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To act as a substitute or stand-in for someone when in a "pinch", especially in an emergency. In baseball, sometimes a substitute batter would be brought in, especially at a crucial point in the game. The Oxford English Dictionary gives the first non-baseball use in 1918, from sports columnist and short-story writer Ring Lardner: [91]
An old-fashioned word referring to a baseball bat, which is typically made of wood from an ash tree. "The shrewd manager substitutes a fast runner for a slow one, and sends in a pinch hitter when the man he takes out is just as good with the ash as the man he sends in." [16]
Crab Defense: When a player is serving, the opposing three passers shuffle side to side and pinch their hands like crabs to distract the server; Deep Dish or Chicago style pizza or Evan set : An illegal set that is held excessively long, typically set from below the shoulders and seen in beach volleyball. Dime or Rock' : A perfect pass
Lenny Harris had 212 hits in 804 pinch hit at bats, both records in Major League Baseball.. In baseball, a pinch hitter (PH) is a substitute batter.Batters can be substituted at any time while the ball is dead (not in active play); the manager may use any player who has not yet entered the game as a substitute.
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pinched: to get caught by the cops or federal agents. points: percent of income; cut. program, the: The Witness Protection Program. rat: someone who turns informant, snitches or squeals after having been pinched. RICO: Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act. Passed in 1970 to aid the American government in clamping down on organized ...
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to steal (rhyming slang for 'pinch') [159] hampton Penis (rhyming slang from, Hampton Wick = prick; and Hampton Rock = cock). [160] handbags a harmless fight especially between two women. [161] (from "handbags at dawn" an allusion to duelling) hard cheese/hard lines Bad luck. [162] [163] hardman or hard man A man who is ruthless and/or violent ...