man up

The next man up would be Bobby Miller, who lasted only three innings in his only major league start this season.

“Our coaches have preached all season ‘next man up’ and go base to base.

It’s refreshing to see a sports columnist “man up” and admit when he’s off the mark.

"You see him play, you see his strengths, but actually playing with him he was a lot cleverer than I thought he was. Back then it was big man, small man up front. Obviously he was the big man and I was running off him - I did a lot of running for him!"

Saxon is the preening alpha male, vocally on the prowl for sex, telling his little brother that he needs to drink more protein shakes and man up.