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• n  a baseball deliberately thrown at the batter's head

• The beanball has been with us since baseball began.
• Australia), an Australian cricketer was sending down "bumpers" (a beanball type of bowling that bounced up into the batsman's face).
• And that fact hit Mike Di Muro with all the force of a beanball.

• beaner

News & Articles

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• Rays get last word with series-winning victory
  A much anticipated beanball battle never fully developed Sunday afternoon at Tropicana Field. Instead, the Rays got even with the Tigers by taking a 3-1 win.
  June 30, 2013 - Major League Baseball

Quotes

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• Dave Wright in San Francisco Chronicle
  Hopefully, that's behind us. You don't want to get into a beanball contest with anybody,Mets third baseman David Wright said. "That doesn't do you any good. They have to understand - Pedro has to pitch inside to be effective. There...
• Sam Perlozzo in MLB.com
  There's been ballclubs that, over the course of history, have had bad blood for some reason or another,Perlozzo said. "Somehow, it just seems to kind of unfold where there might be a beanball incident or a fight. And it seems like those...
• Jose Guillen in Chicago Tribune
  What [Escobar] did was chicken [expletive],Guillen said. "I think he should blame himself and Josh Paul and no one else. And we did what we're supposed to do-win the game. We're not going to get caught up in playing beanball. If I play,...