Baseball Slang

• Bean Ball: noun - Pitch thrown at batters head
• Belly Itcher: noun - A Pitcher that is struggling and can't find home plate
• Bomb: noun - Long Distance Home Run
• Bronx Cheer: noun - Booing from the spectators
• Bush League: adj - cheap shot
• Chin Music: noun - High pitch inside around the head
• Crushed Ice: noun - Home Run
• Doggy Ding Dong: noun - Home Run hit by the big dog
• Duster: noun - A pitch that almost hits the batter
• Ghost Runner: adj - Invisible Base runner
• Golden Sombrero: verb - Strike out 4 times in 1 game
• Junk Baller: noun - Pitcher who throws a variety of pitches at different speeds (curves, sliders, knuckleballs)
• Meatball: noun: An easy pitch to hit over the middle of the plate
• Moon Shot: noun - Big Home Run
• Paint the Black: adj - Pitcher hits the corners of the strike zone
• Pea: noun - a hard thrown ball
• Pickle: noun - Run Down
• Ringer: noun - A ball hit so hard, the ring pops off the ball
• Rope: noun - A hard line drive
• Roofer: noun - A Ball that's hit on top of your house roof
• Screwgie: noun - Screwball, that breaks the opposite of a curveball
• Sick Nasty: adj - Amazing! Great!
• Sweet Spot: adj - portion of bat a few inches from end of bat barrel
• Tater: noun - Home Run
• Uncle Charlie: noun - Curve Ball
• Weak Sauce: noun - A pitcher that can't reach home plate with the pitch
• Whiff: verb - Strike Out
• Yakker: noun - Curve Ball