And I'll never again use a manly baseball metaphor.

I should have known where the baseball metaphor was headed: the player running to second eventually slides under her skirt.

No baseball metaphors, for example, as those can be confusing for foreigners.

It might be difficut to duplicate the effect with a baseball metaphor.

"To use a baseball metaphor, it's like walking the winning run," he said recently.

How appropriate that Judge Roberts, in his opening statement, used a baseball metaphor.

"But he has a weak arm," said the captain, still in a mood for baseball metaphors.

Aware that the World Series is approaching, he reached for a baseball metaphor.

He regularly inserted baseball metaphors and baseball stories into his presidential campaign.