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