hunters

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“In the major leagues today, you probably can count on maybe two hands really good bunters for a base hit,” Maddon said.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 20, 2016

Rod Carew, the Hall of Fame infielder and former Twins star who was one of the best bunters the game has ever seen, plans to share that gift with Buxton this spring.

From Washington Times • Jan. 31, 2016

However, bunting is a skill, and one reason the success rate on bunts against the shift is so high is that only competent bunters give it a try.

From New York Times • Feb. 11, 2012

This year Tim Clark, one of the tour's bunters, won at 16-under.

From Newsweek • Aug. 14, 2010

Bees, with prophetic instinct of want, had hoarded their honey Till the hives overflowed; and the Indian bunters asserted Cold would the winter be, for thick was the fur of the foxes.

From The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow by Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth