inside baseball | Idiomator

Meaning: (US,idiomatic,baseball)Technical matters concerningbaseballgenerally not apparent or of interest tospectators.1914,Paul Withington,Lothrop Withington,The Book of Athletics, Lothrop, Lee & Shepard:There always has been a tendency to overlook the catcher, possibly because so much of him is covered up during the game, but more because the greatest part of his work isinside baseballand of the kind which the general public can neither see nor appreciate.1993, Michael A. Katovich, “Humor in Baseball: Functions and Dysfunctions”, inThe Journal of American Culture, volume16, number 2, pages7–16:Here, the game is marked by the "little things" that have come to be defined as "inside baseball".; (US,idiomatic,by extension)Matters of interest only toinsiders.2003, Sam Hirsch, “The United States House of Unrepresentatives: What Went Wrong in the Latest Round of Congressional Redistricting”, inElection Law Journal, volume 2, number 2, pages179–216:But in fact, redistricting remained very much a game ofinside baseball.2015June 11, Paul Ford, “What is Code?”, inBloomberg‎[1]:[…]the moreinside-baseballthe name, the nerdier the subject matter.

Examples:

EN: It's just too much inside baseball, you know?
ES: Es mucho lo que hay en juego, ¿sabes?
EN: The words "Nobel Peace Prize" were in two separate wire stories, so I don't have to play your game of inside baseball today.
ES: La frase "Nóbel de la Paz" Se ha oído para dos hechos distintos, Así que hoy no tengo que jugar tu juego.
EN: It sounds like inside baseball.
ES: Parece un juego de béisbol.
EN: That's inside baseball.
ES: Es algo interno.
EN: The details on the disaster projections are very inside baseball.
ES: Los detalles de los pronósticos de los desastres es trabajo interno.
EN: Not to get too inside baseball on you, but I need you to blow the thing up.
ES: No quiero aburriros con muchos tecnicismos, pero necesito que hagáis estallar esa cosa.
EN: I mean, these things are usually inside baseball.
ES: Me refiero a estas cosas suelen estar dentro del béisbol. No.
EN: Very inside baseball, that selection.
ES: Una elección muy poco ortodoxa.
EN: We don't call it inside baseball for nothing.
ES: No lo llamamos béisbol profesional por nada.
EN: We're playing inside baseball Hollywood executive Celebrity.
ES: Estamos jugando a Béisbol de Celebridades de Hollywood.
EN: Maybe Maggie can give us some inside baseball on the State's case.
ES: Quizás Maggie pueda darnos información de la fiscalía.
EN: I'll be less inside baseball. Maybe I change my name?
ES: Seré menos... aficionado, ¿quizá me cambie el nombre?
EN: Um, it's real inside baseball, but basically, a while ago I happened to have some lunch in the cafeteria with a few superheroes.
ES: Um, es real dentro del béisbol, pero básicamente, hace un tiempo almorcé algo en la cafetería con algunos superhéroes.
EN: "For people who don't speak inside baseball."
HI: "जो लोग बोलते नहीं/ भीतर ही भीतर /
EN: For me, I think we've had enough weeks of inside baseball, lol.
HI: मुझे लगता है कि हम हफ्तों के लिए वेशभूषा में पहने हुए थे, लॉल!

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