On Friday night, after the Arizona Diamondbacks came into Oracle Park and took the complete path of annihilation by dismantling the San Francisco Giants 18-2, manager Bruce Bochy said that his Giants got “boat raced” by Arizona. So, not knowing what that meant, I looked it up and was kindly given the answer by 247Sports:
“It comes from a rowing competition. It was called The Boat Race. The term boat raced was dubbed because once a boat gained a lead in the competition they could get into the middle of the river where the channel was and were almost assured a win.