Mixed (Confused? Confusing?) Metaphor

[Larry Sheldon]

Heard from the electric (or is that "acoustic) mouth from the basketball
(note that--it is important) game broadcast my wife is watching:  <sfx
highly excited, near panic male voice>"...HOME RUN PASS ..."

Home run pass.

Home run:  Softball, baseball, kickball, teenager post-prom activity
NOS, TSA screening procedure

Pass:  Football, soccer, bridge, teenager pre-game action intended to
lead to a home run, basketball, driving maneuver.

No wonder foreigners thing English is hard.
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