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bird dog n. I think that I cannot provide you with any type of definite answer. I don’t think that there is any type of machine. We have what is called the bird dogs, and we try to identify the players quite early for the pitchers. [English Baseball Sports & Recreation] [full cite] (Mar. 18, 2006)

Bugs Bunny changeup n. The newest entry into the baseball vernacular is “Bugs Bunny changeup.” Translation: It rushes up to the plate and then suddenly stops. Sarver fed the Gamecocks carrots and lettuce all night. [English United States Baseball Sports & Recreation Slang] [full cite] (Jun. 26, 2004)

buscon n. Signing is also a major issue currently in the Dominican Republic. Talent hunters, buscones as they call them, journey the streets and fields for ambitious ball players. Buscones promise a chance at professional baseball, but it comes at a price. While agents in the United States charge around five percent of a client’s signing bonus and salary, buscones have been known to demand more than 35 percent. [Spanish Dominican Republic Baseball Sports & Recreation] [full cite] (Jul. 23, 2004)

buscone n. They paid $100,000 to Ivan Noboa—a “buscone,” or independent developer of talent in the Dominican—and gave Rosario a $400,000 bonus. [Spanish Dominican Republic United States Baseball Sports & Recreation] [full cite] (Aug. 10, 2004)

cadillac v. In baseball, you’re supposed to “Cadillac” around the bases…The expression the ballplayers’ own for savoring the sweet cheers of the crowd by trotting majestically around the bases. [English Baseball Sports & Recreation Slang] [full cite] (Aug. 1, 2007)

cadillac v. I knew that second one (another 2-run smash in the fourth) was going. I was so sure that I hot-dogged it around the bases. You know what I mean—I gave it that home run trot—sort of Cadillacked my way around the bases. [English Baseball Sports & Recreation Slang] [full cite] (Aug. 1, 2007)

cardiac save n. Kudos as well to the Jays’ Roy Halladay, who won his seventh straight decision, and the Cardinals’ Chris Carpenter, who matched Santana’s 13 strikeouts and got a win to boot after closer Jason Isringhausen picked up yet another “cardiac save” (Harold Reynolds-coined term). [English Baseball Sports & Recreation] [full cite] (Jun. 14, 2006)

circle change n. That finger, which McBeth cannot straighten, bends perfectly around the ball when he throws what in baseball parlance is called a “circle change” or an “OK change.” The trick to throwing the pitch is to put as little pressure as possible on the index finger and let the other three fingers and thumb guide the ball. [English Baseball Sports & Recreation] [full cite] (Jun. 11, 2007)

clean sheet n. “Right now we have to focus on keeping clean sheets,” Green said, referencing a term for earning shutouts. [English Baseball Sports & Recreation Jargon] [full cite] (Oct. 17, 2006)

commuter trip n. The reason Wyatt has only heard about being on the road is that since he joined the Chiefs, on June 7, the only road games they’ve played have been commuter trips to Quad Cities and Burlington. In baseball parlance, a commuter trip is an over-and-back trip on the day of the game, done to save on hotel bills. Those trips can be a mixed bag. Players get to sleep in their own beds at night, but it makes for some really long days. [English Baseball Sports & Recreation Jargon] [full cite] (Jun. 30, 2008)

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