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  • noun US, idiomatic, slang, baseball A player, coach or manager who verbally annoys and distracts opposition players and umpires from his team's dugout bench.

Etymologies

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As verbal jousting is frequently called "riding", the the "rider" sitting on a bench came to became known as the bench jockey.

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