Synonym a Day

Take me out to the ball game, / Take me out to the Diamond View Suites. / Buy me some Dijon-marinated jumbo shrimp and Grgich Hills Chardonnay, / I don’t care ’cause the company will pay. . . . Given the current state of pro sports economics, “Take Me Out to the Ball Game” needs a little updating. And so does the antediluvian notion that fan support is the key to franchise success. (Steve Wulf, Business:  How Suite It Isn’t—Cities Are Winning and Losing Teams Based on How Many Luxury Boxes They Can Offer Greedy Owners,  Time, 7/10/1995, p. 52.)