[Ads-l] Antedating of "Texas Leaguer"

[Dan Goncharoff]

Well, it is often the case that multiple infielders can be in position to
try, but usually only outfielder.

On Sun, May 26, 2024, 7:38 PM Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu> wrote:

> > On May 26, 2024, at 7:12 PM, Shapiro, Fred <fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU>
> wrote:
> >
> > 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
> >
>
> “...between the in and out field in such a way that neither can get it...”
> and not “between the in- and out-fielders…”? Interesting.
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