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In American slang, the term inside baseball refers to the minutiae and detailed inner workings of a system that are only interesting to, or appreciated by, experts, insiders, and aficionados. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The phrase was originally used as a sports metaphor in political contexts, but has expanded to discussions of other topics as well. [ 1 ]
In baseball, a rally cap is a baseball cap worn while inside-out and/or backwards or in another unconventional manner by players or fans, in order to will a team into a come-from-behind rally late in the game. The rally cap is primarily a baseball superstition. The term may also be used by other groups, such as stock market traders.
Inside baseball may refer to: Inside baseball (strategy) Inside baseball (metaphor) Inside Baseball, a weekly column in Sports Illustrated This page was last edited ...
A pitch outside the strike zone, on the opposite side of the plate as the batter, is referred to as being "away", in contrast to a pitch thrown between the plate and the batter that is known as "inside". Slang for outs. For example, a two-out inning may be said to be "two away"; a strikeout may be referred to as "putting away" the batter.
See English language idioms derived from baseball and baseball metaphors for sex. Examination of the ethnocultural relevance of these idioms in English speech in areas such as news and political discourse (and how "Rituals, traditions, customs are very closely connected with language and form part and parcel of the linguacultural 'realia'") occurs.
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An idiom is a common word or phrase with a figurative, non-literal meaning that is understood culturally and differs from what its composite words' denotations would suggest; i.e. the words together have a meaning that is different from the dictionary definitions of the individual words (although some idioms do retain their literal meanings – see the example "kick the bucket" below).
2. a style of play that emphasizes using smaller less risky tactics rather than more risky efforts. Such a style of play is less visible to the untrained eye and less interesting to a casual observer. (though this is known formally as "Small Ball" and doesn't make sense for the Inside Baseball metaphor)" - Bevo 20:50, 10 July 2016 (UTC)