A list of 21 words by pomegranate.
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- brushback appears on 4 other lists
- shoestring catch appears on 2 other lists
- screwball appears on 13 other lists
- seventh-inning stretch appears on just this list
- cutoff man appears on just this list
- suicide squeeze appears on 4 other lists
- tater appears on 6 other lists
- twi-night appears on just this list
- stand-up double appears on 1 other list
- foul tip appears on 2 other lists
- texas leaguer appears on 1 other list
- submarine appears on 27 other lists
- southpaw appears on 20 other lists
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- payoff pitch appears on just this list
rqsulfates yes.it really has
Apr 26, 2012
bilby Where's your knuckleball? Apr 26, 2012
pomegranate Reesetee, I'd never heard of that one, but it actually makes more sense. Dec 6, 2007
reesetee I've also heard "chin music" used more generally to refer to gossip or idle chatter. Wonder which came first? Dec 6, 2007
bilby I just like a guy who can play with a smile on his face even under pressure, who brings that kid-in-the-park excitement to the game when he connects.
The list is coming on promisingly, I'm sure you'll find lots of lovely jargon for this :-) Dec 6, 2007
pomegranate Vlad was a great ballplayer. I wish he'd never left the Expos... er... Nats. "Dinger" is okay, but "tater" means the exact same thing and is better IMO. Dec 6, 2007
bilby That's grand. Dinger and no-no are a couple of my favourites. I confess to being a huge Vladimir Guerrero fan. Dec 5, 2007
pomegranate Bilby, yes. "Chin music" is widely used in baseball to mean exactly that. There's also the "brushback pitch," "establishing the inside corner," "sending a message," and, in some cases, "retaliation." Dec 5, 2007
bilby Do they use the expression chin-music in baseball? We do in cricket for a ball which gets uncomfortably close to the head. I'm told this term comes from the West Indies where both cricket and Bob Marley are kind of religions. Dec 5, 2007