The ball’s in their hands

Conservative activist and Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk said Monday he is trusting the Trump administration to handle the files related to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein:

“Honestly, I’m done talking about Epstein for the time being. I’m going to trust my friends in the administration, I’m going to trust my friends in the government to do what needs to be done, solve it, ball’s in their hands,” he continued.

This is a congruent conflation of “the ball’s in your court” and “in your hands”, both meaning under one’s control or in possession.  Certainly you catch a ball with your hands so the mind sees “ball” and attaches that word to “hand”. in all likelihood.  “Out of our hands” may also be in the mix, although the meaning is the complete opposite to what the speaker was trying to convey.  Given the context, a Freudian slip?

Kudos to Mike Kovacs for spotting this one and sending it in!