First world play? Third world play?

[Tog Gee]

From context I think I have an idea of what these terms mean, but can someone please just explain it to me?

Toggy

[Thunderheads]

1 hour ago, Toggy said:

From context I think I have an idea of what these terms mean, but can someone please just explain it to me?

Toggy

Iv'e never heard of a First World, ....but Third World is basically just a once in a lifetime play (think-third world country-very remote and obscure)

[maven]

C'mon guys: "third world" is so 1958—countries not either in NATO (First World) or Warsaw Pact (Second World).

"Developing country plays" has no mojo. I can't recommend it.

So maybe we need a new term: how about "infinitesimals?" As in, the probability of their happening is...you know...infinitesimal. 

Maybe that's not catchy enough. "[Near] zero probability plays," or ZIPS? That will offend only Akron U. alumni. 

 

[stevis]

Whiskey Tangos?  (As in, Whiskey-Tango-Foxtrot...)

[ousafe]

I've always thought it referred to the relative development level of the baseball players involved. Like a crazy play you might see at a young rec league game, but never in an MLB game, because a pro would never do whatever crazy thing that happened.