Can of corn
From Fresh Dictionary
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English
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Nominal phrase
can of corn
- (baseball) An easily caught fly ball
- He hits a can of corn to left.
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Source
The phrase, first used in 1896, makes reference to a long-ago practice where a grocer would use a stick to tip a can of vegetables off a high shelf, then catch it in his hands or outstretched apron. (See Seattle Post Intelligencer - Sports Answer Guy article)