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ACROSS 6 Player who teams up with the pitcher on every play 7 Not a ball (pitch) 8 Wooden stick 9 The best teams from each league playing for the championship (2 wds.) 10 Sticky substance used for better grip (2 wds.) 11 Ball hit out of play 14 The tool used by players in the field 15 1st base hit 17 A fly ball that is caught, but scores a run (2 wds.) 20 The Great Bambino (2 wds.) 21 Younger of the two leagues (2 wds.) 22 3rd base hit
DOWN 1 The man behind the catcher 2 Area over the plate between the knee and torso (2 wds.) 3 Getting two outs in succession (2 wds.) 4 Round tripper (2 wds.) 5 This league was founded in the 1870s (2 wds.) 8 Three white bags on field 12 One player bunts, the other steals home 13 Cy Young 16 2nd base hit 18 Run batted in 19 Not a strike; the other half of base____ 20 An infield hit where the hitter doesn't swing the bat
WORD BANK: Americanleague, baberuth, ball, bases, bat, bunt, catcher, double, doubleplay, foul, glove, homerun, nationalleague, pinetar, pitcher, rbi, sacrificefly, single, squeeze, strike, strikezone, triple, umpire, worldseries.