7-min.com
Sieben Minuten Sport

These 12 Videos Show the Proper Form for a 7-Minute Full Workout

ABT (W3)

aerobics (W3)

McSweeney's Internet Tendency: I Am Poseidon! God of the Sea! I Also Teach Water Aerobics On Saturdays.

"arm aerobics", "wrist aerobics" (masturbation)

Old English Aerobics
Old English Aerobics is an anthology of Old English texts and a collection of on-line exercises, all keyed to Peter S. Baker, Introduction to Old English (Oxford: Blackwell, 2003). This site is under construction: usable, but please excuse the dust.

• New, in progress: The Old English Aerobics Workbook
• The Old English Aerobics Anthology
• The Old English Aerobics Glossary
• The Workout Room (obsolete)

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History
Both the term and the specific exercise method were developed by Dr. Kenneth Cooper, M.D., an exercise physiologist, and Col. Pauline Potts, a physical therapist, both of the United States Air Force. Dr. Cooper, an avowed exercise enthusiast, was personally and professionally puzzled about why some people with excellent muscular strength were still prone to poor performance at tasks such as long-distance running, swimming, and bicycling. He began measuring systematic human performance using a bicycle ergometer, and began measuring sustained performance in terms of a person's ability to use oxygen. His groundbreaking book, "Aerobics", was published in 1968, and included scientific exercise programs using running, walking, swimming and bicycling. The book came at a fortuitous historical moment, when increasing weakness and inactivity in the general population was causing a perceived need for increased exercise. It became a bestseller. Cooper's data provided the scientific baseline for almost all modern aerobics programs, most of which are based on oxygen-consumption equivalency.
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griech. "aerobios", "aerobi-" = engl. "living in air", "aerobic", "aerobics", "aerobiology", "anaerobic"

ballgame

Breakdance (W3)

Los geht's ab 19. November

the breakdance

Breakdance im Arbeiter- und Bauernstaat

Über Sprache darf man ja sowieso behaupten, was man will. Für die Sprache der ehemaligen DDR gilt das erst Recht. "Jahresendfigur m. F." (mit Flügeln) habe man dort Weihnachtsengel genannt und "Jahresendfigur o. F." (ohne Flügel) den Weihnachtsmann, anstelle von Reis und Kartoffeln, die es natürlich ohnehin nicht zu kaufen gab, kannte der Ossi nur das Wort "Sättigungsbeilage", Kühe hießen "rauhfutterverzehrende Großvieheinheit" und die Antibabypille "Wunschkindpille".
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Die vielen Anglizismen wurden ausgetauscht und aus "Breakdance" wurde zum Beispiel "akrobatischer Show-Tanz".
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cadillac trot (W3)

centralhome
The History of Dance
Tanz-Lexikon

A brief history of ballroom, breakdance, country, fad, flamenco, jazz and Latin dance, salsa, swing, tango and western.

• Argentine Tango - history of Argentine Tango and Milonga.
• Argentine Tango History - Milonga and Argentine Tango history by Mike Higgins
• Cha Cha - history of cha cha.
• Disco - history of disco dancing.
• Foxtrot - history of foxtrot.
• Jazz - history of jazz dancing.
• Mambo - history of mambo.
• Merengue - history of merengue dancing.
• Peabody - history of peabody.
• Polka - history of polka.
• Rumba - history of rumba dancing.
• Salsa - history of salsa dancing.
• Samba - history of samba.
• Swing - history of swing dance and Lindy Hop.
• Tango - history of tango dancing.
• Twist - history of the twist.
• Waltz - history of waltz dance.
• Western - history of country western dancing - two step, cowboy waltz, western swing and polka.

cnn.com
Steve Rushin
The specialized language of sports

Story Highlights

• What are the best - and worst - words in sports? It's quite an exercise
• Slurve, Eephus, Zamboni ... the most euphonious sounds to please human ear
• What is the best word in sports? It evokes, in its sound, other happy sports words

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dipsy doodle, dipsy-doodle, dipsy-do (W3)

Give me a break! (W3)

28.09.2009 Give me a break! (AE)

Hail Mary pass (W2)

