second base
noun
1
: the base that must be touched second by a base runner in baseball
2
: the player position for defending the area on the first-base side of second base
second baseman
noun
Examples of second base in a Sentence
He slid into second base.
He used to play second base for the Red Sox.
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Moving Lux also kept their options at second base fluid, which could be useful if the team decides to move Mookie Betts off shortstop at some point this year (though that’s not a guarantee to happen, given how much better his defense at shortstop has been to this point).
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Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2025
As Reyes engaged with the chirping Oriole, second base umpire Ryan Wills got in between the two.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 1 May 2025
With runners at first and third with one out in the sixth inning, Willy Adamas sent a grounder toward the hole on the left side that Machado dove to stop and then, from his back, fired to second base for the force out.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 May 2025
Senior shortstop Addison Wolf was at second base when Higgins — who also scored twice — stepped up for her first plate appearance.
—Patrick Z. McGavin, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2025
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Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2025
As Reyes engaged with the chirping Oriole, second base umpire Ryan Wills got in between the two.
—Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 1 May 2025
With runners at first and third with one out in the sixth inning, Willy Adamas sent a grounder toward the hole on the left side that Machado dove to stop and then, from his back, fired to second base for the force out.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 May 2025
Senior shortstop Addison Wolf was at second base when Higgins — who also scored twice — stepped up for her first plate appearance.
—Patrick Z. McGavin, Chicago Tribune, 1 May 2025
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“Second base.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/second%20base. Accessed 10 May. 2025.
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