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In games where a ball may be legally caught (e.g. baseball) or carried (e.g. American football), a player (or the player's team) may be penalized for dropping the ball; for example, an American football player who drops a ball ("fumbles") risks having the ball recovered and carried by the other team; in baseball, a player who drops a thrown or ...
Back home to watch the World Series with his family after covering the ALCS, Francoeur gave four quotes to live by for sports parents: (Questions and responses are edited for length and clarity.)
Sports critic Bill Mayo disagrees, saying that sports clichés are used "just the right amount," and "it is what it is." Former New York Giants quarterback -turned CBS broadcaster Phil Simms devotes a large portion of his 2004 book Sunday Morning Quarterback to examining football clichés such as "winning the turnover battle", "halftime ...
Also brand-new ball game; whole 'nother ball game. In common usage, a "whole new ball game" or "brand-new ball game" signifies a drastic turn of events, a completely altered situation. In baseball, an announcer says "it's a whole new ball game" when the trailing team ties the score or takes the lead, usually after being behind by several runs.
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Another variant of the cup-of-coffee in baseball is a player who only appears in a single major-league game. Baseball-Reference.com maintains lists of players who have appeared in only one major-league game; as of April 2024, there are over 1,500 batters and over 700 pitchers listed. [6] Some notable players include: Walter Alston.
Poets are like baseball pitchers. Both have their moments. The intervals are the tough things. — American poet Robert Frost, on the infrequency with which starting pitchers play and impact baseball games; The designated hitter rule is like letting someone else take Wilt Chamberlain's free throws.