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Set the Soup Outside

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The old Brooklyn Dodger Roy Campanella really knew how to set the soup outside! A baseball fan recalls this phrase from a game in the 60s between the Cardinals and the Dodgers, when Campy smacked one over the fence. Grant speculates this usage of “soup” comes from the old for nitrous oxide, a component in souping up cars. Over time, soup came to refer to any enhanced of or . This is part of a complete episode.

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