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The sacrifice bunt gets its meaning of baseball talk, by a player giving up or sacrificing his statistical time at bat, for the sake of helping his team.
You will often hear sports writers and even the baseball fans refer to the sacrifice bunt as a team playing small ball. Small ball in reference meaning the teams hitter is not trying to get a base hit but simply laying down a bunt to allow an on base team mate to advance a base.
This bunting action is designed to advance a base runner, putting a team mate in a better position, for a possible score if the next hitter successfully gets a solid base rap.
Baseball lingo-page6 draws you a word picture as to the putting the glove down onto the dirt of the diamond and scooping up the ball and the shoot is his throw being sharp and whistling like a rifle shot.
A coach, while hitting of balls during infield practice, will often add encouraging baseball chatter saying such as, "Scoop and Shoot".
The second base man or second sacker is usually a smaller player sometimes the smallest on the team. He is quick as lightening with his feet and body movement. He is normally a little pepper pot full of pep and tough as nails.
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Normally at this time the public address announcer will crank off the playing of the Baseball Song "Take Me out to the Ball Game!" The lyrics of this song should be a part of your baseball musical vocabulary so you can sing a long.
Major League ballparks have now grown a little more up-to-date sophisticated and often they might have some well known singer to sing other great heart warming songs such as
The World Series of 2006 the daughter of Red Schoendienst, the great Hall Of Famer of the St. Louis Cardinals, had the honor.
Red would have been proud.
Baseballfarming will never fail to add to its baseball talk with some other sideline baseball diamond interests with added or even non related baseball topics to its baseball lingo-page6 output.
Baseball talk at baseball lingo-page6 is so descriptive it is almost natural.
Young unseasoned baseball players will think it macho to show how hard and far they can throw the ball. When a player makes a wild throw like this the baseball talk coming from the coach may not be good for delicate ears.
Throws coming from an outfielder to home plate trying to cut down a runner headed home like a run-a-way locomotive is when this play usually happens.
The only thing accomplished by such an errant throw is they will throw the ball away and the run scores unopposed. A catcher as the defender at home plate is flat in the way of a freight train headed his way.
Always remember help your teammate, play fair, throw that ball so that it skips and bounces right into the catcher’s lap.
Now the catcher has an even chance to handle the throw and prepare for the impending train wreck with the big feller like a Choo Choo train barreling down the (track) base path headed to home plate.
Sliding Pads: Mamas big boy shouldn't come home with strawberries all over his buttocks, legs and thighs. Underneath that uniform should be a pair of sliding pads.
Coach please don't dress that boy in a uniform like Notre Dame and not provide the protective sliding pads.
Early style sliding pads were just that, Pads that look like cut out pieces of grandmother's old quilt. Sliding pads are much like a ladies corset without a front or back.
We are trying to protect the side of the body, the upper leg and fanny, while sliding through that pebbled infield to the base.
Modern sliding pads are thin multi layered and made of material which allows one layer to slide over the other layer or layers. Ladies, now we know what those men are wearing under those trousers.
Like Joe Namath, they may even slip on a pair of panty hose. Would you believe Hanes? Baseball talk might bring up or introduce you to about most any subject.
Slud In: This is an expression used by Dizzy Dean describing a player sliding to a base. Dizzy was a famous announcer after his pitching days with the Gas House gang.
Would you have guessed baseball lingo-page6 talk might talk about Joe Namath and his panty hose? We might now need something unique about Brett Favre in our baseball talk since he has followed Joe Willie to the Jets.
Hopefully when you visit us here at Baseballfarming you will not only find good baseball talk about the baseball lingo-page6 you will be amazed at all the interesting information related to baseball talk.
Here is an example for you in addition to straight out baseball talk and the baseball lingo-page6 we let some of our baseball talk tell you about some of our ballparks and the major league teams.
You might click on any button below and find some facts about some teams such as:
- Boston Red Sox, Fenway Park and Boston, Massachusetts.
- New York Yankees, Yankee Stadium and New York, New York.
- Atlanta Braves, Turner Field and Atlanta, Georgia.
- Cincinnati Reds, Riverfront Stadium (Cinergy Field) and Cincinnati, Ohio.
You and every one in the stands will see plenty white of the ball sticking out the top of the glove webbing like a dop of vanilla ice cream sitting on a cone.
A Soft Ankle Fan is a pretty girl you have your eye on.
To have your favorite girl as a Soft Ankle Fan of Baseball is a dream come true. No telling what baseball talk or baseball lingo-page6 might bring to your attention.
Southpaw: A left handed thrower especially a left handed pitcher.
Dads and moms sometimes might think the youngster should use his right hand more.
Baseball playing left handed pitchers are a premium. Most any ball club owner will pay big money for that prime (knock the barn door off its hinges) throwing Southpaw.
In any profession people look at the numbers involved to determine ability for a future job market. Shortage of teachers- everyone studies to become a teacher, shortage of nurses- everyone studies to be a nurse.
Folks, there has always been a shortage of good Southpaw pitchers.
