What does “cantilever” stand for in the line, “baseball environment obsessed with the cantilever...
In the New York Times’ (August 5) article titled, “How A-Rod doesn’t add up,” Doug Glanville, ex-outfielder for the Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago Cubs and Texas Rangers tells:
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/08/05/how-a-rod-doesnt-add-up/?hp
“Performance-enhancing drugs thrive in a baseball environment obsessed
with the cantilever between pitcher and hitter, opportunity and
failure, the home run and the glove man, the quantitative and the
qualitative. With all of this balance, numbers often tip the scale,
and when it’s in a player’s interest to use numbers to gain value, he
will do so, especially if his contract depends on it.”
I was drawn to the usage of ‘cantilever’ in the phrase, “obsessed with the cantilever between pitcher and hitter, opportunity and failure ...”
I understand ‘cantilever’ is a projecting beam or structure supported at only one end like a porch supported by steel cantilevers, and it is used figuratively in the above message, but my poor imagination doesn’t go any further.
What does “cantilever between A and B" in opposing position mean? Does it have something to do with conflicting balance, or competing tactics? Could you paraphrase “cantilever” in a plain word?
meaning word-choice
asked Aug 6 '13 at 5:19
Yoichi Oishi♦
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In the New York Times’ (August 5) article titled, “How A-Rod doesn’t add up,” Doug Glanville, ex-outfielder for the Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago Cubs and Texas Rangers tells:
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/08/05/how-a-rod-doesnt-add-up/?hp
“Performance-enhancing drugs thrive in a baseball environment obsessed
with the cantilever between pitcher and hitter, opportunity and
failure, the home run and the glove man, the quantitative and the
qualitative. With all of this balance, numbers often tip the scale,
and when it’s in a player’s interest to use numbers to gain value, he
will do so, especially if his contract depends on it.”
I was drawn to the usage of ‘cantilever’ in the phrase, “obsessed with the cantilever between pitcher and hitter, opportunity and failure ...”
I understand ‘cantilever’ is a projecting beam or structure supported at only one end like a porch supported by steel cantilevers, and it is used figuratively in the above message, but my poor imagination doesn’t go any further.
What does “cantilever between A and B" in opposing position mean? Does it have something to do with conflicting balance, or competing tactics? Could you paraphrase “cantilever” in a plain word?
meaning word-choice
asked Aug 6 '13 at 5:19
Yoichi Oishi♦
34.6k109362737
I think he is considering the balance beam in a pair of scales.
– mplungjan
Aug 6 '13 at 6:51
add a comment |
In the New York Times’ (August 5) article titled, “How A-Rod doesn’t add up,” Doug Glanville, ex-outfielder for the Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago Cubs and Texas Rangers tells:
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/08/05/how-a-rod-doesnt-add-up/?hp
“Performance-enhancing drugs thrive in a baseball environment obsessed
with the cantilever between pitcher and hitter, opportunity and
failure, the home run and the glove man, the quantitative and the
qualitative. With all of this balance, numbers often tip the scale,
and when it’s in a player’s interest to use numbers to gain value, he
will do so, especially if his contract depends on it.”
I was drawn to the usage of ‘cantilever’ in the phrase, “obsessed with the cantilever between pitcher and hitter, opportunity and failure ...”
I understand ‘cantilever’ is a projecting beam or structure supported at only one end like a porch supported by steel cantilevers, and it is used figuratively in the above message, but my poor imagination doesn’t go any further.
What does “cantilever between A and B" in opposing position mean? Does it have something to do with conflicting balance, or competing tactics? Could you paraphrase “cantilever” in a plain word?
meaning word-choice
asked Aug 6 '13 at 5:19
Yoichi Oishi♦
34.6k109362737
In the New York Times’ (August 5) article titled, “How A-Rod doesn’t add up,” Doug Glanville, ex-outfielder for the Philadelphia Phillies, Chicago Cubs and Texas Rangers tells:
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/08/05/how-a-rod-doesnt-add-up/?hp
“Performance-enhancing drugs thrive in a baseball environment obsessed
with the cantilever between pitcher and hitter, opportunity and
failure, the home run and the glove man, the quantitative and the
qualitative. With all of this balance, numbers often tip the scale,
and when it’s in a player’s interest to use numbers to gain value, he
will do so, especially if his contract depends on it.”
I was drawn to the usage of ‘cantilever’ in the phrase, “obsessed with the cantilever between pitcher and hitter, opportunity and failure ...”
I understand ‘cantilever’ is a projecting beam or structure supported at only one end like a porch supported by steel cantilevers, and it is used figuratively in the above message, but my poor imagination doesn’t go any further.
What does “cantilever between A and B" in opposing position mean? Does it have something to do with conflicting balance, or competing tactics? Could you paraphrase “cantilever” in a plain word?
meaning word-choice
meaning word-choice
asked Aug 6 '13 at 5:19
Yoichi Oishi♦
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asked Aug 6 '13 at 5:19
Yoichi Oishi♦
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edited Aug 6 '13 at 7:08
asked Aug 6 '13 at 5:19
Yoichi Oishi♦
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asked Aug 6 '13 at 5:19
Yoichi Oishi♦
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asked Aug 6 '13 at 5:19
Yoichi Oishi♦
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I think he is considering the balance beam in a pair of scales.
– mplungjan
Aug 6 '13 at 6:51
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I think he is considering the balance beam in a pair of scales.
