double-headers

A person familiar with talks between baseball's owners and players' union over a new labor deal said players would be willing to play more double-headers in order to get more days off.

Baseball Needs Its Own '9-9-9' Plan Matthew Futterman 2011

Christmas Day and Boxing Day double-headers were a routine part of the fixture list until 1957 and, although a handful of clubs ploughed on with hosting matches on 25 December, they had generally fallen out of favour by 1963, when the most remarkable Boxing Day on record produced 157 goals in 39 games.

How Boxing Day sport became a permanent fixture in our hearts | Rob Bagchi 2011

What about kissing hands and shaking babies at soap-box derby double-headers, and shooting your Brownie Hawkeye at a plate of ham and eggs on biscuits and gravy from sea to shining sea!

Ellis Weiner: An Open Ransom Note to the American People 2008

Coming in the summer with good weather across the country, it's a day or long weekend of parades, outings, various other celebratory events, and baseball at all levels that many years ago often meant major league "double-headers" that was a big occasion for young boys, like this writer, growing up in "big league" cities whose dads took them out for an endless day at the ballpark.

Independence Day Hypocrisy 2007

Coming in the summer with good weather across the country, it's a day or long weekend of parades, outings, various other celebratory events, and baseball at all levels that many years ago often meant major league "double-headers" that was a big occasion for young boys, like this writer, growing up in "big league" cities whose dads took them out for an endless day at the ballpark.

Independence Day Hypocrisy 2007

Not bad double-headers for Perfumed Princes who can barely tell a foxhole from a bidet.

01/25/2005 2005

Coming in the summer with good weather across the country, it's a day of parades, outings, and baseball at all levels that many years ago nearly always meant so-called major league double-headers that was a big occasion for young boys growing up in "big league" cities whose dads took them out for an endless day at the ballpark.

Holiday Hypocrisy 2007

Coming in the summer with good weather across the country, it's a day of parades, outings, and baseball at all levels that many years ago nearly always meant so-called major league double-headers that was a big occasion for young boys growing up in "big league" cities whose dads took them out for an endless day at the ballpark.

Holiday Hypocrisy 2007

Not bad double-headers for Perfumed Princes who can barely tell a foxhole from a bidet.

THE NEWS BLOG 2005

The Athletics had hosted the White Sox for three double-headers on the three days before their trip to Cleveland, and Rommel had worked two innings on Friday and three more on Saturday.

The Neyer/James Guide To Pitchers Bill James Rob Neyer 2004