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glove +‎ work

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glovework (uncountable)

  1. (sports) Fielding ability in sports such as in baseball or cricket where fielders wear gloves.
    • 2009, Alan Schwarz, Digital Eyes Will Chart Baseball’s Unseen Skills[1], New York Times:
      A half-century after Branch Rickey harrumphed, “There is nothing on earth anybody can do with fielding,” all these pixels and bits will almost certainly revolutionize the analysis of baseball glovework.

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