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(baseball) A play in which a pitcher throws a live ball to a fielder so that the fielder can tag out a baserunner who has moved away from the base.
Zobrist broke for third during Pettitte’s pickoff move, stealing the base when Pettitte threw behind the runner.
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Pickoff means (baseball) A play in which a pitcher throws a live ball to a fielder so that the fielder can tag out a baserunner who has moved away from the base.
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Zobrist broke for third during Pettitte’s pickoff move, stealing the base when Pettitte threw behind the runner.
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