http://www.word-detective.com/2013/02/hat-trick/ Semper Ubi Sub Ubi Wed, 20 Mar 2013 19:32:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.word-detective.com/2013/02/hat-trick/comment-page-1/#comment-55867 Petronella Tue, 26 Feb 2013 18:49:24 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/?p=8584#comment-55867 Did you spot that the Wikipedia entry for "mopery" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mopery) referred to The Word Detective,Issue of January 15, 2002, as a source? I didn't check it out, but it seems pretty cool to be named as a source in Wiki... Petronella. Did you spot that the Wikipedia entry for “mopery” (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mopery) referred to The Word Detective,Issue of January 15, 2002, as a source?
I didn’t check it out, but it seems pretty cool to be named as a source in Wiki…
Petronella.

]]> http://www.word-detective.com/2013/02/hat-trick/comment-page-1/#comment-55793 julie Sat, 23 Feb 2013 23:20:01 +0000 http://www.word-detective.com/?p=8584#comment-55793 A "hat trick" in baseball is when a player hits three HRs in a single game. The feat you referred to above (single, double, triple, HR) is called "hitting for the cycle". A “hat trick” in baseball is when a player hits three HRs in a single game. The feat you referred to above (single, double, triple, HR) is called “hitting for the cycle”.

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