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In which sport, along with softball, do the pitcher and catcher form a duo known as the "battery"?

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Baseball

The term 'battery' was coined by Civil War soldier Henry Chadwick, who compared the pitcher's firepower to a set of artillery cannons. Just as a military battery works in unison, the pitcher and catcher must be perfectly synchronized to defeat the opposing batter.

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