> On Nov 2, 2016, at 1:41 PM, Bill Partsch <billpart...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> On Nov 1, 2016, at 6:31 AM, Adam Bowie <a...@adambowie.co.uk> wrote: >> >> But then I tend to bail by about the third innings because, well, it's very >> late... > > Innings. Let's hear it for cricket, baby! Wherein pitchers are bowlers, > batters are batsmen...
A few years ago, I started noticing baseball announcers saying "hit batsman" instead of "hit batter." Turns out the phrase "hit batsman" is actually used a few times in the official MLB rules -- although "hit batter" is also used, seemingly interchangeably. PDF link: http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/downloads/y2016/official_baseball_rules.pdf -- Jim Ellwanger <train...@ellwanger.tv> <http://www.ellwanger.tv> -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
