Time_Sports. 89 CONNECTTWEETCOMMENTEMAILMORE. Baseball's biggest hitters will muscle up and swing for the fences Monday night in the 2016 MLB Home Run Derby. In San Diego's Petco Park, Todd Frazier will look to defend his Derby title, facing off against a field off Derby vets and rookies.
An ancient unit of linear measure, originally equal to the length of the forearm from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow, or about 17 to 22 inches (43 to 56 centimeters). [Middle English. , from Latin. , cubit, elbow .].
Cubit: In ancient Egypt, a cubit was the distance from the elbow to the fingertips. Today a cubit is about 18 inches. Lick: A Lick was used by the Greeks to measure the distance from the tip of the thumb to the tip of the index finger.Pace: The ancient Roman soldiers marched in paces, which were the length of a double step, about 5 feet; 1,000 paces was a mile.ubit: In ancient Egypt, a cubit was the distance from the elbow to the fingertips. Today a cubit is about 18 inches. Lick: A Lick was used by the Greeks to measure the distance from the tip of the thumb to the tip of the index finger.