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In Baseball terminology, an "around-the-horn" double play occurs when the third baseman fields a ground ball and throws it to second for an out. The ball is then relayed by a middle infielder to first base for the second out. Since it is the longest way to make a double play, the term is derived from the nautical route from England to India via the horn of Africa.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 10y agoIt refers to how ships had to sail around Cape Horn before the Panama Canal was built. The term means to throw the ball from 3rd, to 2nd, to 1st.
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