"Going Yard!" Calling you out.

Multi-Dimensionally speaking: B4 I get to the specific dimensions specified at the "league level" -- from the MLB all the way down to the smaller ball parks (a peculiar way to describe a place that has few things resembling trees and concurrent increase of sin-thetic in/outfield grass) that contain teams with smaller salaries, and where I find my-self currently trying to "manage"...T-Ball! Where it's rumored the best and brightest managers are found...given that this is the level where habits are formed, prior to all those "poor sports" emerging. So, please allow me some lee-way and hope that I don't play a spoiler by pointing out only a few quirky colloquialisms that have found their way into our daily lexicon, many of which we have almost come to rely on, depending on your age and circumstances ("did you even get to first base...?")..."I think I landed the job; I certainly hit a home run during the interview...touched on all bases..." I mean, how would you describe these almost universal experiences without being able to...

Slinging slang: Sayings that started for some (often curious, peculiar, even still hotly debated around the water cooler or at your favorite post-game watering hole) reason then, slowly-but-surly (spelling correct, for affect)...find, whine their way, into our daily, especially casual convos...That is, until some "spoil sport" like Moi! comes along and pierces the illusion, questions the logic, at least the context...or otherwise finding what UR saying as...

Counter-in-tuitive: I mean, wouldn't it make more sense (in place of "going yard, long gone!") to calling it (a homer, that is) "going 360" like circum-navigationally speaking, running (more like trotting, soaking it all up) the bases which, at least at the MLB level, means covering 360 feet (give or take, depending on whether they stay on what's called the base path), as in 90 X 4...finally arriving, once again, at "home plate". The reciprocal experience, one we use so routinely, as part of our daily routine..."doing a 180" as in almost a direct turnaround, go back from whence we came which, in the context of the ball field, is usually seen as a player after the ball is "batted" starts off in the direction of first and is either, due to it being called "foul!" or even "you're out!" trots back home...Oops, I stand corrected, as most of the ones that, despite being taught by us T-ball managers to always run out a ground ball, "pop-up" or even line drive that was caught, all the way through the base...upon reaching the MLB level ("the big leagues!"), seeing the ball caught and the clenched right fist of the umpire go up, trot instead to the comfort of the dugout...which is more like 90 degrees or so (sharp right or left)...depending on whether you are home or away...

Big hitters: As in among the most popular -isms...such as "in a pinch" which became part of baseball lore (or was it the other way around...another watering hole debate) when the "pinch hitter" rule went into effect -- as in becoming official. Which was well after Mickey Welch, a Giant of a man (as in New York) stepped up to the plate and promptly struck out. Which was about 18 years after fans, depending on his mood and situational awareness, witnessed Bob Fergusson switching sides (of the plate, that is). Well before the term became a figure of speech in our psycho-sexualized lingo. And then, finally arriving at the universally understood (as in HR speak) professional job descriptor..."and other duties as designated" Henceforth known as the "designated hitter" rule...

On deck: Leveling the field and turf management (a compare and contrast exercise)