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Pine Bluff
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pinch-hit
pinch-hit


intransitive verb 
Definition:
 
1. act as substitute batter: in baseball, to replace the scheduled batter at bat, especially when a hit is needed
2. act as substitute: to take somebody else's place at something

pinch hit·ter noun
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