third base

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At third base, he stopped to give a salute, then spotted the cameraman trailing him around the bases and pointed to the American flag on his left sleeve.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

A wild pitch from McLean left Venezuela with runners on second and third base and on the next pitch Kansas City Royals slugger Maikel Garcia's sacrifice fly allowed Perez to score.

From Barron's • Mar. 18, 2026

And as he reached third base, he stopped to salute his teammates and pointed at the Stars and Stripes on his uniform sleeve.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

The chance to score shouldn’t be reserved for those born on third base, as the rules dictate today.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 20, 2025

“Started at third base my junior and senior year. No one cared that he was gay—not the players, not the coaches, not the fans.”

From "A High Five for Glenn Burke" by Phil Bildner