Idiom
ground ball with eyes
Meaning
A weakly hit ground ball that barely evades the infielders.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The batter hit a ground ball with eyes that rolled into center field.”
“The shortstop dove for the ball, but it was a ground ball with eyes that found a gap in the defense.”
“In a game defined by hard hits, the winning run scored on a lucky ground ball with eyes that just barely eluded the diving second baseman.”
Examples
simple
“The batter hit a ground ball with eyes that rolled into center field.”
contextual
“The shortstop dove for the ball, but it was a ground ball with eyes that found a gap in the defense.”
complex
“In a game defined by hard hits, the winning run scored on a lucky ground ball with eyes that just barely eluded the diving second baseman.”
Origin
The term arises from the metaphor of a ball possessing eyes, which suggests a degree of visual agency that allows it to navigate between infielders. The personification implies the ball is actively choosing a path to avoid capture.
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