Definition of "beanball" []

• A pitch aimed at the batter's head (noun)

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• "Gene Budig to discuss why Wright is always involved in beanball wars."
• "In the 1960s, an era populated by its own demons, a baseball player in the American League once said that any pitcher throwing a beanball was a "Communist.""
• "Reminds me of the time, way back in the mid-sixties, when a baseball player or coach or something said that anyone who throws a beanball is a "Communist.""