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CHOP-SUEY HOMER [1 record]

Record 1 2011-06-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Baseball and Softball
CONT

"Chinese homer": An expression used widely in the 1950's to describe a cheap home run. The term is a carry-over from the days long past when Chinese labor was vastly underpaid, and it was most commonly used in connection with New York's Polo Grounds (since demolished), where the distances along the foul lines were 257 feet in right field and 279 in left field [instead of the now standard 325 feet].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Baseball et softball
DEF

Coup permettant le tour des buts avec retour au marbre, effectué sur un terrain aux limites réduites par rapport aux terrains standards. Les terrains construits depuis le 1er juin 1958 doivent avoir une distance de 325 pieds (100 mètres) entre le marbre et la clôture ou l'estrade la plus près (la longueur donc de la ligne de jeu), et une distance minimale de 400 pieds (120 mètres) du marbre à la clôture du champ centre.

OBS

Les termes «homer» et «home run» sont des synonymes ayant «coup de circuit» et «circuit» comme synonymes équivalents.

Spanish

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