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Stu Spelling Bee

What are some baseball idioms that are used in everyday life, including other sports such as American football?

Examples: Touching base, right off the bat, and from out of left field.

Posted - July 18, 2021
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  • 53526
    Home run
    Knock it out of the park
    Three strikes and you‘re out
    Round the bases
    Seventh-inning stretch
    Louisville Slugger
    Designated hitter
    Rained out
    Odd man out
    You’re out in left field
    Play ball
    Extra innings
    The cheap seats
    I calls ‘em as I sees ‘em
    It’s not over until it’s over
    Hit the showers
    Spring training
    Up at bat
    The batter’s circle
    Cover all the bases
    Safe at home
    Ballpark Franks
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      July 18, 2021 11:01 PM MDT
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  • 17620
    Punt
      July 19, 2021 3:55 AM MDT
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  • 13277
    No, that's football.
      July 19, 2021 5:27 AM MDT
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  • 17620
    Read the question again, dear.
      July 19, 2021 2:30 PM MDT
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  • 13277
    I wrote the question. Punt is a football term, not a baseball idiom used in football. Unlike, for example, that a team's free safety is playing center field on defense.
      July 19, 2021 5:37 PM MDT
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  • 17620
    I apologize.  I read your question to mean 'what are sports idioms in general' when I saw both baseball and football.
      July 20, 2021 2:52 AM MDT
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  • 13277
    No need for that, it's not a big deal!
      July 20, 2021 5:56 AM MDT
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  • 17620
    Sure there is.  I try to reserve my smart-ass comments for when I'm right. 
      July 21, 2021 8:08 AM MDT
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  • 11105
    Pinch hitter
    Bottom of the ninth
    Batting a thousand
    Throw a curve ball
    Ball park estimate
    Get to first base
    Play hardball
    Step up to the plate
    Switch hitter
    Swing for the fences

      July 19, 2021 5:55 AM MDT
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  • The friendly confines  (might be stretching it .. but as a Cub fan, we would use it sometimes)

      July 28, 2021 8:02 AM MDT
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  • 13277
    Holy cow!
      July 28, 2021 10:20 AM MDT
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  • Yes sir!  Harry Caray!!!

      July 28, 2021 11:33 AM MDT
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  • 13277
    But Phil Rizzuto (with the Yankees) before him. I used to do some freelance writing, and I was fortunate enough to meet Harry C. on the field before a Cubs-Mets game at Shea Stadium c. 1993.
      July 28, 2021 1:27 PM MDT
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  • Cool!  I didn't know that! 
    You can't forget Jack Brickhouse .. a huge part of Cubs' history.
    I just wish my Dad could have been alive to see the Cubs win the pennant in 2016!  
      July 28, 2021 1:31 PM MDT
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  • 13277
    https://youtu.be/4w0kYvN3lKQ
      July 28, 2021 7:07 PM MDT
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