Isn't LOOGY a CPF original?

[Centerfield]

I thought we* invented the term. Has it caught on?

Scroll down to the second entry:

http://www.metsblog.com/

*By "we" I mean, not me, but someone else here.

[Ceetar]

I thought we* invented the term. Has it caught on?

Scroll down to the second entry:

http://www.metsblog.com/

*By "we" I mean, not me, but someone else here.[/quote:1yg5xc5r]


I've heard it mentioned for a while now, so it's caught on. No idea where it originated. It's credited to baseball prospectus in Wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Left-handed_specialist

[metirish]

Gun to my head I would have said Vic Sage coined the term.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Me, I'd give the credit to whoever was holding the gun to my head.

[Frayed Knot]

You may have heard the term here first but I'm virtually positive that it's not a CPF-coined term.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Yeah, it wasn't here, though I'll cop to being an early adopter of the phrase.

[Guest metsguyinmichigan]

Me, I'd give the credit to whoever was holding the gun to my head.[/quote:166m3zmj]

Bad ass! And that gun is loaded with a bullet of cool!

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

I am fairly sure it was a Baseball Prospectus coinage. (Can't seem to find the exact sourcing.)

[ashie62]

loogy
Loogy is a term for a left handed specialist relief pitcher in baseball. It comes from Left Only One Out Guy.
Hafner is coming up so they'll get their loogy ready

Comes up in the Urban dictionary but alas, no derivation