Those Crazy Japanese
The beautiful gyroball (aka SHOOTO!)
Daisuke Matsuzaka is pitching it right now!!
http://www.rotoauthority.com/files/gyroballvideo.mpeg
http://www.robneyer.com/book_04_gyroball.html
apparently the south africans play like a bad high school team hehehe
and the aussies are funny http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/worldclassic2006/news/story?id=2291225
Aussie speak: Here's how Vin Scully would sound calling a game on radio, Aussie-style:
"One missing, runner on 2. 2-2 score, Dig 5. Pitch to Smith. Fly ball. Center field. Down His Throat. Two Dead."
Confused? No worries, mate. Let me explain.
"First, second, third and home" are too complicated for the mates Down Under. Aussies tend to abbreviate. First base is considered 1; second base, 2; and third base is 3. "Play Home" is "Play 4," as in a rundown, "Look at Four, Mate! Look at Four!" shouted at the catcha when the runna is trying to sneak hooooooooooooooooooooooome. Journalists are "journos."
Two outs in Australian baseball are often referred to as "two dead" or "two missing."
Umpires? They're "Umpies." More lingo, mate:
"Down His Throat" is a long, lazy fly ball to an outfielder who easily makes the catch.
"Wooshta" is lingo for a player who strikes out swinging.
"Peg" is a throw.
"Blocker" is sometimes referred to as the "catcha" (catcher).
"Dig" is an inning.
"Hard on you!" refers to a close ball or strike call from the umpire that players or managers take exception to.
"Hookie" is a left-handed batter, pronounced by swallowing the first consonant, "'ookeeeee!"
"How many are we?" means "What is the score?"
"Inshoot" refers to a curve ball that's coming inside on a batter.
"Leave the rubbish" is used to remind a teammate not to swing at bad pitches.
"Sledging" is a term referred to as "trash talking" in Australia; also known as "stiff banter."
"Stink" refers to teams who won't shake hands with each other after the game because there's been "some stink" during the game.
"Spanking" refers to an anticipated competitive game or tournament, as in "we're going to have a spanking competition."
Daisuke Matsuzaka is pitching it right now!!
http://www.rotoauthority.com/files/gyroballvideo.mpeg
http://www.robneyer.com/book_04_gyroball.html
apparently the south africans play like a bad high school team hehehe
and the aussies are funny http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/worldclassic2006/news/story?id=2291225
Aussie speak: Here's how Vin Scully would sound calling a game on radio, Aussie-style:
"One missing, runner on 2. 2-2 score, Dig 5. Pitch to Smith. Fly ball. Center field. Down His Throat. Two Dead."
Confused? No worries, mate. Let me explain.
"First, second, third and home" are too complicated for the mates Down Under. Aussies tend to abbreviate. First base is considered 1; second base, 2; and third base is 3. "Play Home" is "Play 4," as in a rundown, "Look at Four, Mate! Look at Four!" shouted at the catcha when the runna is trying to sneak hooooooooooooooooooooooome. Journalists are "journos."
Two outs in Australian baseball are often referred to as "two dead" or "two missing."
Umpires? They're "Umpies." More lingo, mate:
"Down His Throat" is a long, lazy fly ball to an outfielder who easily makes the catch.
"Wooshta" is lingo for a player who strikes out swinging.
"Peg" is a throw.
"Blocker" is sometimes referred to as the "catcha" (catcher).
"Dig" is an inning.
"Hard on you!" refers to a close ball or strike call from the umpire that players or managers take exception to.
"Hookie" is a left-handed batter, pronounced by swallowing the first consonant, "'ookeeeee!"
"How many are we?" means "What is the score?"
"Inshoot" refers to a curve ball that's coming inside on a batter.
"Leave the rubbish" is used to remind a teammate not to swing at bad pitches.
"Sledging" is a term referred to as "trash talking" in Australia; also known as "stiff banter."
"Stink" refers to teams who won't shake hands with each other after the game because there's been "some stink" during the game.
"Spanking" refers to an anticipated competitive game or tournament, as in "we're going to have a spanking competition."