The Hawk-tionary
The Hawk-tionary
With all the e-mails and questions we get, how about a quick refresher course on some of the terms we use on the broadcast each day:
Ball four, base hit: Usually when the bases are empty and a walk will be as good as a base hit.
Can o'corn: An easy fly ball. The outfielder reaches up to make the catch as easy as if he were pulling a can of corn off the shelf.
Catbird seat: When the count favors the hitter, generally 2-0 or 3-1.
Chopper, two-hopper: Routine ground ball in the infield.
Cinch it up and hunker down: A pressure situtation and time for the hitter or pitcher to take stock of himself and make something happen.
Duck snort: A big swing, resulting in a weak hit, usually just over the infield, as is a duck "snorted" the ball out of his beak.
Ducks on the pond: Runners on base.
Gas: A fastball.
Hang wif'em: When a hitter is in a slump and hits a rocket line drive that is caught. Hang in there, the ball will fall one of these days.
He got a cookie: A hanging curve ball, an easy pitch to hit for a home run. The hitter usually "devours" it.
Picks To Click: DJ, the crew, and I select/pick a player who we think will have the best game. The numbers after our names indicate how many times each of us has been correct. The numbers change because we keep a separate tally for WGN/WCIU games and Comcast games.
Right size, wrong shape: A long foul ball, usually with home run distance.
Sit back, relax, and strap it down: Get ready for another exciting night of White Sox baseball!
You can cancel the postgame show: The first hit of the ball game. The potential no-hitter is over and there will be no need for a show after the game to showcase the pitcher.
Hawk
Comments
Hawk,
Hey, I like all of your baseball terms that you and DJ use on each broadcast. Do you have a link on the blog to your "Hawkt-ionary?" Also, I see that you didn't put "You can put it on the board. YYYESS!!" on there. What's the meaning of that term and where did it come from? Go Sox! Beat the Rangers tonight!
-Matt
Posted by: Matt | June 13, 2006 10:48 AM
Stretch: A sox ball hit deep that needs a little encouragement to get over the fence.
Posted by: Jr | June 13, 2006 6:34 PM
They put a big crooked number on the board: When one team scores more than 1 run in a given inning.
Posted by: Jr | June 13, 2006 6:38 PM
B-pitch: A pitcher's pitch - a very difficult pitch that a hitter is better off taking, unless it's strike 3.
Posted by: Leo | June 15, 2006 2:12 AM
Hawk, you forgot my favorite:
Hineybird: A bird that flies around until he eventually flies up his own behind and disappears (Jay Mariotti)
Posted by: GO SOX | June 17, 2006 3:19 PM
suck'um up joe... chopper 2 hopper.. good guys.. put it on the booooooooooooooooooard.. get on out of there.. and it did... stay faul..and it did... i love it all.. its not a game if u and DJ arent on there.. me and my kids love to listen to you!
Posted by: Melissa Brooks | June 18, 2006 10:04 AM