Monday, April 20, 2015

Butchering the language

"Three-time Boston Marathon winner Bill Rodgers threw out the ceremonial first pitch. It reached Wade Miley, Boston's left-handed pitcher who was behind the plate, on a fly."

As opposed to "on the fly."  Pick your mental image for the way the AP worded it: do you prefer your flies mighty or squashed?

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