The Worlds - lite

The soap opera of 2013 baseball is coming to a close. So it must be time for another "language of baseball" post. Here you go. ...

"His stuff is taking it to a whole ‘nother level!" So said a baseball announcer during a game. I love the way they talk about...

The other night I watched a White Sox game, mostly to hear Hawk Harrelson. I love this guy. He's an echo of a different time in base...

" Buccholz tries to get Red Sox off the schneid at Comerica Park ", screams the Chicago Tribune headline. ( Meaning of schneid...

I watched a Mets/Giants baseball game from 2010 tonight. During the broadcast, Ron Darling referred to a player as a ham and egger. When G...

Jeez, I haven't done one of these posts in a while. Let me make up for it. Here are some fun things I heard the announcers say during ...

I know, I know. It's been a while. Sorry about that. But here it is -- a baseball-talk post for the millions who've been hungering...

What the heck, let's talk about baseball again. The other day I heard an announcer speak about the amazing feats players accomplish on...

Random bits of baseball talk uttered by announcers during a game: The bases are loaded, the count is 3-2, and the announcer says " Wh...

Baseball announcers have catchphrases to express their opinion of players. Here are a few of the things they say: "He's a free sw...

Life intruded this week and prevented me from doing a word post. So I thought I'd mix it up today and talk about phrase origins and tos...

"As this ball rifled by Carrasco!" Baseball announcers pull these "As" sentences out of the air. In this instance, ...

It's been awhile, laddies and ladies, but I'm finally ready to do another post on the language of baseball. Let's begin by tal...

One day in the Magic Land of Baseball -- though no one can say which day it was, definitively -- a sportscaster did something very odd. He...

Now that I'm doing posts about the language of baseball, I always keep a pad and pen at my side when watching a game. I've been co...

I love the way baseball sportscasters talk about the game. They say such odd things. For instance, they present a united front on this poi...