"nibble"
― Andy K, Wednesday, 1 June 2016 02:25 (seven years ago) link
calling players on rosters 'pieces'
― mookieproof, Wednesday, November 11, 2015 6:13 PM (two years ago)
also 'arms' and 'bats' for pitchers/ hitters
― mookieproof, Friday, 20 July 2018 15:24 (five years ago) link
Can we at least sort out the pitchers from the catchers
― F# A# (∞), Friday, 20 July 2018 15:28 (five years ago) link
The Philly Inquirer's 1921 use of "moist deliverymen" to describe spitball pitchers just sent a shudder through my entire body pic.twitter.com/uW63UYW62v— Emma Baccellieri (@emmabaccellieri) March 12, 2019
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 12 March 2019 19:26 (five years ago) link
"NO-NO," so fuckin' stupid
― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, June 26, 2007 9:39 AM (eleven years ago)
otm
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 8 May 2019 14:53 (four years ago) link
Montas not missing many bats early on.— Martín Gallegos (@MartinJGallegos) May 22, 2019
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 22 May 2019 17:58 (four years ago) link
"elite"
(already complained about that one on the phrases-that-annoy thread)
― clemenza, Wednesday, 22 May 2019 18:11 (four years ago) link
"I'm Ted Fucking Williams--I'm a fucking elite hitter."
It just doesn't work.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 22 May 2019 18:12 (four years ago) link
elite as an adjective? as a noun it's unavoidable and p useful in my profession (vidya games. it's what you call specialized badguys who aren't bosses but aren't nobodys)
― deus ex majima (Will M.), Wednesday, 22 May 2019 18:33 (four years ago) link
As an adjective, meaning great, or one of the best. It just somehow seems pretentious to me.
― clemenza, Wednesday, 22 May 2019 18:47 (four years ago) link
https://i.imgur.com/UOdfGUg.jpg
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 28 May 2019 22:38 (four years ago) link
stop saying 'moved' instead of 'traded'
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 31 July 2019 15:38 (four years ago) link
We've had three "professional hitters" in the last three minutes.— Craig Calcaterra (@craigcalcaterra) October 2, 2019
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 2 October 2019 00:53 (four years ago) link
Matt Stairs tribute
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 2 October 2019 00:55 (four years ago) link
Is the subtext that the remaining hitters are amateur hour bush leagers?
― FRAUDULENT STEAKS (The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall), Wednesday, 2 October 2019 00:58 (four years ago) link
actually i think the subtext is that they’re not very good at anything else
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 2 October 2019 01:06 (four years ago) link
'part ways'
― mookieproof, Thursday, 16 January 2020 22:59 (four years ago) link
I keep seeing 'cosine' used to mean 'I also agree with this', but it has to be 'cosign', no?
― Nudeln und Klopapier Gore (Sufjan Grafton), Friday, 3 April 2020 18:40 (four years ago) link
I assume it's a joke?
― Bridge Over Thorley Waters (Tom D.), Friday, 3 April 2020 18:43 (four years ago) link
^ cosine
― bam! Free bees! (bizarro gazzara), Friday, 3 April 2020 18:43 (four years ago) link
it's for when you only agree tangentially
― Hackers (1995) (Will M.), Friday, 3 April 2020 18:55 (four years ago) link
discus
― Jersey Al (Albert R. Broccoli), Friday, 3 April 2020 19:34 (four years ago) link
the existence of 'live batting practice' and 'live hitters' implies . . .
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 8 July 2020 15:59 (three years ago) link
"frozen pizza" = referring to motionless batters who are called out on strikes
― Michael F Gill, Wednesday, 6 July 2022 01:16 (one year ago) link
Pretty sure I heard aaron Boone use (. . .) "both sides of the ball" last night. Wrong sport, dipshit.
― kind of shrill and very self-righteous (Dr Morbius), Thursday, September 9, 2010 11:14 AM (thirteen years ago)
this battle is being lost but utterly otm
― mookieproof, Monday, 23 October 2023 04:58 (five months ago) link