Baseball Lingo

Originally posted by NetShrine
Legend has it that Ellie Howard use to sharpen the buckles on his shin guard straps and slice a grove into the ball before returning it to the mound. There's all kinds of tricks.

Jay Howell got busted for using pinetar in a NLCS game - - to improve the grip on his curve.

Elston Howard used to do this? Wow. I figured that was something you wouldn't see anymore or even back then.

I'm surprised no one just didn't decide to give the ball a bath in cocoa butter or bring a buffing machine to the mound. Everything else has been done so why not?

[nyy26wc]

Originally posted by Yogi#8Fan
It was one of those Saturday AM toons when they actually were toons. Afterward, I started seeing the basket catch and lots more. Someone said he'd worn his cap two sizes too small so they'd fall off his head to demonstrate he was hustling down for the base, but that's just what I'd heard.

Mays has admitted that his cap was 2 sizes too big, so he would fall off his head.

Originally posted by nyy26wc
Mays has admitted that his cap was 2 sizes too big, so he would fall off his head.

2 sizes too big or too small? Hmmmm, so he would fall off his head or it would fall off his head? Hmmmmm.

[95mph]

Originally posted by Yogi#8Fan
AAA or AA -- a very underperforming MLB team like Tampa Bay or Expos

[nyy26wc]

Originally posted by Yogi#8Fan
2 sizes too big or too small? Hmmmm, so he would fall off his head or it would fall off his head? Hmmmmm.

The cap was too big.

Meanwhile, it was the cap that fell off Mays's head.

Originally posted by 95mph

I couldn't help myself on this one. Due to politically correctness, I couldn't say that since Basement Bertha is a NY Daily News cartoon, that this is often compared to one certain NYC NL team which I won't mention. You haven't heard it from me so don't tell Buzz.

Originally posted by nyy26wc
The cap was too big.

Meanwhile, it was the cap that fell off Mays's head.

Just pulling your leg that's all. I knew what you'd meant. You've been a stickler, so I decided revenge was sweet.

[BuzzBuzzard]

Originally posted by Yogi#8Fan
I couldn't help myself on this one. Due to politically correctness, I couldn't say that since Basement Bertha is a NY Daily News cartoon, that this is often compared to one certain NYC NL team which I won't mention. You haven't heard it from me so don't tell Buzz.

I was waiting for this.

[satchel]

Woohoo! I can add one that's not on the list yet!
Pulling the string - throwing an off-speed pitch (particularly when the batter is expecting a fastball)

Also I didn't see "stuff" on any of the lists, as a general baseball expression, or "nasty stuff," "filthy stuff," or other variants.

Originally posted by BuzzBuzzard
I was waiting for this.

Buzz, that wasn't me, I promise. I was home sleeping away when some green gremlins invaded my PC and starting typing away. They even stole my password and everything. And, and, ................

Originally posted by satchel
Woohoo! I can add one that's not on the list yet!
Pulling the string - throwing an off-speed pitch (particularly when the batter is expecting a fastball)

Not familiar with this one but it certainly sounds good.

Also I didn't see "stuff" on any of the lists, as a general baseball expression, or "nasty stuff," "filthy stuff," or other variants.

I thought that "stuff" was a sports term, like when a pitcher doesn't have his best stuff today. Same for tennis or other sports.

[NetShrine]

"Bringing It" has always been one of my favs.

Originally posted by NetShrine
"Bringing It" has always been one of my favs.

I always thought that "bringing it" meant "Give me your best stuff" with the unsaid word "chump" following closely afterwards. Hmmmm.

Is there a term for a guy like Everett who hogs the plate and pratically owns it?

I think we all forgot "plunk" as in to just hit someone. I don't think it matters where, since I don't think it just refers to a beanball.

[NetShrine]

Bringing it refers to throwing hard.

Nolan was really bringing it tonight.

I've perosnally adopted this phrase into my everyday life. Like, if someone says to me that Pamela Lee has big hooters, I will reply with "Yeah, she's really bringing it."

I thought that "bring it" meant to give me your best shot. Like someone says they can flame you online, the other dude cooly says "Bring it" in a make my day attitude.