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Latest post Wed, Sep 12 2007 6:10 AM by Vorpar. 2 replies.
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Teo  +  417371 Wed, 12 Sep 07 04:49 AM
In baseball, can we use the phrase "change of possession" do denote the change of defence & offence?
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Thank you very much for your reply.
Grammar Geek  +  417385 Wed, 12 Sep 07 05:43 AM

No, you use that for American football. With baseball, it's simply a new inning or you move from the top to the bottom of the inning.

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Barbara, who answers in American English. My housekeeping skills attest to the truth of the second law of thermodynamics: Left to themselves, things get more and more random!
Vorpar, 2 yr 58 days ago
You can also say "up": "Boston is up."
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