Baseball Buzz Words

• Dirt Dipper: Someone who places the dirt from a baseball infield in his mouth.
• Uni: Short for Uniform.
• Gleek or gleeking: Unique way of spitting
• Wood: A bat made of wood. Ash maple and bamboo or??? Plus some composites (wood and fiberglass) are referred to as wood.
• Dinger: A home run or the impression of a baseball on the hood of your vehicle.
• Homer: (1) A batted ball that flies over the fence in fair territory, or; (2) An umpire whose calls tend to favor the home team.
• Pick: The act of an infielder cleanly fielding a ground ball. Heard Harold Reynolds use this one alot during the LLWS.
• Double header: 2 games played in a row.
• Twi-nighter: 2 games in a row played at night.
• Spitter: A pitch with a foreign substance.
• Shoe string catch: Ball caught just before hitting the ground.
• Baltimore Chop: Ball hit in front of the plate that takes a high hop over the infielders.
• Texas leaguer or lawn dart: Bloop hit over infielder.
• The leather :Baseball glove
• Web Gem : Great plays highlighted on espn and now any great play that would be a web gem if espn were there.
• Strike: A pitch that a batter swings at or a pitch that the umpire feels crosses the strike zone in the right spot.
• Going yard: A home run (also what i tell my wife upon heading out the door on the weekends)
• That ball had hair on it:(Exact meaning unclear) but usually a hot grounder
• Seeing eye single: Hit ball through a gap but not hit hard
• Nasty pitch:Pitch with unusual movement, may also be called dirty,
• Pea rod: Travel of the ball in a straight line
• Ball looked like a watermelon coming in: High fast ball pitch usually swung at and missed
• Digging in: What a batter does when entering the batters box
• Utility player: This guy may be a bench warmer or an all star player acording to his abilties to play multiple positions on the field
• Bench warmer: (May be used with riding pine, getting splinters,sitting out,etc) player who spends a lot of time in the dugout
• Tossed: Getting thrown out of a game or area of play ( been close to it but never actually experienced this) and it happens after some interaction with the umpire
• Rope: A hard hit line drive (which too often results in a multiple base hit)
• Can of corn: A fly ball that is easy for a player to catch; usually refers to a fly ball to the outfield, but can also be used for an infield pop up. (I presume that the term came from the image of a can of corn dropping into a glove ...)
• BigFly : A home run
• Filthy : A pitch that has just gone way beyond 'nasty' ... usually involves embarrassing the batter.
• Wave at the ball : What batters do when they swing at a Filthy curve ball.
  Snowcone : A ball caught in the tip of the webbing
• Referee : What a parent calls an ump when they've been watching way too much s****r (futbol) ... or if they want to pi** off the ump.
• Squeezing the pitcher : What umpires do to pitchers with bad attitudes ... shrink the strikezone
• Punched out : Strike out looking.
• Squeezing the plate : A batter moves up onto the plate to either reach the outside corner of an expanded strikezone or trying to intimidate the pitcher. A confident pitcher will usually ...
• Dust 'em off : What a pitcher does to a batter who squeezes the plate ... usually a fast ball up and in ... to intimidate the batter and set up the outside pitch.
• Dogging it : Being lazy.
• Hang One : When a pitcher throws an offspeed pitch that doesn't move and is up and over the plate, ... often results in a HR.
• Jump on the ball: What batters do to hanging pitches.
• Table is set : Bases loaded.
• Tattoo the ball : A monster hit ... not necessarily a HR, but hit really hard, i.e., leaving an 'impression' on the ball.
• Chin music: A pitch high ans tight right uner the batters chin
• Wiffed: A swingin strike out
• Heater: Fast Ball
• Paiting the black: A pitch on the edge of the platre for a strike
• Buckled his knee's: A pitch that moved the batter back
• Fanned: Swinging strike out
• Brush back: High and tight pitch
• Handcuffed: Inside pitch
• No-no: No Hitter
• Throwing gas: A pitcher who is throwing fast
• Throwing BB's : A pitcher who's pitches are hard to see they are moving so fast
• Looks like an asprin : Same as above
• In the zone: Everything is coming togather for a player
• Sunday Hop: East Ground ball that bounces up to the infielder
• Blooper: Short pop fly just over the infielders
• A Shot: A well hit balll
• Hot Corner: Third Base
• In-the-Hole: A ball it between 2 fielders
• Round Tripper: A home Run
• Real Deal: This player can play
• Stud: Me :)
• Hotdog: A player who shows off
  
• Cycle : The act of hitting a single, double, triple and home run in the same game.
  
• hanger: A curve ball that doesn't break
  
• laser beam: A fastball
  
• bang bang: A quick play
  
• 'tweener: A Ball hit in between the infielders and outfielders
  
• gapper:A Ball hit in the gaps between outfielders
  
• bringing it: Throwing smoke
  
• money: A player who makes the big plays
  
• wheels, rabbit: Fast runner
  
• rabbit ears: Listens to bench jockeys
  
• Uncle Charley: Curve
  
• meat: A fat pitch
  
• punch & judy: Singles hitter
  
• cannon: Strong arm
  
• hit the showers: Pulled from the game