What does 'The Foxes are up to bat and down by a point' mean?
Does this mean the Foxes are behind their opponent by one point?
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Only uneducated old people watch baseball when boxing, tennis, ice hockey, and verismo opera are available.– RickyCommented Jan 23, 2016 at 1:43
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3Ricky should be banned from attempting humor.– GEdgarCommented Jan 23, 2016 at 1:51
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1Point? That's not baseball. You're thinking backgammon.– jimm101Commented Jan 23, 2016 at 2:15
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If you have not gotten a good answer, try sports.stackexchange.com– ab2Commented Jan 24, 2016 at 1:17
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Yes, that's a correct assumption.
Also, "up to bat" is a reference for being your turn to attack on baseball. Source.
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Is "down by a point" different from "one down"? It confuses me because when we say "one down," I think it means there are things that need to be accomplished...say 3 for example. And means, you've accomplished one and you have 2 more to go.– marsceCommented Jan 23, 2016 at 1:43
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To be even more confusing it is context dependent - you could be “1 down” if one player is in the penalty box.– JimCommented Jan 23, 2016 at 2:24
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1The reference is probably to cricket not baseball because baseball uses runs not points– JimCommented Jan 23, 2016 at 2:26
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1Baseball never calls runs "points," so this is some kind of convoluted metaphor. The linked article only mentions points because if you don't understand baseball, "points" is a way to explain what "runs" means. (Actually, they could have used "scores" too.) But within the game of baseball itself, no one says "points." Ever. Commented Jan 23, 2016 at 3:35