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

[Dan Goncharoff]

The benefit of taking one for the team in baseball is clear -- batter goes
to first base. Not sure what the benefit is if getting hit real hard when
blocking in football.

On Sun, Mar 24, 2024, 5:36 PM Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> I don't. I'd think a brutal block in football would be more likely.
>
> JL
>
> On Sun, Mar 24, 2024 at 5:24 PM Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu>
> wrote:
>
> > 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:
> > >
> > > 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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