Spit Ball: A little delicate for the ladies present but a good spit onto that ball by the pitcher causes the dynamics of ball in flight to act funny. This spit ball action is an age old problem for umpires. Polite society might not like our use of "spit" in our baseball lingo-page6 but it is what it is. Putting foreign substance or saliva such as "spit" on the ball is an automatic balk call if and when detected. Could be called if only suspected. The umpire at his discretion could toss the pitcher out of the game if the act is deliberate and taunting.
Baseball lingo-page6 is talking about baseball pitchers spitball pitch not classroom grammar school in class throwing paper spitballs and getting in a mess of trouble with the teacher.
A split finger grip is spread of the index finger and the third finger with that hoss hide slipping free from this fork. The manner by which the pitcher allows the ball to rotate from this release determines where and how that pill finishes its approach to home plate.
Steal a Base: runner advances a base after pitcher releases his pitch.
Stockings: Ah ha, caught you big boy, wearing a pair of stockings. Baseball stockings have a stirrup style bottom and come too or above the knees.
They may be Hanes but most likely are Wilson, Spalding or a Russell Mills.
The color of the stocking during the early years of baseball told a story within itself.
Still the color action rolls on with Red Sox, White Sox and even the Crimson Tide with their crimson stockings.
Strike Zone: The strike zone is like a small window at the drive up window of your bank but not near as large.
That stride zone window is an upright rectangle only 17 inches wide and a top to bottom measurement a distance from the shirt letters to the knees.
For all practical purposes, let’s say the knees to the shirt letters will vary from a low of 30 inches and a high of 36 inches. Let’s do the median and say for arguments sake that window will be (17" by 34").
Stand back 60 feet and 6 inches and see how many times you can throw an apple through the barn window that is 17"x34". You do it consistent enough and every scout in the country will be calling.
I'll tell you another little secret, when he comes, he will be dragging a sack of $$ money or Ka-ching.
How did the use of the word Ka-ching wind up on this baseball lingo-page6 talk about baseball?
Submarine Pitch: There are pitchers who throw directly overhead/overhand, and some throw side arm, then along comes a feller who throws from the submarine position.
The best way to describe is this: You have seen softball pitchers throw the under hand throwing and you know side arm throwing. Between these two you have the submarine pitch.
It's lower than (the arm) a side arm and higher than an under hand.
The submarine throwing ace from the hills of Argo, Eden and Trussville area was Ozzie Forehand's oldest son Sherman Dale Forehand.
Sherman Dale could make you look down then up quicker than a bumblebee could strike a sting.
Suicide Play or Squeeze Bunt: a calculated play for a base runner at third base heading to home plate with the release of the pitch.
Hitter is obligated to bunt that ball.
Sweet Spot of the Bat: There is a magical or mystic spot on the fat part and near the big end or barrel of a bat. This unmarked spot is an optimum dot/spot/point found only by the feel and the sound when the bat meets that ball.
Theoretically when your bat meets or kisses that ball with the sweet spot of the bat, it is like magic. The ball jumps off that bat with real zingo.
Our baseball glove also has a sweet spot. Catching the ball with our glove also has a special spot we want the hard zooming ball to land in our glove. We call this our sweet spot for we learn early on in playing catch how to hold our fingers inside our glove so the ball does not hit solid into the palm of our hand.
Catching to make the ball land exactly onto that sweet spot of the glove certainly feels better. Better yet the ball slapping into the glove at warp speed makes a sweet popping sound when the ball hits directly onto the sweet spot.
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- Tag Out: When a runner is trying to advance a base by stealing or running without being forced to do so, he has to be tagged with the ball to be out. The tag must be made with the ball firmly in hand or safely tucked away in the glove.
Having the ball in one hand and beware tagging with the empty glove hand is not an out.
A tag out by the catcher of a runner, sliding or bullying his way across home plate, is misplayed by most catchers. Without fail, the catcher should if at all humanly possible, tag the runner with the ball firmly gripped in his fist.
Why? The runner 99.9 percent of the time is going to show no mercy toward that catcher. A collision is going to occur. Should the catcher be helpless and not try to change the odds of not loosing the ball in this train wreck?
Here is the bottom line. Ty Cobb "The Georgia Peach" would love it and Pete Rose, called "Mr. Hustle", would not be able to stand it.
The catcher has on shin guards, a breast protector, and he has on one hand, a Mitt which is better than a boxing glove. Bullies barreling home like they own this playhouse better watch out.
A boxer uses a good left jab to keep his opponent away and then socks him a good right into the ribs. A tough catcher can send signals to all in the league, "Come on home baby, because big daddy is waiting."
This solid left mitt jab, followed with a good fist full of ball right hook, will cause pause, for all, homecoming base running bullies.
- Tag Up: runner must tag the base and cannot attempt to advance until a fielder has caught the hitter’s fly ball.
- Texas Leaguer: There is somewhere a happy medium between a bloop hit and a line drive whereby the hustling infielder just cannot get to that ball going overhead. You guessed it.
- 3 and 2 What's He Gonna Do: This is nothing more than a player’s chatter. Part of our coaching should involve the effective and constant use of chatter on the diamond.
