[Ads-l] "take one for the team"

[Laurence Horn]

Is there any evidence that it could have originated as a comment by hit batsmen in baseball, which is my guess?  

> On Mar 24, 2024, at 4:31 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM> wrote:
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> Now a former RNC Chair, Ronna McDaniel has joined NBC News as a "news
> analyst," saying she only supported false claims of a stolen election for
> three years because "sometimes you have to take one for the team."
> 
> 1972 _Houston Post_ (May 19) 7B: I suggested to Channel 13's Ken Johnson
> that they "take one for the team" by putting Cavett on earlier, but he
> wasn't familiar with the expression.
> 
> The phrase seems to have taken off only in the 1980s.
> 
> JL
> 
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> "If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the truth."
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