Inning

Etymology
, mistaken to be plural of the time period, not the entries of the batters/batsmen.

Noun
inning (plural: innings)


 * 1)  A period of play in which members of a visiting baseball team attempt to hit a baseball pitched by the opposing home team until three players are called out, followed by a similar attempt by members of the home baseball team against the visiting team's pitching.  There are nine or more innings in a regulation baseball game.
 * It is a baseball tradition to sing "Take Me Out To the Ball Game" during the seventh inning stretch.
 * 1)  A similar period of play.
 * We batted around in our half of the inning.
 * 1) A chance or opportunity to perform some deed or act.
 * We are in just the second inning of our quest to enter this new market.

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