From albatross to Row Z, this is your guide to the meanings and origins of hundreds of sporting terms and phrases as used by writers, sports professionals, commentators and fans alike.
With such examples as pie throwing in cricket, the golden sombrero in baseball and handbags in football, the language of sport is often far removed from its logical meaning and these fanciful,
creative and amusing usages allow us to look at the sports we love from a humorous and intriguing angle.
Talking Balls leads stranded fans out of the corridor of uncertainty making them a fancy Dan amongst their friends or the M.V.P. when it comes to understanding the fascinating language and
expressions of sport.
