I think you can only hypothetically "play ball" in Deschutes County because they don't have any players or team sponsors. Or umpires. Other than that, they are all set though.
I don't really know anything about baseball, or grammar really. Wouldn't this be proper since it is making reference to the phrase used to start baseball games?
^ If it was a pun, people will often do something like that (though I posit that it's probably not a very good pun if you have to draw attention to that). In this case, they definitely are using "play ball" because it's what is said at the beginning of a baseball game, but they are also asking you to, literally, play ball.
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ReplyDeleteI think you can only hypothetically "play ball" in Deschutes County because they don't have any players or team sponsors. Or umpires. Other than that, they are all set though.
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ReplyDeleteI don't really know anything about baseball, or grammar really. Wouldn't this be proper since it is making reference to the phrase used to start baseball games?
ReplyDelete^ If it was a pun, people will often do something like that (though I posit that it's probably not a very good pun if you have to draw attention to that). In this case, they definitely are using "play ball" because it's what is said at the beginning of a baseball game, but they are also asking you to, literally, play ball.
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