The Language of Sports part 2, Boxing and Horse racing

And in second and third place after baseball..... Boxing Below the belt	Horse racing Down the stretch
Blow by blow	Each way bet
Fight to the finish	Falling at the last or the first (fence)
Going the distance	First past the post
In your corner	Home stretch
Knock out	Hot favorite
Knock out punch	Long odds
Left / right hook	Long shot
Low blow	Neck and neck
On the canvas	Odds on
On the ropes	Photo finish
Out for the count	Rank outsider
Ring rusty	Slow out of the gates
Sucker punch	Trifecta
Throw in the towel	Two horse race
Uppercut Saved by the bell Toe to toe	Crack the whip Pipped at the post

The sport language list: Part 1 Baseball

As predicted baseball seems to be our winner with 27 out 113 credible contributions.

Simple rules:

1. Add to the list
2. Argue for the entry to be moved to another sport or the general category

Here is the list:

Bottom of the ninth

Bush league

Curve ball

Designated hitter

Double header

Double play

Double switch

Ducks on the pond

Getting to 1st base (or second or third)

Grand Slam

Hit it out of the park

Home run

In the ballpark

Major league

Minor league

On deck

Out of left field

Pinch hitter

Play in the big leagues Screwball

Setting the table

Squeeze play

Step up to the plate

Strike out

Three strikes and out

Touching base

Triple play

Way off base

The Language of Sports (Update)

The WIKI WORKI. Thanks for all your help. We are up to 99 credible entries and as predicted baseball leads the way with 23 , followed by horse racing with 15 and boxing with 14.
There must be more - I will publish the whole list soon.

Sports and the language

Let's try a little 'crowd sourcing' exercise. The object is to build a database of the contributions of sport to the English language to see just how many there are and how many come from each sport. So as a starter here are a few from baseball which I think may be our eventual winner.

1. Hitting a home run
2. Strike out
3. Three strikes and you're out
4. Hit it out of the park
5. Way off base
6. Curve ball
7. Getting to first base (or second or third)
8. Squeeze play

You get the idea