baseballese

English

Etymology

baseball +‎ -ese

Noun

baseballese (uncountable)

1. The jargon associated with the sport of baseball.
   • 1996 June 3, Joe in MA [username], “Re: Jim Edmonds' return date?”, in rec.sport.baseball.fantasy‎^[1] (Usenet):

     After 7 years of being in a rot league, I have learned that "day to day" in baseballese means "at least a week, maybe more, and maybe after the week, then we may DL him."

   • 2012 October 6, Jayson Stark, “The pop-up heard ‘round the world”, in ‎^[2] (Usenet):

     Back-back-back-back went Cardinals shortstop Pete Kozma. Twenty feet back of the infield dirt. Thirty feet. Forty feet. Fifty feet. Sixty feet. Finally, he raised his arms in the air -- which, in baseball-ese, is the international symbol for "I've got it."