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  2. Inside baseball (metaphor) - Wikipedia

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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 ]

  3. Glossary of English-language idioms derived from baseball

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    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.

  4. Glossary of baseball terms - Wikipedia

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    The sound of the bat hitting the ball. The term is used in baseball to mean "immediately, without hesitation". For example, a baserunner may start running "on the crack of the bat", as opposed to waiting to see where the ball goes. Outfielders often use the sound of bat-meeting-ball as a clue to how far a ball has been hit.

  5. How the Royals kept their uniforms from being changed like ...

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    Here’s the “Inside Baseball Fashion” moment: changes to the uniforms were in the works during the 2023 season, and that’s when the Royals noted the proposed alterations.

  6. The inside of a baseball looks nothing like you'd expect - AOL

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    You've surely heard baseball announcers rave about a player "hitting the cover off the ball." Rarely, if ever, does it actually happen. But it's definitely a sight to see!

  7. Inside baseball - Wikipedia

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    Inside baseball may refer to: Inside baseball (strategy) Inside baseball (metaphor) Inside Baseball, a weekly column in Sports Illustrated This page was last edited ...

  8. MLB: Inside baseball's decision to bring fans back for the ...

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    For the first time since the coronavirus pandemic hit, MLB will be allowing ticketed fans starting Monday. Up to 11,500 could attend NLCS and World Series games in Arlington, Texas.

  9. List of sports idioms - Wikipedia

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    The phrase the old one-two is cited in 1960, but quotes it from "a more vulgarly robust age". [56] out for the count See down for the count, above.:: out in left field: Baseball: Someone who is not where they should be or does not understand something. In baseball, left field (or right field) is as far as one can get from home as possible.