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cleanup position

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Noun1.cleanup position - (baseball) the fourth position in the batting order (usually filled by the best batter on the team)
cleanup spot, cleanup
baseball, baseball game - a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs; "he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empty lot"; "there was a desire for National League ball in the area"; "play ball!"
position - (in team sports) the role assigned to an individual player; "what position does he play?"
batting order, lineup, card - (baseball) a list of batters in the order in which they will bat; "the managers presented their cards to the umpire at home plate"
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Byline: Kevin O'Malley WEST BOYLSTON - Shane Sampson hasn't had the most memorable baseball season thus far, as a wrist injury has forced him to be the team's designated hitter and a midseason slump moved him from his typical cleanup position to sixth in the order.
Lions roar back to win; Sampson clouts two home runs by Telegram & Gazette (Worcester, MA)
5 million; working with the wind-energy industry and the military to map where tall wind turbines can be erected without encroaching on low-level flight corridors; and turning one of his staff positions into an illegal-dumping cleanup position that has collected more than 150 tons of garbage over the past year.
ZANUTTO SEEKS MABEN'S POST by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
It's crucial for the Dodgers to have Karros in the cleanup position, behind Piazza, because Mondesi is such a free swinger it could harm the Dodgers' running game at the top of the lineup.
ALL EYES ARE ON KARROS\No damage found in shoulder, but his status is ... by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
 
 
 
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