baltimore chop

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What does baltimore chop mean?

A ball hit forcefully into the ground near home plate, producing a bounce high above the head of a fielder; technique that was intentionally employed during the dead-ball era of Major League Baseball, but today occurs infrequently and usually unintentionally

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