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Re: Right in his wheelhouse

Posted by ESC on July 06, 2004

In Reply to: Right in his wheelhouse??? posted by Vidhya on July 06, 2004

: What does that and "yank your chain" mean?
: Thankx,
: Vidhya.

From a previous discussion:

TAKE IT INTO THE WHEELHOUSE - ".we're going to take it into this administration's supposed wheelhouse." From "Had Enough: A Handbook for Fighting Back" by James Carville with Jeff Nussbaum (Simon & Schuster, New York, 2003) Page 30.

: "Right in his wheelhouse" is a common expression in U.S. baseball, though I don't know how old it is, or if it originated as a sports expression.

: In baseball, it refers to the location of a pitch that makes it easy to hit for a particular batter.

Wheelhouse -- A hitter's power zone. Usually a pitch waist-high and over the heart of the plate.

From http://www.delugeonline.com/baseball_lingo.html Accessed March 15, 2004.