The phrase "baseball analogy" refers to using a comparison or example related to the sport of baseball to explain or illustrate a different concept or situation. Full definition
Snider, who now works in arbitration and mediation with JAMS in Toronto gave a lunchtime keynote address replete with baseball analogies, and that's where her list starts — with the pitch:... (slaw.ca)
«To over use the not used often enough baseball analogy, we don't even think we are in the first inning yet,» says Ben Schachter of Macquarie Capital. (fortune.com)
We may never get there though, which is why baseball analogies are sometimes lame. (alephblog.com)