In baseball, I describe tapping a pitch softly to advance a runner, but on the 4th of July, I am pleated fabric draped along porches in patriotic semicircles. What am I?
Bunting
'Bunting' is both a baseball batting tactic and decorative festive drapery made of red, white, and blue cloth.
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