[Ads-l] Antedating of "Pinch Hitter"

[Shapiro, Fred]

pinch hitter (OED 1899)

“Dowd’s judgment in sending Douglas to the bat instead of Breitenstein is open to question. Doug is a good ‘pinch’ hitter, but Breit is hitting the ball as hard as any of them.<https://www.newspapers.com/image/138258991/?terms=%22pinch%2Bhitter%22>” St. Louis Post-Dispatch, July 23, 1896, p5

NOTE: This antedating was found by Ken Liss.

Fred Shapiro

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