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| Author: | ADKbrown [ Tue Apr 11, 2006 4:29 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Wrap your mind around this |
Quote: New York wasted a 4-1 fourth-inning lead and trailed 7-4 in the eighth, when it loaded the bases against Andrew Sisco on a single wrapped around two walks. -- AP
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| Author: | Matthew Grieco [ Tue Apr 11, 2006 4:32 pm ] |
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When the Royals lead the Yankees, expect the impossible. |
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| Author: | ADKbrown [ Tue Apr 11, 2006 4:38 pm ] |
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Fortunately, the universe righted itself in the bottom of the eighth. |
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| Author: | wordygurdy [ Tue Apr 11, 2006 9:05 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Wrap your mind around this |
ADKbrown wrote: Quote: New York wasted a 4-1 fourth-inning lead and trailed 7-4 in the eighth, when it loaded the bases against Andrew Sisco on a single wrapped around two walks. -- AP I usually see the verb "sandwich" used in that context: "a single sandwiched around two walks." Maybe sportswriters are often hungry and thus their prose is influenced by their empty stomach? |
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| Author: | Matthew Grieco [ Tue Apr 11, 2006 9:08 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Wrap your mind around this |
wordygurdy wrote: I usually see the verb "sandwich" used in that context: "a single sandwiched around two walks."
If it were a "a single sandwiched between two walks," it would make sense. |
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