Alphabetic Baseball Slang Thread

[G-Fafif]

="Frayed Knot"]Not to be confused with a Cutter, a term for blue-collar townies living in or around Bloomington, Indiana circa 1979

Where the Breaking Away pitch was perfected, IIRC.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Dying Quail-a few more of these-- whether blooper or bleeder-- makes Mario Mendoza "Mario BA Leader"

[G-Fafif]

E-3 Greatest scorebook notation in Mets history.

[Fman99]

Fisting a ball -- hitting a ball off of the narrow part of the bat, near the hands/fists, usually over the infielders' heads for a single.

[Guest themetfairy]

Grapefruit League - The teams that hold their spring training camps and games in Florida (as opposed to Arizona).

[DocTee]

]Fisting a Ball

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Tell the truth: that's not the definition you originally wrote.

[Frayed Knot]

Hose -- a somewhat out-dated slang for throwing arm;
That right fielder has a great hose!

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

In the Hole- when pitcher, short or second fail to show, it's where "fisted balls" are wont to go

(alternatively, if you're looking to peck, it's the guy after the guy on deck)

/Deriving weird enjoyment from the Gene Shalit-ing, thank you

[Fman99]

="DocTee"] ]Fisting a Ball . Tell the truth: that's not the definition you originally wrote.

I am trying to find all the best double entendre baseball terms. In fact...

[Fman99]

Jerk the ball

Hitting the ball hard, often over the fence for a dinger/tater.

[DocTee]

In that case...

Leave 'em Loaded

to have runners on all bases at the end an inning

[Guest Edgy DC]

Skipped K:

keepsake
function: noun

A foul ball into the seating area of a ballpark, so called because the attending fan who first successfully seizes the ball, by long tradition recognized by law*, is permitted to keep the ball free of charge. (Edgy DC)

*A typical game in 1908 uses perhaps six to ten balls (compared to eighty-plus now) because fouls hit into the stands are supposed to be returned to play.

Fans didn't always comply, of course, but the law is on management's side. Durign batting practice in Brooklyn in April 1908, Giants manager John McGraw sends plice into the stands to intimidate people into returnign fouls. Christy Mathewson even tattles on one fan, which isn't very nice, and the poor fellow is arrested. It is nto until 1923 that an eleven-year-old establishes the principle of salvage. Young Reuben Berman was jailed overnight for the crime of refusing to return a ball at Philadelphia's Baker Bowl. In the kind of decision that affirms one's faith in the American judicial system, a judge ruled that "a boy who gets a baseball in the bleachers to take home as a souvenir is acting on the natural impulse of all boys and is not guilty of larceny." After that, foul balls were fair game.
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Murphy, Cait. Crazy '08: How a cast of cranks, rogues, boneheads, and magnates created the greatest year in baseball history. Smithsonian Books (New York). 2008.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Mop Up Duty-Low-pressure/low-prestige relief pitching "opportunity" in which one of the two teams playing is up by a large margin (as opposed to a low-pressure/low-prestige job opportunity at your local adult-video emporium)

[Frayed Knot]

Nasty -- the adjective du jour (along with filthy) that ballplayers and media use to describe hard-to-hit pitching.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

Ole!-An indifferent defensive play, usually with a lazy swipe of the glove-- a la a Spanish bullfighter making a pass-- involved; Bonilla at third.

[Guest Rockin' Doc]

Peg - A strong throw by a fielder.

[Fman99]

quality start

By the book, anytime a starting pitcher goes 6 innings or more and gives up 3 earned runs or less.