Bat Those Metaphors!

From LanguageHat, a reminder not to mix metaphors:

I hate to trespass on the New Yorker's territory, but I can't resist passing along the headline to this story from the Berkshire Eagle:

Few saw rookie weave mound gem

(In case the story gets taken offline or that fastsearch link doesn't work, the story is about a young Florida Marlins pitcher who threw a no-hitter—the first in the major leagues for two and a half years—before a few thousand people, Florida having pretty much given up on their underachieving team. Oh, and for those who don't know from baseball: "mound" refers to the pitcher's mound, the slight elevation from which the pitcher throws the ball to the batter, sixty feet and six inches away. As to how you're supposed to weave a gem, you're on your own with that. Ask the headline writer.)