Victorian baseballer welcomes shy pop group making comeback (7,7)

I believe the answer is:

cabbage patcher

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'victorian baseballer welcomes shy pop' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot judge whether this works.

'group making comeback' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'group' could be 'abba' (pop group) and 'abba' is located in the answer.
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I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.

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