One of my kids asked me "Why do they call it a double-header?" (baseball) Anyone?

Question

One of my kids asked me "Why do they call it a double-header?" (baseball) Anyone?

Answer 1

2 games in one day is a double header.

Answer 2

two teams play each other back to back in the same day

Answer 3

cuz you go "head-to-head" with a team twice in one day

Answer 4

THey go "head-to-head" and play two games; the second directly after or very soon after the first game.

Answer 5

Means a team playing 2 games in a day. If a game gets postponed due to weather.. they will make it up in the season and play 2 games in one day.

Answer 6

Two head-to head games probably coined by a sports writer....Ernie Banks would say.........Let's play two

Answer 7

The two teams are going "Head to Head" in a game.  (The term 'head to head' is garnered from the way two rams butt heads to compete.)   Two games played in a single evening or on the same day would be 2 "head to head" games, or  a "Double Header".