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defensive field

noun

A field set with fielders in positions designed to prevent runs rather than take wickets.

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Fortunately for the Union, all other torpedoes in the defensive field proved defective, bouncing harmlessly against hulls as the battle raged.

You put up a defensive field, and that becomes aggressive because you don't want anyone to know how vulnerable you are".

They found some reverse swing as the ball got older and when Tim Bresnan dropped his pace and bowled to a defensive field, he barely went for a run.

Romer calculates that going for the touchdown would increase the team's chance of winning by three percentage points because of the added benefit of great defensive field position in case of a failure to convert on fourth down.

A composed 70 from Ross Taylor frustrated England, with the tourists aided at times by surprisingly defensive field placements, but two late Swann scalps reduced them to 158-6 when bad light ended play.

"So their defensive field is much larger than our defensive field...

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The Hoosiers 16-100, 7-5) scored the next 4 points, and then the Illinois defense, which has the Big Ten's best defensive field-goal percentage, took over.

They were No. 1 last season in both defensive field-goal percentage and defensive 3-point field-goal percentage.

Boston was second in points allowed this season (90.3) and No. 1 in defensive field-goal percentage (.419).419

The Celtics finished No. 1 in the league in defensive field-goal percentage as well as defensive 3-point field-goal percentage.

The Knicks ranked 20th in points allowed last season, 17th in defensive field-goal percentage and 28th in defending against 3-pointers.

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