smallball en · NOUN
Etymology
From small + ball.
Meanings
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(alt-of, alternative, uncountable) Alternative spelling of small ball.
alt of small ball
There was no heroic ending — Toronto's Joey Votto coming up a triple shy of hitting for the cycle, and some brilliantly executed smallball saw to that — as the visitors claimed victory to avoid being swept in the three-game series.
2009 June 26, Mark Zwolinski, “Blue Jays rally gets wasted”, in Toronto Star: