Friday, November 23, 2012

souvenir

"A foul ball or home run hit into the stands and kept by a spectator. 1ST USE.1912. 'The Boston players had batted numerous ball in the crowd without attempting to retrieve them, each ball being regarded as a souvenir' (The Sporting Life, Oct. 19; Peter Morris)."
Paul Dickson, The Dickson Baseball Dictionary

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