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What’s the non-literal meaning of bag?

Retry Correct Incorrect Modern bases are big, durable, rubberized squares, but in the early days, they were basically loose canvas sacks. They looked a lot like work bags or duffel bags, and that slang has stuck around ever since.

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What’s the non-literal meaning of bag?

• The outfield fence
• The pitching rubber
• The bat rack
• A base