– mplungjan
Aug 6 '13 at 6:51
I think he is considering the balance beam in a pair of scales.
– mplungjan
Aug 6 '13 at 6:51
I think he is considering the balance beam in a pair of scales.
– mplungjan
Aug 6 '13 at 6:51
add a comment |
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I think he is considering/confused by the balance beam in a pair of scales.
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Yeah, I'm thinking they meant fulcrum.
– Bradd Szonye
Aug 6 '13 at 7:57
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Drat THAT was the word I was looking for :) - it is the point where the balance beam is turning about.
– mplungjan
Aug 6 '13 at 8:34
Is it something like a tipping point?
– Yoichi Oishi♦
Aug 6 '13 at 23:24
The fulcrum, yes. But I think the author really was thinking about the two ends of the balancing beam, one being a, the other b and something upsetting the balance
– mplungjan
Aug 7 '13 at 4:11
I asked him to join the discussion :)
– mplungjan
Aug 7 '13 at 4:30
add a comment |
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I think he is considering/confused by the balance beam in a pair of scales.
edited 8 hours ago
Glorfindel
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answered Aug 6 '13 at 6:53
mplungjan
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Yeah, I'm thinking they meant fulcrum.
– Bradd Szonye
Aug 6 '13 at 7:57
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Drat THAT was the word I was looking for :) - it is the point where the balance beam is turning about.
– mplungjan
Aug 6 '13 at 8:34
Is it something like a tipping point?
– Yoichi Oishi♦
Aug 6 '13 at 23:24
The fulcrum, yes. But I think the author really was thinking about the two ends of the balancing beam, one being a, the other b and something upsetting the balance
– mplungjan
Aug 7 '13 at 4:11
I asked him to join the discussion :)
– mplungjan
Aug 7 '13 at 4:30
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I think he is considering/confused by the balance beam in a pair of scales.
edited 8 hours ago
Glorfindel
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answered Aug 6 '13 at 6:53
mplungjan
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Yeah, I'm thinking they meant fulcrum.
– Bradd Szonye
Aug 6 '13 at 7:57
1
Drat THAT was the word I was looking for :) - it is the point where the balance beam is turning about.
– mplungjan
Aug 6 '13 at 8:34
Is it something like a tipping point?
– Yoichi Oishi♦
Aug 6 '13 at 23:24
The fulcrum, yes. But I think the author really was thinking about the two ends of the balancing beam, one being a, the other b and something upsetting the balance
– mplungjan
Aug 7 '13 at 4:11
I asked him to join the discussion :)
– mplungjan
Aug 7 '13 at 4:30
add a comment |
I think he is considering/confused by the balance beam in a pair of scales.
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answered Aug 6 '13 at 6:53
mplungjan
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I think he is considering/confused by the balance beam in a pair of scales.
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Yeah, I'm thinking they meant fulcrum.
– Bradd Szonye
Aug 6 '13 at 7:57
1
Drat THAT was the word I was looking for :) - it is the point where the balance beam is turning about.
– mplungjan
Aug 6 '13 at 8:34
Is it something like a tipping point?
– Yoichi Oishi♦
Aug 6 '13 at 23:24
The fulcrum, yes. But I think the author really was thinking about the two ends of the balancing beam, one being a, the other b and something upsetting the balance
– mplungjan
Aug 7 '13 at 4:11
I asked him to join the discussion :)
– mplungjan
Aug 7 '13 at 4:30
add a comment |
2
Yeah, I'm thinking they meant fulcrum.
– Bradd Szonye
Aug 6 '13 at 7:57
1
Drat THAT was the word I was looking for :) - it is the point where the balance beam is turning about.
– mplungjan
Aug 6 '13 at 8:34
Is it something like a tipping point?
– Yoichi Oishi♦
Aug 6 '13 at 23:24
The fulcrum, yes. But I think the author really was thinking about the two ends of the balancing beam, one being a, the other b and something upsetting the balance
– mplungjan
Aug 7 '13 at 4:11
I asked him to join the discussion :)
– mplungjan
Aug 7 '13 at 4:30
2
2
Yeah, I'm thinking they meant fulcrum.
– Bradd Szonye
Aug 6 '13 at 7:57
Yeah, I'm thinking they meant fulcrum.
– Bradd Szonye
Aug 6 '13 at 7:57
1
1
Drat THAT was the word I was looking for :) - it is the point where the balance beam is turning about.
– mplungjan
Aug 6 '13 at 8:34
Drat THAT was the word I was looking for :) - it is the point where the balance beam is turning about.
– mplungjan
Aug 6 '13 at 8:34
Is it something like a tipping point?
– Yoichi Oishi♦
Aug 6 '13 at 23:24
Is it something like a tipping point?
– Yoichi Oishi♦
Aug 6 '13 at 23:24
The fulcrum, yes. But I think the author really was thinking about the two ends of the balancing beam, one being a, the other b and something upsetting the balance
– mplungjan
Aug 7 '13 at 4:11
The fulcrum, yes. But I think the author really was thinking about the two ends of the balancing beam, one being a, the other b and something upsetting the balance
– mplungjan
Aug 7 '13 at 4:11
I asked him to join the discussion :)
– mplungjan
Aug 7 '13 at 4:30
I asked him to join the discussion :)
– mplungjan
Aug 7 '13 at 4:30
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I think he is considering the balance beam in a pair of scales.
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