Golden Sombrero (baseball slang)

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GOLDEN SOMBRERO--55,400 Google hits
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Alex Rodriguez (some New York Yankee player, supposedly good and with a following in the Dominican Republic) struck out four times last night. He received the "golden sombrero."
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Maybe someone with FACTIVA or The Sporting News can check this. Any HDAS entry?
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Fielding karma seeps into bat
Newsday, NY - 2 hours ago
... Rodriguez's fielding struggles turned into hitting ones as he struck out in all four of his at-bats, marking only the second "golden sombrero" of his career. ...
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List of baseball jargon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Golden Sombrero: One who strikes out four times in one game is said to have gotten the Golden Sombrero. golfing: Swinging at a pitch obviously outside of ...
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Outing #2...And the tale of the Golden Sombrero.
Well, the arm is getting back in shape pretty quickly.... I had pretty good
stuff last night. Couldn't find the plate with my curveball ...
rec.sport.baseball - May 26 1992, 2:35 am by Jim Dean - 2 messages - 2 authors

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JUST CURIOUS....
... I like hearing about the latest time that Huckabay got saddled with the Golden Sombrero
*and* walked 10 batters ala Randy Johnson in the same game. ...
rec.sport.baseball - Jul 10 1992, 3:28 am by Dave Lundyphobic Kirsch - 13 messages - 13 authors
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