The Worlds - lite

The long, cold winter is over and baseball is here. I can't tell you how thrilling this is for me. I adore baseball. When baseball ...

I often write longish posts about the language used by baseball broadcasters. I haven't done much of that this year. (You can use t...

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. ...

I wrote a post recently where I asked why they play such dreadful, boring "music" at baseball games. Tunes like the theme from ...

I found out a few things about baseball this year. Longtime readers know I love the game but am fairly new to it. I guess I've been...

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

So far, my favorite sportscaster remark occurred during a Red Sox/Phillies spring training game. The sportscaster was talking about the R...

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 ...

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...

"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...

As the title of today's post implies, baseball's language takes many forms -- and it definitely includes those pats on the butt. Si...

In order of approval, my three favorite teams are the Mets, the Red Sox and the White Sox. So most of the baseball language I hear comes f...

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...