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The Friday after Thanksgiving, and the unofficial start of the holiday shopping season. It's called "Black" Friday because it indicates the point at which most retailers begin to turn a profit, or when they are "in the black" and no longer in red. On Black Friday, many popular retailers offer large ...
Tough Guy Challenge is an annual racing event to raise cash for charity by challenging thousands of international competitors in a cross country run followed by an assault course consisting of obstacles including water, fire and tunnels. First staged in 1987 in England, the Tough Guy Challenge has ...
A PGA Tour rule designed to limit the number of players to keep the field size manageable. In a 4-round tournament, after two days of competition a certain number of golfers are disqualified based on score and leave unpaid. The top 70 (and ties) play on over the weekend and are guaranteed at least ...
In use since the 8th century BC, the Greek alphabet is the ancestor for many European and Middle Eastern alphbets. Greek letters are also widely used as technical symbols and labels in mathematics, science, engineering and other fields. In its classical and modern forms, the alphabet has 24 ...
When one team is far behind in a game and is about to give up for dead, it sometimes can "crawl back into the game" by scoring a run or two and reviving hope that it might eventually bring out a victory. "The Red Sox crawled back into the game in the fourth inning, with four singles by Kevin ...
To hit a ball hard to the outfield or out of the park, fair or foul. "Jones belts that one deep to left . . . but just foul."
To hit a ball that travels very high and stays in the infield. It's called a pop-foul when it falls or is caught in foul territory. For example, Rondini popped it foul out of play implies that Rondini hit a pop-up or pop-foul that went into the stands where a defender couldn't reach it.
In baseball statistics, save is the successful keeping of a lead by a relief pitcher until the end of the game. A save is credited to a pitcher who fulfills the following three conditions: # The pitcher is the last pitcher in a game won by his team; # The pitcher is not the winning pitcher (For ...
