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Ghost runner

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invisible runnernoun(baseball) In informal baseball and stickball games, a baserunner who cannot steal a base but can, depending on the rules, advance on a wild pitch, and who usually travels at the rate of the current batter.
base runnernoun(baseball) Alternative spelling of baserunner. [(baseball, softball) A player who is on base and is thus trying to advance to the next base.]
runnernounAgent noun of run; one who runs.
pinch runnernoun(baseball) A substitute runner, usually brought in to replace a slow runner to increase the chance of that runner scoring.
baserunnernoun(baseball, softball) A player who is on base and is thus trying to advance to the next base.
basestealernoun(baseball) A player who steals a base.
designated runnernounA pinch runner.
running lanenounA highway lane that is open to traffic. Often used to describe when a hard shoulder is used as a normal traffic lane either permanently or conditionally during periods of heavy traffic.
ghostballnoun(baseball) A type of pitch; the knuckleball.
wild pitchnoun(baseball) A play where the pitcher throws a non-catchable pitch and a runner advances.
bleedernounA person who is easily made to bleed, or who bleeds in unusually large amounts, particularly a hemophiliac.
stolen basenoun(baseball, softball) A play where a runner on any base runs to the next base, usually while the pitcher pitches to a batter. Such a runner is liable to be put out if tagged with the ball while not in contact with any base.
basepathnoun(baseball) The grassless ways around the baseball diamond on which runners advance.
nonpitchernoun(baseball) A player who is not a pitcher and therefore is required to bat
loopernounA (usually electronic) tool for creating music loops.
hidden-ball tricknoun(baseball) A fielding play where the fielders deceive the baserunners as to the location of the ball, allowing one of the fielders to attempt to tag a runner out without the runner being aware of it.
baserunningnoun(baseball) The act of running bases, or a player's skill in doing so
hit and runnoun(law) The crime of causing a traffic collision, and leaving without acknowledging responsibility.
ghost in the graveyardnoun(games) A children's game, a form of tag in which the player designated as the ghost attempts to catch the others before they can reach base.
ghostnounA disembodied soul; a soul or spirit of a deceased person; a spirit appearing after death.

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