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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
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come down the pipe
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In a game Dodgers manager Joe Torre said his club needed to win, Ramirez put the team on his back by going 4-for-5 with a double, homer and three RBIs in Los Angeles' 9-3 win over first-place Arizona on Sunday.
"It's nice to have that type of player," Torre said. "There aren't that many guys like that that come down the pipe [with] that ability that he has to hit."
Ramirez missed a cycle by a triple in only his third game wearing Dodger Blue. He gave the Dodgers an early lead with an RBI single in the first and followed with an RBI double in the second and a solo homer in the fifth.
This is an article from MLB com.
http://losangeles.dodgers.mlb.com/news/gameday_recap.jsp?ymd=20080803&content_id=3246934&vkey=recap&fext=.jsp&c_id=la
I cannot get the phrase "come down the pipe". What does it mean?
Thank you in advance.
In a game Dodgers manager Joe Torre said his club needed to win, Ramirez put the team on his back by going 4-for-5 with a double, homer and three RBIs in Los Angeles' 9-3 win over first-place Arizona on Sunday.
"It's nice to have that type of player," Torre said. "There aren't that many guys like that that come down the pipe [with] that ability that he has to hit."
Ramirez missed a cycle by a triple in only his third game wearing Dodger Blue. He gave the Dodgers an early lead with an RBI single in the first and followed with an RBI double in the second and a solo homer in the fifth.
This is an article from MLB com.
http://losangeles.dodgers.mlb.com/news/gameday_recap.jsp?ymd=20080803&content_id=3246934&vkey=recap&fext=.jsp&c_id=la
I cannot get the phrase "come down the pipe". What does it mean?
Thank you in advance.
Top answer
Hi, Try looking up 'come down the pike '. A pike is a road. Not many good players come down the pike means not many appear.
- Hi, Try looking up 'come down the pike '.
- A pike is a road.
- Not many good players come down the pike means not many appear.
- ie they are hard to find.
- Clive
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Hi,
Try looking up 'come down the pike'. A pike is a road.
Not many good players come down the pike means not many appear. ie they are hard to find.
Clive
Try looking up 'come down the pike'. A pike is a road.
Not many good players come down the pike means not many appear. ie they are hard to find.
Clive
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Hi Clives
Thank you for the quick answer. You will be right. "Come down the pike" makes sense in this context. So "come down the pipe" must a malapropism of "come down the pike". I think Joe Torre is too well educated to use a word correctly. Thanks.
Thank you for the quick answer. You will be right. "Come down the pike" makes sense in this context. So "come down the pipe" must a malapropism of "come down the pike". I think Joe Torre is too well educated to use a word correctly. Thanks.
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