.
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Re-creations were used from time to time on radio programs other than baseball games .
games
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A: Our financial plan on which this whole thing is modeled is based on 81 baseball games and nothing else.
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It has spent more millions on improvements to Hi Corbett Field to benefit a few weeks of spring training baseball games .
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In reality, there are probably more important things in life than baseball games .
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In July 1956, the administration banned all golf, baseball games , and dances between the patients and outsiders.
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Re-creations were used from time to time on radio programs other than baseball games .
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She used to run on to the field at baseball games .
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Very rarely do baseball games start at midnight.
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Also a terrific pitcher in our Saturday afternoon baseball games up at the lots on Vanderveer Street.
hat
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The full kit is flexible enough to print on T-shirts, baseball hats , key-rings, mugs, aprons and tea towels.
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We have three limited edition silk bomber jackets, five sweatshirts and five baseball hats to give away this week.
league
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The new economics of major league baseball also work against inner-city talent, Towers says.
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Louis Cardinals major league baseball team.
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This is a much more predictable menace, however, at least to those in major league baseball .
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The 2001 season was canceled when a potential owner of the independent-\#league baseball team pulled out of a deal.
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Tuesday marks year number 50 since Jackie Robinson broke the color line in major league baseball .
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There will never be a wild card in major league baseball , skeptics scoffed.
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During the summer between fourth and fifth grades, I played Little League baseball .
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Actually, during the summers between just about all grades, I played Little League baseball .
owner
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C., to Texas in 1972, Moores believes baseball owners may have sympathy for the Padres.
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There was speculation that it was going to be in two weeks when baseball owners were scheduled to meet in Philadelphia.
park
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We thought we were building a baseball park .
player
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Two professional baseball players find their lives drawn together in unusual circumstances.
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Examples today may not be as clear as the ignoring of most black baseball players after the major leagues became integrated.
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Roy dreams of being a baseball player , or an architect, or a fisherman.
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When it comes to marketability, some things just naturally work against baseball players .
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A baseball player doesn't have to pay for transport.
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All you can do as a baseball player is your best.
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Next, for a short time, he fancied becoming a baseball player .
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By contrast, look which baseball player is getting seemingly all the commercials.
stadium
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Liz, Larry and Billie-Jean were among thousands who packed the Shea baseball stadium to see Elton play.
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It is exhilarating, like the first glimpse of green grass when entering a baseball stadium .
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Detroit voted to tax itself for a new baseball stadium .
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She tells them the baseball stadium is eight blocks to the north.
team
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They support their local baseball team , the Hanshin Tigers.
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Louis Cardinals major league baseball team .
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Joe Upex was engineer in charge of the press and he was also captain of the Times-Herald baseball team .
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In our sophomore year, for example, Fanshawe was the only member of our class to make the varsity baseball team .
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If we didn't play music we'd probably get a baseball team together.
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We know this because over the last three weeks, Miami has fallen in love with its baseball team .
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He was in the photograph of the baseball team too, looking proud, a giant glove on one hand.
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The 2001 season was canceled when a potential owner of the independent-league baseball team pulled out of a deal.
■ VERB
build
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We thought we were building a baseball park.
love
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Lawson, 78, loves baseball .
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On Tuesday, nearly five months later, the second baseman smiled and laughed and loved baseball again.
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There is good news for those of you who love baseball .
play
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Five days afterwards, callous Paul used the same bat to play baseball .
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It seems like the perfect toy, better than playing baseball catch with Dad.
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Kids who used to play baseball are now playing basketball.
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You wear a uniform to play baseball , you wear a uniform to play soccer.
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Kids were playing baseball and tag and war on the dirt and brown grass.
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So goes life for an aspiring teen-age pop star who still wants to play baseball in his senior year of high school.
talk
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Yeah, but how do you wander around talking baseball ?
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He started talking about how valuable baseball cards were, and how easy it was to sell them.
watch
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He will be permitted to meet members of Congress as well as visiting Wall Street and watching a baseball game.
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The opening came when Robbie was watching the local baseball team on television.
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This isn't like watching baseball or even a distant cousin.
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In the summer he watched baseball on television; in the winter he went to the opera.
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Who wouldn't trade a good drool-on-the-pillow nap for three hours of watching baseball ?
wear
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My niece is only little, but already she is susceptible to it, wearing T-shirts and baseball caps.
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A graying guy wore a baseball shirt for a team called the Users.
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He was wearing a baseball type cap, dark casual jacket and possibly jeans.
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He wore a blue baseball cap backward and a gold hoop in his left ear.
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He had a round face and was wearing a baseball cap.
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One boy is slouched down in his chair, wearing a baseball cap, the bill turned backward.
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One person decides to wear a baseball cap back to front, and then others do likewise without bothering to ask why.
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He was also shot in the head by a gunman wearing a baseball cap.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
football/baseball etc card
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Finding that Stu Miller baseball card you wanted so badly.
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For example, my nephew Peter loves sports; he collects baseball cards , and creates imaginary teams in his mind.
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George hit upon the idea of buying a few baseball cards .
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His baseball card collection was near and dear to him.
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Instead, I was sitting on my couch examining baseball cards and looking them up in the encyclopedia.
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Readers of series books often collect books as eagerly as they collect baseball cards .
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When my kid was old enough to be interested, I gave him my old baseball cards to play with.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A few feet away, a baseball bat crushed a schoolteacher's head, smashed his skull into a pulpy mess.
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Louis Cardinals major league baseball team.
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No chains, no baseball cap, no eight-ball jacket.
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Peggy took a baseball bat to the Vic.
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The players wore short-sleeve white shirts, long white pants and dark bow ties, with baseball caps and white sneakers.
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Which is sort of where baseball fans and industrialists sit today vis-a-vis the Florida Marlins.
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Without his baseball cap, he looks different.