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From the common use of the expression in U.S. newspaper reports of trades of professional sports players between teams, especially in baseball.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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From the common use of the expression in U.S. newspaper reports of trades of professional sports players between teams, especially in baseball.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.