Shakespearean References
to Baseball



  • "And so I shall catch the fly." - Henry V

  • "I'll catch it ere it come to ground." - Macbeth

  • "A hit, a very palpable hit." - Hamlet

  • "You may go walk." - Taming of the Shrew

  • "Strike!" - Henry IV

  • "For this relief much thanks." - Hamlet

  • "You have scarce time to steal." - Henry VIII

  • "O hateful error." - Julius Caesar

  • "Run, run, O run." - King Lear

  • "Fair is foul, and foul is fair." - Macbeth

  • "My arm is sore." - Antony and Cleopatra

  • "I have no joy in this contract." - Romeo and Juliet

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