golden sombrero

[Joel S. Berson]

At 9/9/2011 02:58 PM, Laurence Horn wrote:
>On Sep 9, 2011, at 2:00 PM, Joel S. Berson wrote:
>
> > Commentators on the Yankee-Orioles game two days ago noted that two
> > Orioles had each struck out four times in the game, and that was
> > called a "golden sombrero".  Not in the OED, but in Wikipedia.
> >
> > When one of the two struck out a fifth time, the broadcasters had to
> > do research.  They may have come up with "platinum sombrero", and I
> > think they did with "horn"
>
>Hey!  Well, named for a distant relative perhaps.
>
> > , and perhaps "titanium sombrero" for six
> > in one game.  Also in Wikipedia.  But again not in the OED (I didn't
> > try to find "hall").
> >
>Hall?
>
>LH

"horn" of course.  Mea culpa.

Joel

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