ord="Words">Words ord="and">and ord="Their">Their ord="Stories">Stories: ord="Baseball">Baseball ord="Terms">Terms
ord="October">October 19, 2012
ord="Chicago">Chicago ord="Cubs">Cubs ord="starting">starting ord="pitcher">pitcher ord="Ryan">Ryan ord="Dempster">Dempster
ord="Now">Now, ord="the">the ord="VOA">VOA ord="Special">Special ord="English">English ord="program">program ord="WORDS">WORDS ord="AND">AND ord="THEIR">THEIR ord="STORIES">STORIES.
ord="Baseball">Baseball ord="is">is ord="America">America’ord="s">s ord="national">national ord="sport">sport. ord="So">So ord="it">it ord="is">is ord="not">not ord="unusual">unusual ord="that">that ord="many">many ord="popular">popular ord="expressions">expressions ord="come">come ord="from">from ord="baseball">baseball. ord="But">But ord="first">first, ord="let">let ord="me">me ord="explain">explain ord="a">a ord="little">little ord="about">about ord="the">the ord="game">game.
ord="Each">Each ord="baseball">baseball ord="team">team ord="has">has ord="nine">nine ord="players">players. ord="The">The ord="pitcher">pitcher ord="of">of ord="one">one ord="team">team ord="throws">throws ord="the">the ord="ball">ball ord="to">to ord="a">a ord="batter">batter ord="from">from ord="the">the ord="other">other ord="team">team. ord="The">The ord="batter">batter ord="attempts">attempts ord="to">to ord="hit">hit ord="the">the ord="ball">ball. ord="If">If ord="he">he ord="misses">misses, ord="it">it ord="is">is ord="called">called ord="a">a ord="strike">strike. ord="If">If ord="a">a ord="batter">batter ord="gets">gets ord="three">three ord="strikes">strikes, ord="he">he ord="loses">loses ord="his">his ord="turn">turn ord="at">at ord="bat">bat ord="and">and ord="is">is ord="called">called ord="out">out. ord="The">The ord="batter">batter ord="also">also ord="is">is ord="out">out ord="if">if ord="he">he ord="hits">hits ord="the">the ord="ball">ball ord="in">in ord="the">the ord="air">air ord="and">and ord="an">an ord="opposing">opposing ord="player">player ord="catches">catches ord="it">it. ord="But">But ord="if">if ord="the">the ord="batter">batter ord="hits">hits ord="the">the ord="ball">ball ord="and">and ord="it">it ord="is">is ord="not">not ord="caught">caught, ord="the">the ord="batter">batter ord="tries">tries ord="to">to ord="run">run ord="to">to ord="one">one ord="or">or ord="more">more ord="of">of ord="the">the ord="four">four ord="bases">bases ord="on">on ord="the">the ord="field">field. ord="The">The ord="batter">batter ord="can">can ord="run">run ord="to">to ord="all">all ord="four">four ord="bases">bases ord="if">if ord="he">he ord="hits">hits ord="the">the ord="ball">ball ord="over">over ord="the">the ord="fence">fence ord="or">or ord="out">out ord="of">of ord="the">the ord="ballpark">ballpark. ord="Such">Such ord="a">a ord="hit">hit ord="is">is ord="called">called ord="a">a ord="home">home ord="run">run.
ord="Now">Now, ord="here">here ord="are">are ord="some">some ord="common">common ord="expressions">expressions ord="from">from ord="baseball">baseball. ord="Someone">Someone ord="who">who ord="is">is
ord="on">on ord="the">the ord="ball">ball
ord="is">is ord="intelligent">intelligent ord="and">and ord="able">able ord="to">to ord="do">do ord="a">a ord="good">good ord="job">job. ord="But">But ord="a">a ord="person">person ord="who">who
ord="threw">threw ord="a">a ord="curve">curve ord="ball">ball
ord="did">did ord="something">something ord="unexpected">unexpected. ord="Someone">Someone ord="who">who
ord="steps">steps ord="up">up ord="to">to ord="the">the ord="plate">plate
ord="is">is ord="ready">ready ord="to">to ord="do">do ord="his">his ord="or">or ord="her">her ord="job">job. ord="A">A
ord="pinch">pinch ord="hitter">hitter
ord="takes">takes ord="the">the ord="place">place ord="of">of ord="someone">someone ord="else">else ord="at">at ord="a">a ord="job">job ord="or">or ord="activity">activity.
ord="A">A ord="person">person ord="who">who
ord="strikes">strikes ord="out">out
or
goes down swinging
attempted something but failed. We also might tell the person that
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