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Meanings of first base in English

Catalan
primera base
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In baseball, the first target of a runner leaving home.

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          Catalan
          primera base

          The fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed at first of the bases in the infield (counting counterclockwise from home plate)

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                Usage of first base in English
                1
                Heifert and Latham each played first base during part of the season.
                A Ball Player's Career / Being the Personal Experiences and Remi...
                2
                He should back up first base on all throws from the catcher.
                Base-Ball / How to Become a Player, With the Origin, History and...
                3
                Mallory, at first base, snatched at it and found only the air.
                The Redheaded Outfield, and Other Baseball Stories
                4
                If it was, most relationships would struggle to get past first base.
                The Guardian
                5
                I'm fifty yards beyond the stakes where we had the first base.
                Rip Foster in Ride the Gray Planet
                6
                He twisted the second toward first base, and it, too, rolled foul.
                The Young Pitcher
                7
                Karen reached first base, turned to Cole and stuck out her tongue.
                Do you take this rebel?
                8
                England Arise would not get past first base as a New Labour anthem.
                The Guardian
                9
                We're already agreed on how to get to first base and second base.
                True compass: a memoir
                10
                I needed the chorb gone to get to first base, never mind condoms.
                The South African
                11
                Running fast, he slid into first base and beat the throw.
                The Young Pitcher
                12
                Twenty-seven men faced me and not one of them got to first base.
                The Forest Monster of Oz
                13
                Markakis played all three of his previous games at first base in 2011.
                Reuters
                14
                Torre started Giambi at first base and Williams at designated hitter, batting eighth.
                The Yankee Years
                15
                Weir at short-stop covered ground well, but he could not locate first base.
                The Young Pitcher
                16
                Thomas smiled a Colgate smile and swaggered over to first base.
                Death masks
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                United States of America
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