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It's not referring to air travel. It's a baseball term (which I only know because he mentioned it earlier in the essay). "In baseball, one says that a slug
by sparky_z 12y ago
It's not referring to air travel. It's a baseball term (which I only know because he mentioned it earlier in the essay).
"In baseball, one says that a slugger has flied out; no mere mortal has ever "flown out" to center field."
- bhrgunatha 12y agoIt seems I skimmed the whole thing a bit too quickly. I didn't realise it was a baseball term. It sounds so wrong to me.
- ezequiel-garzon 12y agoSame here, but as a non-native speaker fairly common expressions (in the US) such as "I should've went" and "I should've came" sound way worse!
- toothbrush 12y agoThose sound awful by any account.