"snow-cone" citation from Double-Tongued Dictionary

Catchword: snow-cone

Filed Under: English, Baseball, Sports & Recreation, Slang

Part of Speech: v.

Quotation: But how many close plays at first are there? How many near catches in the outfield that are called as a catch when they are “snow-coned?”

Article or Document Title:
“MLB: Rekindle the Instant Replay Controversy” (URL)

Author:
Brandon Heikoop

Article, Document, Publication, Web Site:
Bleacher Report

Date of Publication:
May 24, 2008

This catchword has yet to be researched.

Posted 28 May 08 | Permalink | Tell a Friend

Comments:

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1978 Gettysburg (Pa.) Times 27 May 13/4 “I ‘snow-coned’ it,” Cox said, describing a catch in which the ball sticks out of the glove like ice cream in a cone.

by Ben Zimmer 29 May 08, 1122 GMT

Buh? So what *is* the definition of ‘snow-cone’? It’s not clear at all from the write up or the article. I’m not a sports fan and I have no idea what this means.
by Kevin Liske 29 May 08, 1131 GMT

As the 1978 cite indicates, a snow-cone catch is one where the fielder just barely hangs on to the ball, so that the ball ends up peeking out of the glove. But it’s only ruled a catch if the fielder can get it in his glove before it hits the ground (otherwise it’s a “trap”). So the Bleacher Report cite is referring to near-catches (traps) that look to umpires like catches because the ball bounces into the glove and is “snow-coned”.
by Ben Zimmer 29 May 08, 1223 GMT

Ahhhh. Makes sense now. Thanks.
by Kevin 29 May 08, 0653 GMT