center field
noun
1
: the position of the player for defending center field
2
: the part of the baseball outfield between right and left field
center fielder
noun
Examples of center field in a Sentence
a fly ball to center field
She used to be a shortstop but now she plays center field.
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Those numbers stand to improve when Jung Hoo Lee, limited to 37 games due to a season-ending left shoulder injury in May, returns to patrol center field.
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Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 3 Nov. 2024
One 93-mph fastball on the inner half of the plate produced a routine fly ball to center field, and the Dodgers were celebrating a victory that moved them to within two wins of their eighth World Series title.
—Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2024
Hernandez made at least nine appearances at six different positions (first base, second base, third base, shortstop, left field and center field) and even pitched in four games.
—Bill Plunkett, Orange County Register, 15 Oct. 2024
Kells now does about 80% of their climbing, including a job at the Giants’ ballpark that required fixing a flagpole rope on top of the huge scoreboard behind center field.
—Jorge L. Ortiz, USA TODAY, 2 Nov. 2024
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Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 3 Nov. 2024
One 93-mph fastball on the inner half of the plate produced a routine fly ball to center field, and the Dodgers were celebrating a victory that moved them to within two wins of their eighth World Series title.
—Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2024
Hernandez made at least nine appearances at six different positions (first base, second base, third base, shortstop, left field and center field) and even pitched in four games.
—Bill Plunkett, Orange County Register, 15 Oct. 2024
Kells now does about 80% of their climbing, including a job at the Giants’ ballpark that required fixing a flagpole rope on top of the huge scoreboard behind center field.
—Jorge L. Ortiz, USA TODAY, 2 Nov. 2024
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“Center field.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/center%20field. Accessed 29 Nov. 2024.
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