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The figurative use was popularized during the Gulf War by General H. Norman Schwartzkopf, who compared a flanking maneuver to the football play in a 1991 press briefing.

historicbaseball

loc.gov
Baseball Cards

About the Baseball Cards from the Benjamin K. Edwards Collection

This collection presents a Library of Congress treasure — 2,100 early baseball cards dating from 1887 to 1914. The cards show such legendary figures as Ty Cobb stealing third base for Detroit, Tris Speaker batting for Boston, and pitcher Cy Young posing formally in his Cleveland uniform. Other notable players include Connie Mack, Walter Johnson, King Kelly, and Christy Mathewson.

Cigarette card collector Benjamin K. Edwards preserved these baseball cards in albums with more than 12,000 other cards on many subjects. After his death, Edwards' daughter gave the albums to noted poet and Lincoln biographer Carl Sandburg, who donated them to the Library's Prints and Photographs Division in 1954.

Mendoza Line (W3)

pitcher (W3)

"pitcher" or "pitching hammer" or "pitching tool"

A broad, heavy stone carving chisel, used to strike off pieces of stone in roughing out a carving. "Pitcher" might also refer to a ewer. [Not to be confused with picture !]

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• pitcher (baseball)
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• baseball (sport)
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• carnivorous plant (biology)
• cobra plant (genus Darlingtonia)
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The pitcher

Homer Simpson, an “Amphibious” Pitcher, and Doughnuts

June 12, 2015 by: Dictionary.com

Homer Simpson, a humorous malapropism about an Oakland A’s pitcher, and National Doughnut Day (or as Homer might spell it “National D’ohnut Day”) sent people looking up terms at Dictionary.com this week.

"doughnut" / "donut": a small cake of sweetened or, sometimes, unsweetened dough fried in deep fat, typically shaped like a ring.

National Doughnut Day had people turning to Dictionary.com to clarify the spelling of this tasty treat. Lookups for doughnut and donut both spiked on June 5. "Doughnut" was the original spelling, first attested in 1809 by Washington Irving, but both spellings are now widely used and accepted in standard English. The simplified variant "donut" gained traction in the years following the opening of the first Dunkin’ Donuts in 1950.

"amphibious": living or able to live both on land and in water; belonging to both land and water.

An Oregon-based newspaper helped this term spike on June 8 by publishing the following headline about Oakland Athletics pitcher Pat Venditte: “Amphibious pitcher makes debut.” Venditte "alternates between pitching with his right and left arm"; he is "ambidextrous", meaning he is “able to use both hands equally well.” After a friend of the newspaper posted the headline on Twitter, numerous media outlets took to speculating about Venditte’s many talents.
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pitcher

relief pitcher

"Pitcher" : Verbe courant dans le langage populaire québécois, emprunté à l'anglais "to pitch", il signifie : lancer, jeter en l'air.

"pitcher" (die de bal naar de slagman werpt)

N. van der Sijs (2001), Chronologisch Woordenboek

pitcher die de bal naar de slagman werpt 1958 [Aanv WNT] - Engels

P.A.F. van Veen en N. van der S?s (1997), Van Dale Etymologisch woordenboek

"pitcher" [die de bal naar de slagman werpt] {na 1950} - engels "pitcher", van "to pitch" ["werpen", "opgooien"], middelengels "picchen" ["doorboren", "stoten"], van "pick" (vgl. "pik"2 ["houweel"]).

"pitcher" (n.1) "earthen jug", c. 1200, from Old French "pichier" (12c.), altered from "bichier", from Medieval Latin "bicarium", probably from Greek "bikos" "earthen vessel" (see "beaker").

"Pitcher-plant" is recorded from 1819; so called for its resemblance.

"pitcher" (n.2) "one who pitches", 1722, agent noun from "pitch" (v.1). Originally of one tossing hay into a wagon, etc.; baseball sense first recorded 1845.

