dugout
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Dalton Rushing was shown on the game broadcast breaking his bat in the dugout and slamming his leg guard on the back bench after striking out in the fourth inning.
From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2026
Trumpets and tin-foil trophies, players as tense as the travelling fans, gaffers pacing the dugout in full club suits.
From BBC • May 15, 2026
They’ll get to walk the infield, put some grass in their pockets, look up into the stands, hang out in the dugout of the two-time defending world champions.
From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026
The paranoia runs in the corridors of power at the Bernabeu and will now be in the dugout with Mourinho - although, in fact, predecessor Alvaro Arbeloa has bought that vision of the world already.
From BBC • May 13, 2026
And even five minutes before the game, in the dugout, he bent down, pretending to tie his shoe, and closed one eye and prayed: “Please let me win this ball game.”
From "Maniac Magee" by Jerry Spinelli
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