Quiz Guy John Chaneski has a quiz about unusual names for sports teams. For example, what minor-league baseball team has a name that appears to derive from the word for a large-scale weather event, but actually comes from the team’s proximity...
The old Brooklyn Dodger Roy Campanella really knew how to set the soup outside! A baseball fan recalls this overheard phrase from a game in the 60s between the Cardinals and the Dodgers, when Campy smacked one over the fence. Grant speculates this...
scuffle v.— «Pulsipher is out for the year, Wilson will come off the DL as early as next week and Isringhausen is scuffling for wins.» —“Eyes on Braves, Yankees in second half” by Mel Antonen, Rod Beaton USA...
human rain delay n.— «I get up there, I throw my pitches and I get rolling. I like to keep the pace of the game going. I’m not one of those human rain delays, as they call them. The only thing I had to do was slow it down.» —“Notes:...
ghost n.— «“Ghosts” is a term used to describe non-roster invitees to Major League Baseball spring training.» —“Ghosts trying to scare up roster spots” by Mike Cunniff Morris Daily Herald (Illinois) Feb. 24...