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noun
- (baseball) An easily caught fly ball
- He hits a to left.
Etymology: The phrase, first used in 1896, makes reference to a long-ago practice where a grocer would use a stick to tip a can of vegetables off a high shelf, then catch it in his hands or outstretched apron. (See http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/baseball/33209_aguy30.shtml Seattle Post Intelligencer - Sports Answer Guy article)
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