Baseball slang

[stinkyboy II]

I enjoy reading the game recaps sprinkled with all the baseball jargon.

 

"On the bump" or "behind the dish" are just a couple I've read.

 

 

How about listing some more of the phrases used around the ballfield.

[sweet16]

Twin killer

[Oldtimebaseball84]

The wifey poo is always giving me a hard time about these....

 

Way to set the table

Ducks on the pond

Bandbox.....

[Theoldguy]

Can of corn

Around the horn

Rope

Sitting on the pine

[I4C]

If your the ace of the staff, you need good cheese. Throw the cutter, uncle Charlie, the Yakker, the backdoor slider, brushback, chin music, high and tight and do this while painting the black from the hill or the bump. Your looking for a punch out or a whiff and what ever you do don't throw the gopher ball, urine ball or the meatball. Then hand it over to the set up man or the fireman so he can nail it down. You usually have someone on the hot corner who can pick it and flash the leather. They sometimes make a circus catch or have a can of corn then throw it around the horn. As a batter you want to hit one on the screws into the alley or hit a frozen rope on the sweet spot. If you hit a dinger or moon shot you get a ribbie or a ribeye steak and get to touch'em all. Your looking for a pitch in your wheel house while your at the dish. You don't want a seeing eye single or a Texas leaguer but you'll take it so your average don't fall below the Mendoza line and never and I mean never hit into the twin killing.

[katbird]

4 bagger

5 tool player

Baltimore Chop

Bender

Big Fly

A Bleeder

Booted

Cheddar

Chopper

Comebacker

Dead Red

Deuce

Duck Snort

Dying Quail

Excuse Me Swing

Flare

Flashing the Leather

Four Fingered Salute

Free Pass

Gamer

Get Off The Schneid

Golden Sombrero

High Heat

Hopper

Intentional Pass

Juiced

Knee Buckler

Lollipop

Meat of the Order

Money Pitch

The Mustard

A No No

On the Black

Pearod

Pick me Up

Pow Wow

Pull the String

Rake

Ribbie

Robbed

Roll a Pair

Rubber Arm

Seed

Set the Table

Shelled

Short Porch

Snow Cone

South Paw

Squibber

Station to Station

Tablesetter

Tater

Tattoo

Texas Leaguer

Toe the Slab

Twin Killing

Uncle Charlie

Wheelhouse

Worm Burner

Edited April 7, 2013 by raiderbird

[Mustang]

Crooked numbers is getting old quick.

[Lawnboy13]

Homerun = a "Johnson"

Batting average = "clip", as in "he is hitting at a .332 clip".

RBI = "rib tickler"

Fastball = "the express"

Screwball = "screwgie"

A weak hit = "dribbler"

Line drive = "laserbeam" or "missile"

Swing an miss = "whif"

 

And the All-Time Best Baseball Slang....Slump Buster.....been there done that. :sssh: :lol2:

[rjs4470]

Punch and Judy Hitter

room service

warning track power

"butcher" or "butcher a play"

bush league

[FullCount2013]

Got Heem.

Sniper.

Choke and poke.

[Playtowin29]

Runners on base="Ducks on the Pond"

[sweet16]

Runners on base="Ducks on the Pond"

 

Love that one

[Clyde]

Atom ball

[justsayin]

Always told my kids (when they were younger) that the Reds couldn't serve beer the rest of the season if they lost on Opening Day.

 

"Why dad?"

 

"You can't serve beer if you lose the Opener!!"

[BlueTip]

Anyone know where the term 'southpaw' came from?