God knows I'm not the person to ask as an expert about cricket (kalypso_v, are you out there?). But yes, I'm pretty sure that a box in that sense is some kind of armour-plated jockstrap.
I believe the plate is the thing the batter (hitter?) stands on in order to have balls thrown at him in baseball. Whether it's a real plate or a metaphorical one, metal or ceramic, I've no idea - though it hardly matters in the political usage, where I guess it translates to "stand up and be counted", or similar.
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Date: 2009-10-21 04:19 pm (UTC)I believe the plate is the thing the batter (hitter?) stands on in order to have balls thrown at him in baseball. Whether it's a real plate or a metaphorical one, metal or ceramic, I've no idea - though it hardly matters in the political usage, where I guess it translates to "stand up and be counted", or similar.