Baseball slang for the ball itself, referring to the hide of a horse that was historically used to make the outer casing of baseballs before cowhide became standard in the mid-20th century.
Baseball slang for the ball itself, referring to the hide of a horse that was historically used to make the outer casing of baseballs before cowhide became standard in the mid-20th century. The term carries a pleasantly antiquated, golden-age-of-baseball feel, often used nostalgically or in sports writing that wants to evoke the game's long history. A pitcher delivering horsehide to the plate sounds more poetic than simply throwing the ball.
He'd been throwing horsehide since he was eight years old, and by sixteen the scouts were already taking notes.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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(baseball, slang) A baseball.
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Hide of a horse.
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