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The ball was also flying when Dominic Smith got backspin on an opposite-field homer that carried over the left-center fence, just like when Michael Conforto hit a two-run homer to chase starter Logan Webb from the game.
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Grant Brisbee, New York Times, 12 July 2025
Saturn’s backspin in Pisces also coincides with this summer’s eclipses.
—Lisa Stardust, refinery29.com, 10 July 2025
Last year, Vientos used his quick bat to get backspin on the ball, using the entire field with loud line drives to the gaps and over the walls and fences.
—Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes.com, 12 May 2025
Mercury retrograde ends on April 7, having begun its backspin on March 15.
—Colin Bedell, Them., 3 Apr. 2025
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Grant Brisbee, New York Times, 12 July 2025
Saturn’s backspin in Pisces also coincides with this summer’s eclipses.
—Lisa Stardust, refinery29.com, 10 July 2025
Last year, Vientos used his quick bat to get backspin on the ball, using the entire field with loud line drives to the gaps and over the walls and fences.
—Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes.com, 12 May 2025
Mercury retrograde ends on April 7, having begun its backspin on March 15.
—Colin Bedell, Them., 3 Apr. 2025
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“Backspin.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/backspin. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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backspin
noun
back·spin
-ˌspin 
: a backward spinning motion of a ball
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