inside baseballn.adj.

Brit.

/ˌɪnˈsʌɪd ˈbeɪsbɔːl/, U.S.

/ᵻnˈsaɪd ˈbeɪsˌbɔl/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: inside adj., baseball n.

Etymology: < inside adj. + baseball n.

A. n.

1. Baseball. A strategy in which a team methodically focuses on teamwork and tactical play, in contrast to seeking striking plays or relying on star players. Now historical.

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1897 Boston Daily Globe 5 Aug. 2/2 The Baltimore boys will play ball, and if not carefully looked after by the umpires are more likely than any other crowd of players to play what manager Hanlon terms ‘inside ball’, which, properly interpreted, means turning tricks on both the umpire and opponents.]

1897 Boston Daily Globe 25 Sept. 1/5 It was a battle of baseball giants. There was no time for ‘inside’ baseball.

1909 C. E. Van Loan in Outside Sept. 646/1 He has made a study of inside baseball..but the thing which brings him to his feet..is the long clean drive to the fence, or the seemingly impossible catch.

1928 Boys' Life July 58/1 Only one run behind the mighty Hamilton—all our scoring done on what you call ‘inside baseball’.

1948 Baseball Digest Oct. 12/2 It had been a game of ‘inside baseball’, a tightly-played contest for single runs—stolen bases, squeeze plays, placement hitting.

1998 L. D. Mansch Rube Marquand vii. 84 Neither was he a proponent of ‘inside’ baseball, preferring to let his free swingers ‘bust 'em’ as best they could.

a. Insider knowledge about baseball.

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1912 N.Y. Times 29 Oct. 11/4 (heading) Giants' manager gives some inside baseball away in his monologue.

1953 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 12 Apr. 5/5 There is probably more inside baseball here than one will find on a sports page throughout an entire season.

1999 B. Bloss Baseball Managers ix. 227 His remarks, pretty much in the form of nonstop commentary, combined humor with some sage inside baseball and even a prediction or two.

b. Originally and chiefly in political journalism. Details or information known to, and able to be appreciated and understood only by, aficionados or specialists; uninteresting technical details.In quot. 1952 as part of an extended metaphor.

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the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > the quality of being specific > [noun] > quality of being specific or detailed > a detail or particular > details or particulars > technical

technicals1775

inside baseball1968

1951 Toledo Blade 2 Feb. 26/2 There is such a thing as inside politics which the folks in the grandstands and bleachers seldom see and rarely understand, just as crowds watching our great national pastime miss the fine points of what is called inside baseball.

1952 Pittsburgh Post-Gaz. 5 Dec. 14/6 The evidence thus far indicates that the Eisenhower staff are going to have to learn their ‘inside baseball’ the hard way.]

1968 J. W. Germond in Newburgh (N.Y.) Eve. News 5 Feb. 6 a/2 One thing almost guaranteed to happen in the New Hampshire primary campaign is that Gov. George W. Romney will become involved in a brouhaha with the press... These conflicts usually are just so much inside baseball, without genuine significance in the campaign.

1988 New York Mag. 29 Feb. 47/2 Like Robertson—and unlike the rest of the candidates—Jackson stands for something larger than himself... You don't have to know much inside baseball to grasp the drama of the Jackson and Robertson crusades.

1996 Time 26 Feb. 62/3 The Late Shift is a parade of TV executives known to few in the audience, but all scrupulously identified onscreen... the ultimate in inside baseball.

2009 W. Kaminer Worst Instincts v. 48 Our litany of charges against the leadership bored as well as angered many people and was easily trivialized as ‘inside baseball’.

B. adj.

1. attributive. Of or relating to inside baseball ( A. 1).

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1906 Meriden (Conn.) Daily Jrnl. 3 Apr. 8/4 He is also declared to be strong in inside baseball knowledge, after the McGraw style.

