OT words from player's names, eg "Ruthian"

[ethicsprof]

sadly,
Lou Gehrig's Disease---
or Gehrig's as the neurologist's say pithily at the medical centers 'round here.

best,
barry

[Jim VB]

Not baseball, but still sports.

Beamonesque.

[tedzan]

"BILLY BALL"

An aggressive style of managing named after Billy Martin which proved to be very effective with the Twins, Tigers, Yankees and A's.

Stengel was Billy's mentor, first with the Oakland Oaks (1947-48) and then with the Yankees (1950-57).







TED Z

[FrankWakefield]

Thank you, guys, for keeping it going.


Billy Ball brings to mind Whitey Ball.


Seems like something should have come from Uecker or Marv Throneberry, but nothing is immediately coming to mind.

[hoot-owl]

A forgotten approach to building a franchise (at least in Maryland)....

The Oriole Way--continuity and stability, with a good baseball model of developing players internally and winning at the professional level.

[cubsguy1969]

Don't know if this counts. I've heard people use the line from the Simon and Garfunkel song on occasion.

"Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio?"

[brickyardkennedy]

Suspecting that someone was likely to come up with the neologism, "Satchelism", I found this:

"(Another Satchelism is relevant here: "You win a few, you lose a few. Some get rained out. But you got to dress for all of them." )"

From:

http://tinyurl.com/24e4xzk

[Tsaiko]

My own.
The guy pinched my girlfriend, so I Cobbed him.

[iggyman]

When a team positions its fielders in a shift. The term "Ted Williams shift" comes to mind.

Lovely Day...

[wake.up.the.echoes]

Damon Runyon (inducted into the writer's wing of the BBHOF) - Runyonesque

[kkkkandp]

I've seen several internet sites refer to baseball players' malaprops (and sometimes malprops in general) as Yogisms.

[tedzan]

Frank

Regarding your ? .......

"Seems like something should have come from Uecker or Marv Throneberry, but nothing is immediately coming to mind. "

When stadium spectators are sitting in "sky high" seats (as opposed to "sky boxes"), way up in the "rafters" of a ballpark,
they usually refer to their seats as "Bob Uecker seats".

We recently were asked where our seats were at Arthur Ashe Stadium (US Tennis Open). I made the point of saying......
"We were waving to Bob Uecker, who was sitting down below us few rows".


"Marvelous Marv" Throneberry....now there is quite a BB character.


TED Z

[iggyman]

Do team names count??? Okay, what about the Naps.

Lovely Day...