Question about Baseball Lingo terms

I'm hoping that not only can I ask questions here, I can also confirm that a term I'm adding is in fact correct.

One of my friends, a Mets fan, wrote this about "painting the corners".

I believe painting the corners means actually hitting one of the four corners of the zone, although they may use it to mean the edges.

I'd presumed that painting the corners meant you hit the inside and outside of the plate, but since there are four corners to a strike zone, my buddy may be right.

He'd also asked me to verify this one.

While you are at it, can you post a message asking the origin of the use of the term "Lord Charles" for a curveball. McCarver used to call Gooden "Lord Charles" when he threw the curve. Just curious if anyone knows what it means.

I welcome any help out there that's available. Thanks.

[BuzzBuzzard]

Painting the corners always implied to me pitches on the edges of the plate.

[NetShrine]

Curveballs got the nickname "Uncle Charlie" - - Gooden's curve was so good, they started calling it "Lord Charles"

Thanks a lot, guys. I'll update all terms later on this afternoon.

Thanks for the info. I can still hear McCarver say, "That's no Uncle Charlie, that was Lord Charles" but I didn't know the term originated as Uncle Charlie. Thanks.

[NetShrine]

Csmooth - welcome to the forum!

I see everyone's met my buddy, who's very much a baseball fan, much moreso than myself. Yo, Buzz, Mexi, he's a very strong Mets fan, I kid you not.

I've updated the new terms here.

[BuzzBuzzard]

Originally posted by Yogi#8Fan
he's a very strong Mets fan, I kid you not.

Music to my ears.

What's the definition of a walkoff homer? Bottom of the 9th or extra innings, two outs and kaboom?

[NetShrine]

Originally posted by Yogi#8Fan
What's the definition of a walkoff homer? Bottom of the 9th or extra innings, two outs and kaboom?

Any HR that is the last play of a game. The Eck was the one who coined the term.

Got it. Thanks, Net. I used this:

"walkoff home run" -- a home run that is the last play of a game, meaning it is a game-winning HR, done in the bottom of the 9th or later innings with 2 outs.

I spoke to CSmooth and he said it didn't have to be with 2 outs. Could this also be done with 0 or 1 outs?

Another term noted also by CSmooth would be "pepper the line", meaning what a batter does. What does this mean?

[hmrsf]

Originally posted by Yogi#8Fan
Got it. Thanks, Net. I used this:

"walkoff home run" -- a home run that is the last play of a game, meaning it is a game-winning HR, done in the bottom of the 9th or later innings with 2 outs.

I spoke to CSmooth and he said it didn't have to be with 2 outs. Could this also be done with 0 or 1 outs?

Another term noted also by CSmooth would be "pepper the line", meaning what a batter does. What does this mean?

My thought, and I maybe wrong, is that the home team in last inning (9th or greater) to take the lead (by a homer) and walk off....game over. Does not matter how many outs. Correct or incorrect?

Originally posted by hmrsf
My thought, and I maybe wrong, is that the home team in last inning (9th or greater) to take the lead (by a homer) and walk off....game over. Does not matter how many outs. Correct or incorrect?

I'll wait until Net and Buzz look it over. They usually know their stuff and I hate putting down something that's got a technical inaccuracy. Doesn't look good.

I sorted all my terms from before, but the other ones from MLB and other sites remain where they were in the main "Lingo" thread.

I thought that a walk-off home run meant a home run that ended a playoff series, originally a world serries a la Mazeroski, then later Carter, then Pratt in the playoffs

[nyy26wc]

A walkoff HR is a HR that ends the game.

Dennis Eckersley has been credited with inventing the term. After he gave up the HR to Kirk Gibson at the end of Game 1 of the 1988 World Series, in the postgame interview, he spoke about the pain of having to walk off the field after giving up the HR.

That's how it all got started.