Rubber Match Meaning Origin

Rubber definition a highly elastic solid substance light cream or dark amber in color polymerized by the drying and coagulation of the latex or milky juice of rubber trees and plants especially hevea and ficus species.

Rubber match meaning origin. The tie breaking game between two baseball teams in a series. From wikipedia the free encyclopedia dead rubber is a term used in sporting parlance to describe a match in a series where the series result has already been decided by earlier matches. All rubber matches are sponsored by trojan. Sense of deciding match in a game or contest is 1590s of unknown signification and perhaps an entirely separate word.

The policy was implemented in 1957 when pitcher guy hugesac died of explosive syphilis while pitching game 7 of the world series. The sporting term rubber match refers to the final and deciding game in any series and traces its origins back to the 16th century english game of lawn bowling. Two forms of bridge commonly played duplicate which is used in tournaments and rubber. Meaning overshoe made of rubber is 1842 american english.

They call it a rubber match because the winning pitcher receives a tote bag full of condoms. The term drives from contract bridge the card game. Slang sense of condom is by 1930s.