1959 Baseball Digest July 30/1 Clever inside-baseball plays on bunts and twin-killings come with experience.

1999 P. Golenbock Wrigleyville xvii. 126 The Cubs demonstrated their inside-baseball wizardry, scoring the winning runs in the fourth on a single..a sacrifice..an infield single..a stolen base and a double.

a. attributive. Of or relating to insider knowledge about baseball.

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1891 Daily Inter Ocean (Chicago) 13 Oct. 9/1 A reporter asked Mr. Von der Ahe [sc. Chris Von der Ahe, owner of the St Louis Browns] for a crumb of that enormous cargo of inside base-ball news which he is supposed to carry around with him.]

1924 Lewiston (Maine) Eve. Jrnl. 3 Apr. 8/7 One of the brainiest ball players of all time will write a series of inside baseball articles... Fans cannot afford to miss these clear expositions of big league ball.

1971 Village Voice (N.Y.) 5 Aug. 65/2 White, a former player, supplies what the industry likes to think is inside baseball savvy.

1995 A. Stump Cobb i. 16 He told inside baseball stories, never published: ‘Frank Navin..faked his turnstile count to cheat the visiting team.’

b. Originally and chiefly in political journalism. Able to be appreciated and understood only by aficionados or specialists; uninterestingly technical.

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1973 T. Crouse Boys on Bus ii. x. 233 The viewing public might be offended to see the press taking up time with an ‘inside baseball’ type of question.

1990 R. Goldberg & G. J. Goldberg Anchors xxiv. 359 The conversation shifts to the way each network is showing Malta, and where the anchor is being photographed. Rather says, ‘Well, that's a little bit “inside baseball”. You have to watch for a long time before you see it.’

2003 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 14 Dec. ix. 10/5 Outdoors at the tables, conversation naturally turned to horses. Some of it was inside-baseball talk about gaits and breeds, but not all.

