ickplant@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 5 days agoSo unfairlemmy.worldimagemessage-square47linkfedilinkarrow-up1545
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minus-squareSnot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 days agoNah, the pinch hitter was the pipe, the dugout was the little wooden case the pinch hitter went back into after their hit. Both aspects are baseball metaphors, just like a batter goes back to the dugout if they strike out or get a home run. Why do I know this I don’t even like baseball.
minus-squareStarik@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·4 days agoOh that makes sense. I never caught the baseball references.
Nah, the pinch hitter was the pipe, the dugout was the little wooden case the pinch hitter went back into after their hit.
Both aspects are baseball metaphors, just like a batter goes back to the dugout if they strike out or get a home run.
Why do I know this I don’t even like baseball.
Oh that makes sense. I never caught the baseball references.