Where would politics be without baseball? Probably out in left field
What’s the No. 1 sport in America?
If you said baseball, we’ll award you first base. But if you guessed presidential politics, well then, you’ve now hit a home run. After all, without the language of baseball, even a Trump political rally might turn boring.
Baseball may no longer be No. 1 in the hearts of USA sports fans, but baseball idioms (e.g., “It’s a brand new ballgame”) have become the literary fabric covering nearly every part of our lives. The language of baseball is never more prominent than on the political trail or in the reporter’s den.
Here then are political headlines, collected from the future, in baseball-speak:
Heading to the Convention
• Sanders, Cruz, Kasich Down to Their Last Out
• Trump Strategist: “We’re in the Big Leagues Now”
• Strategists to Hillary: Take One Base at a Time
• Rubio Steps Up to the Plate to Support Republican Candidate
• Grandstanding Sanders Declares: “It Ain’t Over ‘Til It’s Over”
• Republican Leaders Plan to Play Hardball at Convention
• Heavy Hitters Start to Throw Money at Clinton
• Democrats to Swing for the Fences in November
• Trump Takes Rain-Check on Attending Sacramento Rally
• Bill Pinch Hits for Hilary at New York City Rally
The Debates
• Right Off the Bat, Clinton-Trump Debate Turns Unruly
• Trump Pitches Shutout in 1st Trump-Clinton Debate
• After Debate #2, It’s a Whole New Ballgame
• Hillary’s Wheelhouse? Foreign Policy
• Trump Said to Have Two Strikes Against Him in November
• Clinton Whiffs on Economic Issues at Debate #3
• Bush League Move by Clinton Said to Backfire
• Trump Knocks It Out of the Park in Debate #4
• Clinton-Trump Go Extra Innings in California Forum
The Headlines from
November 1st
• The Final Push: It’s Hit or Miss for Trump
• Clinton Remarks Said to be Off-Base
• After Brushback, Clinton Fires Fastball past Trump
• Now Coming in from the Bullpen: William J. Clinton