English Dictionary

inside baseball

名詞

アメリカ英語 慣用表現 不可算名詞 広義

(US, idiomatic, baseball) Technical matters concerning baseball generally not apparent or of interest to spectators. / (US, idiomatic, by extension) Matters of interest only to insiders.

日本語の意味

野球において、技術的な事柄や内輪情報に関する内容で、観客にはあまり明らかでなかったり、興味を引かれにくい情報。 / 比喩的に、内部の関係者だけが関心を持つ事柄や内容。

The podcast often drifted into inside baseball, analyzing pitch spin rates and lineup construction in ways that bored casual fans.

そのポッドキャストはしばしば野球の専門的な話題に深入りし、球のスピンレートや打線の構成を分析して一般的なファンを退屈させていた。

意味（1）

(US, idiomatic, baseball) Technical matters concerning baseball generally not apparent or of interest to spectators.

There always has been a tendency to overlook the catcher, possibly because so much of him is covered up during the game, but more because the greatest part of his work is inside baseball and of the kind which the general public can neither see nor appreciate.

意味（2）

(US, idiomatic, by extension) Matters of interest only to insiders.

But in fact, redistricting remained very much a game of inside baseball.