Talk:ballpark

When did "ballpark" become a verb? Can someone provide an early citation?

Etymology of figurative sense
For us Europeans it might be useful to explain the figurative sense a bit more in terms of where it came from. Does it have something to do with hitting in baseball? Is "in the ballpark" an expression in baseball? But I thought that hitting the ball out of the stadium was a good thing, is it not? (Most of us really don't know the first thing about baseball. I suppose calling Americans ignorant is a bit of a glass-house thing.) 90.186.170.236 09:00, 10 April 2019 (UTC)


 * See ballpark figure for more etymological information. Inner Focus (talk) 18:55, 8 May 2023 (UTC)

Usage in Australia (and elsewhere)
The term "ballpark figure" seems to be well understood in Australia, AFAIK (I am not a native speaker). Could somebody attest to this? If true, I'd suggest to extend or (if also common in the UK, in particular) drop the limitation "US". --CRau080 (talk) 15:30, 8 May 2020 (UTC)