Chatter on the infield serves several purposes (1) it keeps the infielders loose and ready to move on the hit ball (2) it tends to rattle the batters. This action is good baseball strategy.
The entire infield should provide a constant and steady stream of chatter while in the field.
Chatter is designed to accomplish two (2 more) very important things.
- No.1 You need to let "your pitcher" know you are with him and keep his spirits up so he fires those pitches with purpose and confidence.
"Come on "Pitch" make him leave there running." You are telling your buddy, the pitcher, to throw strikes. We are out here to help we're behind you; we'll make that " put out."
- No.2 You have opposing players which you need to rag, diverting their concentration, keeping them off balance, and thinking about what you are saying, instead of keeping their head in the game.
An astute and Cracker Jack catcher can get inside a hitters head and have him completely bum fizzled at the plate. One of the most effective physiological plays a catcher can possibly use is this.
Tell the hitter, "Get ready because here comes your good fast ball, so give it a ride". Then sure as up is up and down is down, you signal your pitcher to throw that fast ball belt high and down the of middle the plate.
He (The batter) thought you were pulling his leg so he was not ready for that fast ball which was grooved.
- Third Sack: Down the left side of the diamond is our third sack yes third base or the hot corner. It is down the left foul line exactly 90 feet from home plate. It is also exactly 90 feet away from second base or the keystone.
- Throwing B B’s: A pitcher that is throwing really fast balls for strikes and no one is hitting him we say he is throwing B B's.
- Throwing Heat: A pitcher with a good strong throwing arm with the ability to really fire that apple in there is said to be throwing heat.
This throwing heat is only one of many expressions used to describe how a pitcher is throwing.
He could also be: throwing junk, firing that peel, throwing smoke, throwing that ole dark one, throwing b bs, throwing crooked stuff, throwing batting practice, couldn't hit the broad side of a barn, throwing a prayer, and is running out of gas.
- Top of the Inning: Visiting team is at bat. Remember that the visiting team is always at bat to start a game. First team to bat is the Top of the inning.
- Triple: Ball hit fair and hitter makes it to third base without being put out.
- Triple Play: With at least two runners on base (first and second) a possibility exists for executing a triple play with one batted ball. With the bases loaded with three runners, it is easier to execute in that more options are available. Three outs on one batted ball.
There are so many probable ways yet rarely is it accomplished. The most common is a hard smash grounder directly or slightly to the right of the third baseman. He spears the ball, steps on third base for one out; fires a strike to the second baseman for the second out, who relays a rifle shot throw to first base for the third out.
Baseball lingo-page6 like the top of the inning is top notch baseball lingo helping with your game.
Baseball lingo-page6 keeps you cleared for understanding this baseball language we might refer to as vocabulary, terminology, and often just chatter around the ball park.
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- Walk: An automatic pass. Pitchers must throw the ball across the home plate within the strike zone if he misses throwing into the strike zone he has thrown what is called a ball.
A total of four (4) pitches each missing the strike zone is called a ball and for which the hitter does not attempt to strike the ball. The umpire by rule will award the hitter an automatic pass to proceed to first base and to become a base runner and a potential score.
- Warning Track: A space or band of about fifteen (15) feet just inside the outfield wall running from the foul pole in right field to the foul pole in left field.
The warning track is cleared of outfield grass and is surfaced with light pebbly crunchy type gravel covering. This covering surface feels and sounds different as the outfielder runs into the area. Thus the outfielder hears and feels this change which warns him "look out" the fence is dead ahead.
- Washed Up: When a pitcher looses his ability to fire that ball with authority and hitters begin to blast whatever he throws, then we claim he is washed up.
Washed up is normally a function of logivity or how long the pitcher has been throwing the baseball with all of his might. The game of baseball with an injury to a pitchers throwing arm some times is the culprit which calls the end of a pitchers career or the cause of being washed up.
I sure hope my Baseball lingo-page6 provides good help with your baseball vocabulary or terminology and never gets washed up.
- World Series: Major league teams of the American League and the National League meet at the end of the season and play a seven game series. The winner of this World Series heretofore was known around the world as the World Champions.
Oops! Up pops a brand new compassion filled series of games called the Baseball World Classic. We may now have a new contender vying to join the party and to be called the World Champions.
The Baseball Internatiional Series is not neighboring town baseball team coming to play the locals this is real time Nation and differing Nationalities coming to see who is the best.
Well good folks, I do not specifically know how this new scenario is going to play out. I do know the current Baseball World Classic is misnamed. It should be known as the "Baseball International Series" in my opinion.
Matter of fact it should already be called the "Baseball International Series".
Here are some more very interesting pages other than baseball lingo-page6 telling about some more of the baseball talk you may really enjoy.
Trussville Little League small town USA. Little League and baseball talk truly is the talk of the town during baseball season in every Little League town.
American Legion Baseball those junior high boys having a ball. You have not heard the like of chatter and constant baseball lingo-page6 untill you attend American Legion baseball games.
Coaching Little League Baseball is uncomplicated until we start talking about pitching and the pitching game. Baseball lingo-page6 could start getting pretty technical when you start the pitching talk.
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