[Ads-l] Antedating of "Texas Leaguer"

[Shapiro, Fred]

Texas leaguer (OED 1905)

1892 _San Francisco Call and Post_ 8 Apr. 7/5 (Newspapers.com)

If a batted ball drops between the in and out field in such a way that neither can get it they call the hit a Texas leaguer, which is perhaps as good a name as any.

Fred Shapiro

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