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sky-busting v. It recalled he good old days of the fearful Murderers’ Row, minus, alas, all the old-fashioned sky-busting, except for Mr. Joe Gordon’s homer in the fourth. [English Baseball Sports & Recreation Slang] [full cite] (Jan. 3, 2007)

slotting n. The dynamic of these negotiations is interesting. On the one side, you have the Pirates, who have traditionally adhered to recommended bonuses, a practice known as slotting. Handing out bonuses over slot hasn’t been the norm for the organization, but they have also tended to draft players considered to have signability issues. [English Baseball Money & Finance Sports & Recreation Jargon] [full cite] (Aug. 15, 2008)

slurve n. He would like to see Kennedy pitch inside more often than he has been allowed in college and mentioned that Ian tends to “get around his curve a little,” producing what’s known as a “slurve.” [English Baseball Sports & Recreation] [full cite] (Apr. 26, 2006)

snow-cone v. 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?” [English Baseball Sports & Recreation Slang] [full cite] (May. 28, 2008)

soft hands n.pl. Cabrera will not say how much weight he has lost since last season, but scouts have agreed a third baseman with “soft hands”—baseball parlance for being able to neatly catch the ball—and a strong arm would likely pare his errors at the same time he expands his range if he shed the weight Cabrera appears to have lost. [English Baseball Sports & Recreation Slang] [full cite] (Feb. 20, 2008)

spit on v. phr. Francoeur has started to “spit on” more pitches, baseball parlance for laying off obvious balls out of the strike zone. [English Baseball Sports & Recreation] [full cite] (Sep. 22, 2005)

spray sheet n. You have data you get now as a manager or as a coach for infield players that tells you where guys hit it in certain counts. You know all their tendencies.…You have what’s called a “spray sheet.” We used to just play by how we were pitching the guy. [English Baseball Sports & Recreation] [full cite] (Apr. 19, 2006)

steak n. I know that a lot of players call RBIs “ribeyes"—which evolved from “ribbies"—and now they just call them steaks. It takes too long to explain when you’re on the air. [Baseball Sports & Recreation Slang] [full cite] (May. 28, 2004)

suture n. The area where the infield grass meets the dirt cutout has become what is better known in baseball parlance as a “lip.” And that lip is not small. Old timers used to call the feature a “suture,” recalling the ugly, bumpy scars made by back-in-the-day knee and elbow surgeries. [Baseball Sports & Recreation Jargon] [full cite] (May. 21, 2004)

tablesetter n. Myers is what’s known as a tablesetter, and she came with all the utensils Friday against South Hagerstown. Myers had three hits and was in the middle of three of Williamsport’s five rallies as the Wildcats posted an 8-0 victory over the Rebels. [English Baseball Sports & Recreation] [full cite] (Apr. 16, 2007)

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