Chadwick, Lester

• Baseball Joe, Home Run King; or, The Greatest Pitcher and Batter on Record (English) (as Author)
• Baseball Joe in the Big League; or, A Young Pitcher's Hardest Struggles (English) (as Author)
• Baseball Joe in the Central League; or, Making Good as a Professional Pitcher (English) (as Author)
• The Rival Pitchers: A Story of College Baseball (English) (as Author)

Colborne, Elizabeth, 1885-1948

Rival Pitchers of Oakdale (English) (as Illustrator)

Grey, Zane, 1872-1939

The Young Pitcher (English) (as Author)

Hancock, H. Irving (Harrie Irving), 1868-1922

The High School Pitcher

Dick & Co. on the Gridley Diamond (English) (as Author)

Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864

The Miraculous Pitcher

(From: "A Wonder-Book for Girls and Boys") (English) (as Author)

Mathewson, Christy, 1880-1925

Pitcher Pollock (English) (as Author)

Scott, Morgan

Rival Pitchers of Oakdale (English) (as Author)

Standish, Burt L., 1866-1945

Lefty Locke Pitcher-Manager (English) (as Author)

Hall of Fame Pitchers

To learn about Hall of Famers with unforgettable pitching arms, check out:
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In baseball, how does a pitcher throw a curveball?

How to Draw a Baseball Pitcher's Windup Cartoon in 5 Steps

"Pitcher" : Verbe, signifiant "Lancer" ou "jeter en l'air".

C'est un verbe courant dans le langage populaire québécois, emprunté à l'anglais "to pitch".

ex : je vais te pitcher mon verre à la figure.

1 pitcher:

• the player who throws the ball to the batter in baseball — see also relief pitcher

2 pitcher

• US : a container with a lip and handle that is used for holding and pouring out liquids
• US : the amount held by a pitcher
• British : jug

• "long-term mediocre major-league pitchers" ronbutters
• "long-term mediocre major-league pitchers" Laurence Horn
• "long-term mediocre major-league pitchers" Charles Doyle
• "long-term mediocre major-league pitchers" ronbutters
• "long-term mediocre major-league pitchers" Laurence Horn

• "submarine pitcher"(baseball) 1922 Sam Clements
• "submarine pitcher"(baseball) 1922 Tom Dalzell
• "submarine pitcher"(baseball) 1922 Fred Shapiro
• "submarine pitcher"(baseball) 1922 Fred Shapiro

• Antedating of relief pitcher (1902) Sam Clements
• Antedating of relief pitcher (1902) Fred Shapiro

• At least 18 terms for baseball "pitcher" Gerald Cohen
• At least 18 terms for baseball "pitcher" Dennis R. Preston

Query: "Pitcher"

