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Daily Trivia

Where would you use a 'can of corn?'

on Jan 25, 2024

In baseball, a "can of corn" refers to a fly ball that is easy to catch. This phrase reportedly came from an old practice of grocery store clerks, who used to knock unreachable cans off high shelves with a stick and catch them in their work aprons.

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