In baseball, to hang a snowman is to score eight runs in one inning, inspired by the shape of the numeral 8. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Hang A Snowman” Hang a snowman. Do you know what it means to hang? What did...
Baseball has a language all its own: On the diamond, a snow cone isn’t what you think it is, and three blind mice has nothing to do with nursery rhymes. And how do you describe someone who works at home while employed by a company in another...
Baseball is a rich source of slang, and the Dickson Baseball Dictionary by Paul Dickson is a trove of such language. A snow cone, in baseball lingo, is a ball caught so that it’s sticking up out of the fielder’s glove. And which month of...
In baseball slang, three blind mice denotes the three umpires on the field. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Three Blind Mice in Baseball” So Grant, when it comes to baseball, do you know what three blind mice means...
An 1907 essay on baseball slang supplies a mini-quiz built from extravagant, watery nicknames for a particular baseball pitch. Clues include damp fling, diluted dip, aqueous slant, wet wipe, and perspiration pellet, with more soggy variants such as...
Grant gives a brief review of the new third edition of Paul Dickson’s The Dickson Baseball Dictionary, all 974 pages and 4.5 pounds of it. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Baseball Dictionary” You’re...