• Curt Schilling Baseball 14-Nov-1966 -- Boston Red Sox pitcher
• Robin Roberts Baseball 30-Sep-1926 06-May-2010 Phillies pitcher, Hall of Famer
• Pedro Martinez Baseball 25-Oct-1971 -- Retired Red Sox pitcher
• Vida Blue Baseball 28-Jul-1949 -- Cy Young Award winning pitcher
• Tim Hudson Baseball 14-Jul-1975 -- Atlanta Braves starting pitcher
• Jim Palmer Baseball 15-Oct-1945 -- Longtime Baltimore Orioles pitcher
• Barry Zito Baseball 13-May-1978 -- SF Giants pitcher
• David Wells Baseball 20-May-1963 -- MLB pitcher, wrote Perfect I'm Not
• Satchel Paige Baseball 07-Jul-1906 08-Jun-1982 Negro Leagues, Cleveland Indians pitcher
• Dwight Gooden Baseball 16-Nov-1964 -- Pitcher, New York Mets
• Lefty Grove Baseball 06-Mar-1900 22-May-1975 Perhaps the best MLB pitcher in history
• Don Drysdale Baseball 23-Jul-1936 03-Jul-1993 Dodgers pitcher, 1962 Cy Young Award winner
• Juan Marichal Baseball 20-Oct-1937 -- Nine-time All-Star SF Giants pitcher
• Dontrelle Willis Baseball 12-Jan-1982 -- Cincinnati Reds pitcher
• Hoyt Wilhelm Baseball 26-Jul-1923 23-Aug-2002 Knuckleball relief pitcher
• Dennis Eckersley Baseball 03-Oct-1954 -- Hall of Famer, renowned pitcher
• Steve Howe Baseball 10-Mar-1958 28-Apr-2006 MLB pitcher
• Carl Hubbell Baseball 22-Jun-1903 21-Nov-1988 New York Giants pitcher
• Rob Dibble Baseball 24-Jan-1964 -- Sportscaster, former Cincinnati Reds pitcher
• Tug McGraw Baseball 30-Aug-1944 05-Jan-2004 Pitcher for Mets, Phillies
• Grover Cleveland Alexander Baseball 26-Feb-1887 04-Nov-1950 Pitcher, 373 career wins
• Babe Adams Baseball 18-May-1882 27-Jul-1968 Pitcher, Pittsburgh Pirates
• Eric Show Baseball 19-May-1956 16-Mar-1994 MLB pitcher
• Tim Lincecum Baseball 15-Jun-1984 -- Pitcher, San Francisco Giants
• Rod Beck Baseball 03-Aug-1968 23-Jun-2007 MLB relief pitcher
• Tommy Byrne Baseball 31-Dec-1919 20-Dec-2007 MLB pitcher, Mayor of Wake Forest
• John Smoltz Baseball 15-May-1967 -- Pitcher, Atlanta Braves
• Bert Blyleven Baseball 06-Apr-1951 -- MLB pitcher, 3701 strikeouts
• Dazzy Vance Baseball 04-Mar-1891 16-Feb-1961 Brooklyn Robins pitcher, Hall-of-Famer
• Tom Glavine Baseball 25-Mar-1966 -- Pitcher, Atlanta Braves
• Don Newcombe Baseball 14-Jun-1926 -- First African-American pitcher in MLB
• Mike Mussina Baseball 08-Dec-1968 -- Pitcher, New York Yankees
• Tommy John Baseball 22-May-1943 -- MLB pitcher, received pioneering surgery
• Mariano Rivera Baseball 29-Nov-1969 -- Yankees Relief Pitcher
• Bob Lemon Baseball 22-Sep-1920 11-Jan-2000 Cleveland Indians Pitcher, MLB Manager
• Goose Gossage Baseball 05-Jul-1951 -- MLB relief pitcher
• Brad Penny Baseball 24-May-1978 -- Pitcher, Los Angeles Dodgers
• Lee Smith Baseball 04-Dec-1957 -- Former MLB relief pitcher
• Jim Abbott Baseball 19-Sep-1967 -- One-handed MLB pitcher
• John Candelaria Baseball 06-Nov-1953 -- Candyman, MLB pitcher
• Cliff Lee Baseball 30-Aug-1978 -- Left-handed pitcher, Philadelphia Phillies
• Tim Wakefield Baseball 02-Aug-1966 -- Pitcher, Boston Red Sox
• Josh Beckett Baseball 15-May-1980 -- Pitcher, L.A. Dodgers
• Justin Verlander Baseball 20-Feb-1983 -- Detroit Tigers pitcher
• Ron Guidry Baseball 28-Aug-1950 -- Yankees Pitcher, 1975-88
• Clay Buchholz Baseball 14-Aug-1984 -- Pitcher, Boston Red Sox
• Harvey Haddix Baseball 18-Sep-1925 08-Jan-1994 MLB pitcher
• Mark Langston Baseball 20-Aug-1960 -- MLB pitcher, 2464 strikeouts
• Cory Lidle Baseball 22-Mar-1972 11-Oct-2006 Yankees pitcher flew his plane into a high rise
• Doyle Alexander Baseball 04-Sep-1950 -- Former MLB pitcher
• Don Sutton Baseball 02-Apr-1945 -- Pitcher, Baseball Hall of Famer
• Joba Chamberlain Baseball 23-Sep-1985 -- Tigers pitcher
• Frank Pastore Radio Personality 21-Aug-1957 17-Dec-2012 Talk radio host, former MLB pitcher
• Rick Aguilera Baseball 31-Dec-1961 -- Former MLB Pitcher, Minnesota Twins
• Jonathan Papelbon Baseball 23-Nov-1980 -- All-Star closer
• Trevor Hoffman Baseball 13-Oct-1967 -- Baseball's all-time saves leader
• Pierre Pettigrew Politician 18-Apr-1951 -- Canadian Foreign Minister
• Nikolai Podgorny Head of State 18-Feb-1903 11-Jan-1983 President of the USSR, 1965-77
• Pamela Willeford Government Mar-1950 -- US Ambassador to Switzerland 2003-06
• Andrew Pettegree Historian 16-Sep-1957 -- Reformation and the Culture of Persuasion
• Kenneth S. Pitzer Chemist 06-Jan-1914 26-Dec-1997 President of Rice University, 1961-68
• Elizabeth Paté-Cornell Educator 17-Aug-1948 -- Risk analysis expert, Stanford professor
• Ernestine Rose Activist 13-Jan-1810 04-Aug-1892 Suffragette and abolitionist
• Charlie Puth Singer/Songwriter 02-Dec-1991 -- Nine Track Mind
• Gregor Piatigorsky Cellist 17-Apr-1903 06-Aug-1976 Russian-American cello virtuoso

