All things baseball
What does "all things baseball" mean in the following newspaper quote? How does the noun "baseball" function? My guess is that "baseball" is used as a pseudo-adjective to modify "all things" from behind and that "all things baseball" means "all things about baseball. Am I all wrong?
“This guy [Shohei Otani] consumes all things baseball,” Eppler [Angels' GM] said. “There is not a lot else going on in his world but baseball and training. He does like to read a lot.”
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green piano 782 My guess is that "baseball" is used as a pseudo-adjective to modify "all things" from behind and that "all things baseball" means "all things about baseball. Am I all wrong? No, you are correct.
- green piano 782 My guess is that "baseball" is used as a pseudo-adjective to modify "all things" from behind and that "all things baseball" means "all things about baseball.
- Am I all wrong?
- No, you are correct.
- The structure is indeed odd, but it is a common casual phrase ('all things' + topic): Patricia Field is the go-to woman for all things fashion in film and television.
- An avid Tar Heel fan, Wilson devotes his spare time to following all things UNC.
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green piano 782My guess is that "baseball" is used as a pseudo-adjective to modify "all things" from behind and that "all things baseball" means "all things about baseball. Am I all wrong?
No, you are correct. The structure is indeed odd, but it is a common casual phrase ('all things' + topic):
Patricia Field is the go-to woman for all things fash
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