Are you asked for a Ballpark Estimate?

Origins: In the early days of baseball, when the game was played in open air stadiums, the newspaper always wanted to report how many came to the game. It was hard to get an exact count (and the owners/managers didn’t want to tell them, especially if it was low.) So, they’d simply provide an estimate – give or take a few hundred people. Soon after, any so-so count or estimate as considered a “ballpark figure.” - from our friends at Eastwood Litho