No, this is an amphibious pitcher.

Baseball Terms

Each baseball team has nine players. The pitcher of one team throws the ball to a batter from the other team. The batter attempts to hit the ball.
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Word Routes - Exploring the pathways of our lexicon

On Opening Day, Remembering How Baseball Begat "Jazz"

March 28, 2012

By Ben Zimmer
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It starts with Portland Beavers "pitcher" Ben Henderson telling the Los Angeles Times that for the opening day game against the Angels he was planning on "pitching" a "jazz ball", his name for a "wobbly pitch" that had so much motion on it that batters wouldn't know what to do with it. ... Elsewhere in the Pacific Coast League, the San Francisco Seals took to the word "jazz" the following year at their training camp, using it to mean "spirit", "pep", "vigor". And it just so happened that a banjoist in the band entertaining the Seals at their camp would go to Chicago and start up a "jazz band". The banjoist, Bert Kelly, insisted that he introduced the word "jazz" to the Chicago music scene, and the latest evidence we have from digitized newspaper databases would seem to bear out Kelly's claim.
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Word Routes - Exploring the pathways of our lexicon

The Pitcher with a Thesaurus in His Locker

April 8, 2011

By Ben Zimmer

The baseball season is in full swing now, and as a long-suffering fan of the New York Mets, I've learned to content myself with the small pleasures of the game. The Mets started the season with a road trip, going 3-3 — not bad, I'll take it. Pitching in today's home opener at Citi Field is R.A. Dickey, who has emerged as a fan favorite, not just for his way with a knuckleball, but for his way with words.
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• "bullpen": a place on a baseball field where relief pitchers can warm up during a game

• "catcher": the position on a baseball team of the player who is stationed behind home plate and who catches the balls that the pitcher throws
• "Cy Young": United States baseball player and famous pitcher (1867-1955)

• "Danton True": Young United States baseball player and famous pitcher (1867-1955)
• "designated hitter": a ballplayer who is designated to bat in place of the pitcher

• "earned run average": a measure of a pitcher's effectiveness
• "ERA": a measure of a pitcher's effectiveness

• "five-hitter": a game in which a pitcher allows the opposing team 5 hits
• "four-hitter": a game in which a pitcher allows the opposing team 4 hits

• "left-handed pitcher": a baseball pitcher who throws the ball with the left hand
• "left hander": a baseball pitcher who throws the ball with the left hand
• "lefthander": a baseball pitcher who throws the ball with the left hand

• "no-hit of": a game in which a pitcher allows the opponent no hits
• "no-hit game": a game in which a pitcher allows the opposing team no hits
• "no-hitter": a game in which a pitcher allows the opposing team no hits

• "one-hitter": a game in which a pitcher allows the opposing team only one hit

• "perfect game": a game in which a pitcher does not allow any opposing player to reach base
• "pitcher": (baseball) the person who does the pitching
• "pitcher's mound": (baseball) the slight elevation on which the pitcher stands
• "pitching": playing the position of pitcher on a baseball team
• "pitching change": replacing a pitcher in baseball
• "pitching coach": an assistant baseball coach in charge of pitchers

