Nobody wants to be in my pants right now

This beauty was noted in an article in The Athletic. Twenty years ago, after blowing the lead in a critical playoff game for the Minnesota Twins (https://theathletic.com/mlb/team/twins/), Juan Rincón described how he felt (https://nypost.com/2004/10/10/rincon-sets-up-doom/): “Nobody wants to be in my pants right now.” This is a mashup of “wear the pants” (being in charge or in control, usually of a family or household) and “be in (someone’s) shoes” (to share a particular experience with someone else). As my friend Mark Green said, “what a jock”. A tip of the cap to Martin Pietrucha for spotting this one and sending it in!



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