Perhaps cruel and unusual punishment is the eye of the beholder.
Whaddo I know.
ex: saying "there's only fair in baseball"
AI Overview
The saying is usually, "
It's only fair if it stays fair" (or a similar phrasing).
This phrase plays on the double meaning of the word "fair" in English:
- Just and equitable, as in the general concept of fairness in life.
- Within the designated playing boundaries of the baseball field.
The saying highlights that unlike life, where an outcome might be considered unfair in a moral sense, in baseball, the rules are black and white: a hit is only "fair" (in-bounds) if it remains in fair territory based on strict rules about where it lands or is touched. A ball that looks like a good hit but lands or rolls foul before passing first or third base is simply a foul ball (a strike or dead ball), regardless of how "fair" the hit seemed initially.
It humorously implies that while life may be unfair, baseball operates on a strict, literal interpretation of "fairness" defined by the field's lines.
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"Humorously."
Ha ha, very funny, motherfucker.