Effectively Wild Episode 2072: Can You Take Me Higher (or Lower)
Effectively Wild: A FanGraphs Baseball Podcast
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The History and Phonological Constraints of 'Balls and Strikes'
Exploring the origins of the terms 'balls and strikes' in baseball and the linguistic phenomenon of irreversible binomials. The chapter discusses the influence of historical factors, phonological constraints, and cultural influences on the order of the terms.
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