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According to the Harbaugh family, father Jack Harbaugh was an assistant football coach at the University of Iowa in 1972 when he told his sons Jim (born in 1963) and John (born in 1962) this…
According to the Harbaugh family, father Jack Harbaugh was an assistant football coach at the University of Iowa in 1972 when he told his sons Jim (born in 1963) and John (born in 1962) this…
"Auto racing, bullfighting, and mountain climbing are the only real sports -- all others are games" has been credited to the author Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961) since the 1980s, but…
"Back in my day, it was a game of dodgeball where you found out who really didn't like you" is a saying that has been printed on many images. A person who didn't like you would…
"Backpacking: An extended form of hiking in which people carry double the amount of gear they need for half the distance they planned to go in twice the time it should take" is a jocular…
Entry in progress -- B.P. Google BooksThe Full Points Footy Encyclopedia Of Australian Football Clubs Volume TwoBy John DevaneyLondon (?): Full Point Publications2009Pg. 120:If ever the old adage…
There is a sport called "badminton." There is no sport called "goodminton" or "worseminton," but there are jokes. "Goodminton, badminton, worseminton" was…
There is a sport called "badminton." There is no sport called "goodminton" or "worseminton," but there are jokes. "Goodminton, badminton, worseminton" was…
There is a sport called "badminton." There is no sport called "goodminton" or "worseminton," but there are jokes. "Goodminton, badminton, worseminton" was…
"Ball is life" is a saying that has been printed on many posters. The saying "ball is life" is a reverse of the older saying, "life is a ball." The "ball"…
Ballantine Beer sponsored the New York Yankees baseball broadcasts. Yankees announcer Mel Allen coined the term "Ballantine Blast." It remains a memorable commercial sports promotional…
Music and sports intersected so often in the late 1990s and early 2000s that it was often said that "ballers want to be rappers, and rappers want to be ballers." The term…
Baseball is sometimes used in chemistry jokes. "If Al Kaline played baseball, who played acidball?" was posted on the newsgroup alt.humor.puns on December 5, 1996. "If a baseball…
Baseball is sometimes used in chemistry jokes. "Baseball implies the existence of acidball" was posted on Twitter by 12 Days of President Warren G. Harding on October 23, 2019.…
"Base" and "cringe" are opposites, so many people have applied this to the sport of baseball to invent its opposite. "Baseball or cringeball?" was posted on Twitter…
Many sports have been called "a game of adjustments." "Football is a game of adjustments" was cited in print in 1959. "This (baseball -- ed.) is a game of adjustments"…
"Baseball is 90 percent mental" has been cited in print since at least 1974. Kansas City Royals outfielder Jim Wohlford was cited in April 1974 for saying:: "Ninety per cent of this…
What's the oldest sport? Baseball is the first sport because it's in the Bible, according to a very old joke that's been cited since at least 1881: "Base ball is old in the…
Many baseball players have stuff in their mouths, such as gum or chewing tobacco. "Baseball is the only game you can play with food in your mouth smh" was posted on Twitter on May 15,…
"Baseball is weird" (or "baseball is a weird game") is a common saying. Unlike sports such as football, basketball, hockey and soccer, there is no clock is baseball. There is no…
"Baseball is wrong. A man with 4 balls cannot walk" is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images. Many versions have this as a "Confucius say" mock Chinese proverb.…