But please, for your kids sake, don't use most of the stuff that has been put on here. Teenagers language and adult language are not the same. Your kids will hate you if you try to talk their language. Just say. That was a nice hit, even when it wasn't. Keep your elbow up. ...
Baseball has its own rhythm, its own rules, its own specific appeal to our senses and sensibilities. And with all of that comes its own language, its own grand and goofy glossary of phrases that, for the unindoctrinated, might sound like total gibberish. So what follows is a list of wor...
The language of baseball: A complete dictionary of slang terms, cliches, and expressions from the grand ole game. Monterey, CA: Coaches Choice. Google Scholar Harrison, B.G. (1992). Sex and the World Series. Mademoiselle (November): 49–50. Google Scholar Heinze, D. (1995). Angel ...
Commonality: Baseball is known as America’s pastime, so it’s no wonder that terms from the sport have permeated our language, connecting with a wide range of people. Figurative Language: These idioms are a set of figurative language that taps into baseball’s descriptive terms. We use them...
Is baseball losing its touch with slang? Posted onJuly 19, 2012byBaseball LingoLeave a comment Allen Barra writes about what he sees as the demise of baseball jargon in theAtlantic Monthly. Baseball language once drew newcomers into the game. Now, it’s becoming a language that shuts many ...
While there arefantastic glossariesthat can get you up to speed with the most important terms and advanced stats -- authorPaul Dickson penned an entire dictionarythat has the etymology of some of the oldest and strangest phrases in baseball history -- language is constantly evolving. It only ch...
In addition to Orwell, Huxley deserves some praise on this forum for coining the terms ‘Alpha/Beta’ and ‘Gamma/Delta/Epsilon’. We’ll be seeing more of this. On the positive side, there are some great potential medical benefits to researching such a pool of data. I fear the power ...
MIAMI -- Team USA is one win away from becoming back-to-back World Baseball Classic champions. With a 14-2 semifinal victory over Cuba on Sunday night at loanDepot park, USA advanced to face the winner of the Mexico-Japan semifinals game on Monday (7 p.m