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third base

NOUN
the third step in the baseball diamond
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Dodgers rookie Josue De Paula sat down with third base and outfield coach Dino Ebel in the visiting coach’s room at Great American Ball Park.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

Tucker served as the Dodgers’ automatic runner on second base to start the 10th inning, and with two outs, he advanced to third base on a wild pitch, as Feduccia took first on a walk.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2026

I had a pretty good arm from playing third base as a kid.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026

“I would love to be at third base and see the Ebel brothers in the big leagues. That would be pretty cool.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026

“Oh, I know exactly what happened to it. That Jacob Carlyle blew his knee out trying to steal third base during a game a few weeks later. Ended his career.”

From "Fast Pitch" by Nic Stone



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