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imaginary runner

[ ih-maj-uh-ner-ee ruhn-er ]

noun

, Baseball, Softball.
  1. Also called ghost runner,. a provision of informal, usually childhood play in which a deficit of players allows a base runner to return to home plate for their at-bat while being replaced on base by an imaginary player, the advancement of whom is governed by various rules agreed to beforehand: also utilized in stickball, kickball, and other games related to baseball.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of imaginary runner1

First recorded in 1910–15

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