# How to get to first base

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-to-first-base/217001>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [December 4, 2003, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-to-first-base/217001 "2003-12-04T20:03:34Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Faldage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Faldage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Faldage)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2003, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-to-first-base/217001/1 "2003-12-04T20:03:34Z")

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Cecil blew it [here](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_299.html) when he left out being put in as a pinch runner.

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**Author:** ![John\_W.Kennedy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_w.kennedy/32/1031_2.png) [@John\_W.Kennedy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_W.Kennedy)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2003, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-to-first-base/217001/2 "2003-12-05T02:23:07Z")

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I’m not sure that “being put in as a pinch runner” is quite within the spirit of the question.

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**Author:** ![moriah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b2d939/32.png) [@moriah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moriah)\
**Post date:** [December 5, 2003, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-get-to-first-base/217001/3 "2003-12-05T04:24:17Z")

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Wrong forum.

Already two threads about this in Comments on Cecil’s Columns.

Peace.