"Metonymy" is best defined as a figure of speech in which .

Metonymy is best defined as a figure of speech in which one noun is substituted for another with which it is closely associated. Personification would be human characteristics that are attributed to objects or animals. Hyperbole would be exaggeration used for emphasis.

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Metonymy is best defined as a figure of speech in which one noun is substituted for another with which it is closely associated.

Personification would be human characteristics that are attributed to objects or animals.

Hyperbole would be exaggeration used for emphasis.

Synecdoche would be a part of something that stands for the whole.

Explanation:

what can best be inferred from this excerpt is the pittsburgh pirates had a winning season in 1972., the specific information about the year is provided in the excerpt.

the other options are not correct because we can not assure that roberto clemente was the best since we don't know the information about the other players, there are no mentions about any specific fan either and it is clear that not many batters can make it to   3000 hits because it is mention as a high number.