Around the Horn

Many of us associate this with motion of when a pitcher strikes out a batter with no men on base and proceeds to throw the ball to third baseman who in turns throws to second base and finally onto first base.

Around The Horn actually refers to a double play in which the third baseman fields a ground ball and throws to the second baseman, who forces a runner at second base and then throws to the first baseman to retire the batter. Thus resulting in the 5-4-3 double play. The term derives from the custom of ships to take the long route around Cape Horn at the tip of South America to get from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean, or vice versa, before the construction of the Panama Canal.