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Cliche of the day: "the house"

.. in which we highlight a well-worn, nonsensical or jargon-laden word or phrase that has been infecting the world of sports broadcasting.

Today's phrase: "the house."

You can apparently do at least a couple of things with "the house" in football. You can "bring the house" by launching a full-scale blitz, or you can "take it to the house" by scoring a touchdown. Unless you have a motorhome, it just seems a whole lot more convenient to take something there rather than bring it along with you.

This multiple use of "house" might be confusing to someone like me, but woe unto the coach who can't figure out the difference. He might end up losing his job, at which point the bank will "foreclose on the house."

Posted by Ray Frager at 12:30 PM in Cliche of the day | Permalink | Comments (1)

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Ray, I heard Rob Long is jumping ship from 1570 to 1370. That's big news for the newly formed sports station.

Posted by: RickMD | January 12, 2009 3:59 PM

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About Ray Frager

Ray Frager joined The Baltimore Sun’s sports department in 1985 and has been an assistant sports editor for more than 15 years. This is his second stint writing a sports media column for The Baltimore Sun. Most sequels aren't as good as the original, but then, the original wasn't all that great either.

Frager, born in 1957, grew up in northern Delaware (graduating from a high school that since has shut down) and received his bachelor's degree in journalism from Rider College in Lawrenceville, N.J. He worked as a reporter and copy editor at The Trenton Times and The Dallas Morning News before coming to Baltimore.

Surprisingly, if you look at his accompanying photo, Frager is married and has a son and daughter. He enjoys playing basketball and has organized pickup games among members of The Baltimore Sun staff for many years, which means they don't get too mad at him for shooting way too much.

He has a good beat and is easy to dance to. I'd give him an 85.