Baseball English pt 1

Words / Phrases

1.Hit a home run

2.A ballpark figure 

3.Strike out

4.Batting a thousand

5.Play hardball

6.Got to bat for someone

7.Throw a curve ball

8.Touch base

9.To have two strikes

10.On the ball

Sam grew up in a very poor family and wanted to go to college, but he already had two strikes against him because he couldn't speak English very well and he had to work to help his family. After striking out as a chef, he hoped he would hit a home run as a car salesman. Sam did some research to get a ball park figure of how much he could earn and learned that if he really played hardball he could make over $100,00.00 a year. He asked his friend Paul, who worked at a car dealership, to go to bat for him and set up an interview with the owner. Paul knew that Sam was really on the ball and would make a great salesman. During the interview, the owner threw Sam a curveball and told him he would have to improve his English. So Sam studied hard for a year.

One year later, Sam started selling cars and batted a thousand on his first day by selling a car to everyone he spoke to. Sam continues to touch base with all of his customers and enjoys the success that comes with being a fluent English speaker.