"Player X really stepped up (another cliché) and gave 110 percent (cliché) when the game was on the line (cliché)." Roughly translated, free of clichés, the above should read: Player X has ...

and lacing a line-drive double to right-center off last year’s Cy Young Award winner. Because of that opposite cliche: Spring evaluations are really hard. 1. “It’s spring training for ...