lazy hit (1887)

“Stein came first and went to first on a lazy hit to left.” “Fifteen Innings: Ten Thousand People Witness a Hard-Fought Game,” San Francisco Examiner, July 4, 1887, p1

Previous earliest use (Dickson Baseball Dictionary, 3rd edition, 2009):
1932.  (Baseball Magazine, October, p.496; Edward J. Nichols).

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