Sarah from Leyden, Massachusetts, wonders about the many ways baseball commentators and sportswriters use the word stuff, as in “The stuff is there, but the command is off,” or “The kid’s got great stuff, but he’s only got one pitch.” The term most...
In baseball, a yakker is a curveball with a big break. The term apparently derives from yawker, a kind of bird that has the same kind of swooping flight. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Baseball Yakker” Another bit of baseball...
The idiom thrown for a loop most likely derives from boxing and the image of someone knocked head over heels. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Origin of “Thrown for a Loop”” Hello, you have A Way with Words. Hi, Martha. Hi, Grant...