2005 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) Dec. 356/1 Josh made it clear he wanted to leave out the section quoting from the new and old documents and showing how they folded together. He thought it was too confusing, too inside-baseball.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	inside baseball
释义	inside baseballn.adj. Brit. /ˌɪnˈsʌɪd ˈbeɪsbɔːl/, U.S. /ᵻnˈsaɪd ˈbeɪsˌbɔl/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: inside adj., baseball n. Etymology: < inside adj. + baseball n. A. n. 1. Baseball. A strategy in which a team methodically focuses on teamwork and tactical play, in contrast to seeking striking plays or relying on star players. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > baseball > [noun] roundball1834 hardball1857 ball1868 inside baseball1897 1897 Boston Daily Globe 5 Aug. 2/2 The Baltimore boys will play ball, and if not carefully looked after by the umpires are more likely than any other crowd of players to play what manager Hanlon terms ‘inside ball’, which, properly interpreted, means turning tricks on both the umpire and opponents.] 1897 Boston Daily Globe 25 Sept. 1/5 It was a battle of baseball giants. There was no time for ‘inside’ baseball. 1909 C. E. Van Loan in Outside Sept. 646/1 He has made a study of inside baseball..but the thing which brings him to his feet..is the long clean drive to the fence, or the seemingly impossible catch. 1928 Boys' Life July 58/1 Only one run behind the mighty Hamilton—all our scoring done on what you call ‘inside baseball’. 1948 Baseball Digest Oct. 12/2 It had been a game of ‘inside baseball’, a tightly-played contest for single runs—stolen bases, squeeze plays, placement hitting. 1998 L. D. Mansch Rube Marquand vii. 84 Neither was he a proponent of ‘inside’ baseball, preferring to let his free swingers ‘bust 'em’ as best they could. 2. a. Insider knowledge about baseball. ΚΠ 1912 N.Y. Times 29 Oct. 11/4 (heading) Giants' manager gives some inside baseball away in his monologue. 1953 N.Y. Times Bk. Rev. 12 Apr. 5/5 There is probably more inside baseball here than one will find on a sports page throughout an entire season. 1999 B. Bloss Baseball Managers ix. 227 His remarks, pretty much in the form of nonstop commentary, combined humor with some sage inside baseball and even a prediction or two. b. Originally and chiefly in political journalism. Details or information known to, and able to be appreciated and understood only by, aficionados or specialists; uninteresting technical details.In quot. 1952 as part of an extended metaphor. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > individual character or quality > the quality of being specific > [noun] > quality of being specific or detailed > a detail or particular > details or particulars > technical technicals1775 inside baseball1968 1951 Toledo Blade 2 Feb. 26/2 There is such a thing as inside politics which the folks in the grandstands and bleachers seldom see and rarely understand, just as crowds watching our great national pastime miss the fine points of what is called inside baseball. 1952 Pittsburgh Post-Gaz. 5 Dec. 14/6 The evidence thus far indicates that the Eisenhower staff are going to have to learn their ‘inside baseball’ the hard way.] 1968 J. W. Germond in Newburgh (N.Y.) Eve. News 5 Feb. 6 a/2 One thing almost guaranteed to happen in the New Hampshire primary campaign is that Gov. George W. Romney will become involved in a brouhaha with the press... These conflicts usually are just so much inside baseball, without genuine significance in the campaign. 1988 New York Mag. 29 Feb. 47/2 Like Robertson—and unlike the rest of the candidates—Jackson stands for something larger than himself... You don't have to know much inside baseball to grasp the drama of the Jackson and Robertson crusades. 1996 Time 26 Feb. 62/3 The Late Shift is a parade of TV executives known to few in the audience, but all scrupulously identified onscreen... the ultimate in inside baseball. 2009 W. Kaminer Worst Instincts v. 48 Our litany of charges against the leadership bored as well as angered many people and was easily trivialized as ‘inside baseball’. B. adj. 1. attributive. Of or relating to inside baseball ( A. 1). ΚΠ 1906 Meriden (Conn.) Daily Jrnl. 3 Apr. 8/4 He is also declared to be strong in inside baseball knowledge, after the McGraw style. 1959 Baseball Digest July 30/1 Clever inside-baseball plays on bunts and twin-killings come with experience. 1999 P. Golenbock Wrigleyville xvii. 126 The Cubs demonstrated their inside-baseball wizardry, scoring the winning runs in the fourth on a single..a sacrifice..an infield single..a stolen base and a double. 2. a. attributive. Of or relating to insider knowledge about baseball. ΚΠ 1891 Daily Inter Ocean (Chicago) 13 Oct. 9/1 A reporter asked Mr. Von der Ahe [sc. Chris Von der Ahe, owner of the St Louis Browns] for a crumb of that enormous cargo of inside base-ball news which he is supposed to carry around with him.] 1924 Lewiston (Maine) Eve. Jrnl. 3 Apr. 8/7 One of the brainiest ball players of all time will write a series of inside baseball articles... Fans cannot afford to miss these clear expositions of big league ball. 1971 Village Voice (N.Y.) 5 Aug. 65/2 White, a former player, supplies what the industry likes to think is inside baseball savvy. 1995 A. Stump Cobb i. 16 He told inside baseball stories, never published: ‘Frank Navin..faked his turnstile count to cheat the visiting team.’ b. Originally and chiefly in political journalism. Able to be appreciated and understood only by aficionados or specialists; uninterestingly technical. ΚΠ 1973 T. Crouse Boys on Bus ii. x. 233 The viewing public might be offended to see the press taking up time with an ‘inside baseball’ type of question. 1990 R. Goldberg & G. J. Goldberg Anchors xxiv. 359 The conversation shifts to the way each network is showing Malta, and where the anchor is being photographed. Rather says, ‘Well, that's a little bit “inside baseball”. You have to watch for a long time before you see it.’ 2003 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 14 Dec. ix. 10/5 Outdoors at the tables, conversation naturally turned to horses. Some of it was inside-baseball talk about gaits and breeds, but not all. 2005 Vanity Fair (N.Y.) Dec. 356/1 Josh made it clear he wanted to leave out the section quoting from the new and old documents and showing how they folded together. He thought it was too confusing, too inside-baseball. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.1897
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