Currently used to suggest that women are impressed by feats of strength or spectacular heroics. The phrase entered the pop culture vocabulary through a 1998 Nike ad featuring All-Star baseball players Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine, and Mark McGwire. In it the two skinny pitchers go on an intense training program to become home run hitters like beefy Mark McGwire.
Q: Bro, why did you run into traffic to save that hot girl's dog? You could have been killed.
A: You know . . . chicks dig the long ball.
A: You know . . . chicks dig the long ball.
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