on the day

[Wilson Gray]

I have no idea. But, in my younger days, ca.1940-50, sports announcers
said "for the day."

-Wilson
–––
All say, "How hard it is that we have to die"---a strange complaint to
come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
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-Mark Twain





On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 8:22 AM, Michael Sheehan <Wordmall at aol.com> wrote:
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> Does anyone know the origin of "on the day," as in Rodriguez had three
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