English
Etymology
Bottom, from the home team's location below visitors on the scoreboard; ninth from the number of innings in a baseball game.
Noun
bottom of the ninth, bottom of the 9th
#In baseball, the second part of the ninth and final inning. The end of the game.
#:Hitting a home_run with the bases_loaded in the bottom of the ninth let the home team finish ahead of the visitors.
#idiom By extension, any last chance or final opportunity.
See also
w:Baseball|Wikipedia article on baseball.
w:Innings|Wikipedia article on innings.
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