Homerun:
Dinger
Moon Shot
Homer
Round-tripper
Bomb
Fly balls
Fly (outfield)
Pop up (infield)
Pop fly (outfield)
Line Drive
Liner
Smash
Line Smash
Bullet
Fast Pitch
Heater (fast ball) He has quite a heater
Throwing Heat
Serious Heat
Junk baller (throws a lot of slower, curve pitches)
Breaking balls- curve ball or a slider or any pitch that
moves
Brushed back- fast
ball thrown near the batter to move off the plate
Chin Music- same as above
Crowding the plate- batter standing very close to plate
Highlight reel catch- a great catch probably will be shown
on ESPN
Spraying ball- not having good control o
Wild pitcher- has no control
Free pass- walk
Nailbiter- close game
Heartbreaker- close game
Ribbie- Run Batted In (RBI)
Blown call- umpire gave the wrong call/ unfair call
Blowout- one team kills the other
Barn burner- close game
Yanked- pitcher taken out of a game
Pulled- pitcher taken out of a game
Web gems- a great play probably will be shown internet
Seeing Eye Hit- ground ball that just barely gets through
the in-field for a hit
Dribbler- in-field hit
Bloop or Bloop Single or Blooper or Bloop Hit- a fly ball
that drops between the infield and the outfield
Tweener or gapper- line drives or fly balls that land
between outfielders
Save- game where the starting pitcher was winning, left, and
the relief pitcher comes in on a close game and relieves the pitcher.
Blown Save- reliever loses lead/game
Masher/Basher- strong homerun hitter
Gone- homerun (announcers only say that)
K- when pitcher strikes you out (as in the pitcher had 7 Ks
that game)
I hope you enjoyed the list! It’s going to be great to have
these authentic terms peppered in the novel J
Karen, I have 2 granddaughters that play softball in a league and for their school. They're visiting next week. Can't wait to see if they know all of these terms. It'll be fun if I can stump them.
ReplyDeleteHah! That will be fun :) Greg's got more in his back pocket- but these were the one's he could think of on his way out to work!
DeleteSome of these are downright funny and some make you wonder where the term originated LOL! So cool that your hubby gets to help with your research :).
ReplyDeleteRula, he is all over this baseball book! It's the first one where he actually tries to keep me on schedule instead of tempting me to play hookie ;) I think he's excited about it!
DeleteAh, yes. My little league days are coming back to me now. I love jargon! And it's always nice to have the dh feel like he's contributing.
ReplyDeleteI played softball- and pitched- like my heroine... but even I hadn't heard of a lot of these, although I've heard my husband and his six brothers and father spout them while analyzing games... always so entertaining though I never fully understood what they meant until now.
DeleteIt's like listening to my father yell at the television during a Red Sox/Yankees game - except for the references to the Internet, which weren't even a gleam in anyone's eye then. Wonderful that you have a live-in researcher for this book! Will he be throwing you hot dogs from the aisle at mealtime, or do you still have to cook?
ReplyDeletehehe- he did make Michigan sauce which is a local specialty around here... a spiced meat sauce that goes over hot dogs, so maybe he was inspired! Greg loves to watch, talk, read, and play ball. He's such a great go-to person for this book!
DeleteI play C-ball in my 20 and 30s. I was captain a few times and have (had) trophies taller than me. I played second base and my knees are mush because of dropping to me knees without pads to stop grounders. I still look back on that time as one of my favorites.
ReplyDeleteSo, do you know what a doughnut is?
Loved the post; it brought back memories. LOL, my game ended when I slid into third base and strained 6 vertabrae. I was safe, though and finished the game.
Phew! That must have been quite a slide, Pam. You are a powerhouse player! Is a doughnut the thing on the bat you put on while you warm up your swing? I'd ask Greg, but he's sleeping after a night shift... ahhhhhhh.... what do you do when your research expert can't be reached?
DeleteYes, that's what it's called.
DeleteWhen an expert can't be reached, I Google.
I thought I commented on this yesterday, but I don't see my post now.
ReplyDeleteI love doing research because I often discover plot twists and turns based on what I learn. But the problem is that I often get so wrapped up in the research that I delay getting to the actual writing.