[Ads-l] Antedating of "Fan" (Verb, Baseball)

[Shapiro, Fred]

fan, v. (OED, 8.a., 1909)

“In the fifth inning, owing to the sore arm of Morris, I. Miller took the box for the first time during this series of games, and fanned the batters out in order as they faced him.” Santa Maria [CA] Times, October 8, 1887, p3

NOTE: This antedating was found by Ken Liss.

Fred Shapiro

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