Meaning & use
Beanball
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In baseball, a pitch thrown deliberately at or near a batter's head.
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The pitcher was ejected after throwing a beanball at the opposing team's star hitter.
Tempers flared on the field following the suspicious beanball in the eighth inning.
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"Beanball" comes from old slang "bean," meaning head, as in "to bean someone": to hit them on the head.
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headhunter pitch
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