[Ads-l] Antedating of "Home Plate"

[Laurence Horn]

Not just a hit. There are walk-off walks, walk-off hit batsmen, walk-off
wild pitches or passed balls (I remember one of the former from a playoff
game, although before the term "walk-off" would have been used, but here's
one from last week:
https://twitter.com/TalkinBaseball_/status/1555283169582235648), walk-off
errors, walk-off balks, and in principle (although I can't recall any)
walk-off catcher's interference.  I saw a walk-off steal of home by Junior
Gilliam of the Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field once--again, before the
term was extant.  Yes, it was a while back.

LH

On Sun, Aug 7, 2022 at 9:36 PM Tom Zurinskas <truespel at hotmail.com> wrote:

> I don't remember the term "walk off" for a hit in the last inning that
> wins a game until recent years.
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> SE NJ  33,  resides SE Florida 18...  truespel.com
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> home plate (OED 1869)
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> 1867 _Philadelphia Inquirer_ 29 Aug. 8/4 (Newspapers.com)  Hunt captured
> at home plate by McBride.
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> Fred Shapiro
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