• "relief pitcher": a pitcher who does not start the game
• "right-handed pitcher": (baseball) a pitcher who throws with the right hand

• "screwballer": (baseball) a pitcher who throws screwballs
• "starting pitcher": (baseball) a pitcher who starts in a baseball game
• "suicide squeeze": the runner on third base starts home as the pitcher delivers the ball
• "suicide squeeze play": the runner on third base starts home as the pitcher delivers the ball
• "switch-hit bat": right-handed against a left-handed and left-handed against a right-handed pitcher

• "three-hitter": a game in which a pitcher allows the opposing team only 3 hits
• "two-hitter": a game in which a pitcher allows the opposing team only 2 hits

Der "Pitcher" ist ein Spieler und/oder eine Position im Baseball- und Softball-Sport. Der "Pitcher" wird im Deutschen häufig als "Werfer" bezeichnet. Während seine Mannschaft Feldmannschaft ist, steht er normalerweise in der Mitte des Infield auf dem Pitcher's Mound, einem ca. 30 cm hohen Hügel, und wirft von dort dem jeweiligen "Batter" der Schlagmannschaft, bzw. dem dahinter hockenden "Catcher" seiner eigenen Mannschaft, die Bälle zu. Ein guter Pitcher zeichnet sich durch schwer zu schlagende Würfe aus. Dabei kommen mehrere verschiedene Wurftechniken (z. B. Fastball - der am meisten verwendete Wurf, Changeup, Curveball, Slider, Knuckleball) zum Einsatz, um die Würfe für den Batter schwerer berechenbar zu machen.
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There are, as you say, a number of senses of the word "pitch", and the connections between them are not always easy to trace. To begin with, we can eliminate the "tar" sense of "pitch" from the puzzle. Derived from "pix" [dt. "Pech", "Teer"], the Latin word for the substance, this sort of "pitch" is also used in figurative senses such as "pitch dark".

The other senses of "pitch" as both a noun and a verb are completely unrelated to the "tar" sense and derive from the Middle English "pichen", which carried the general meaning of "to thrust, drive or fasten" [dt. "stecken", "treiben", "befestigen"] something, especially into the ground (still used when we "pitch" a tent). Subsequent senses of "pitch" as both a noun and a verb all involve notions of either "planting" or "throwing," although in some senses, such as musical "pitch" (which refers to the height or frequency at which sounds are delivered) the connection is very remote. A cricket "pitch" is so called because that's where the wickets are "pitched", i.e., set into the ground.

Given the tenuous connections between some uses of "pitch" and the original "thrust" meaning of the word, the baseball sense of "pitcher" is eminently logical by comparison.

Incidentally, the sort of "pitcher" used to hold and serve beverages comes from the late Latin word "picarium" and is unrelated to any of the "pitch" words above.

• little-pitcher
• little-pitchers
• little-pitchers-have-big-ears
• nonpitcher
• nonpitchers
• nonpitching
• pitch - dt. "Pech" und dt. "werfen"
• pitch-a-fit
• pitch-a-tent
• pitch accent
• pitch-and-putt
• pitch-and-toss
• pitch-around
• pitch-black
• pitch circle
• pitch-class
• pitch-classes
• pitch-count
• pitch-counts
• pitch-dark
• pitch-faced
• pitch-in
• pitch-invasion
• pitch-mark
• pitch-out
• pitch-perfect
• pitch pine
• pitch-pines
• pitch pipe
• pitch-simultaneity
• pitch-up
• pitch-upon
• pitch-woo
• pitch-yaw-roll (computer definition)
• pitchable
• pitchback
• pitchbacks
• pitchblende
• pitchblendes
• pitchbook
• pitchbooks
• pitchcapping
• pitched
• pitched-a-tent
• pitched battle
• pitched-market
• pitched-markets
• pitched roof
• pitcher
• pitcher-bawd
• Pitcher Molly
• pitcher plant
• pitcher-plants
• pitcher-s-count
• pitcherful
• pitcherfuls
• pitchers
• pitchersful
• pitches
• pitches-a-tent
• pitchest
• pitcheth
• pitchfest
• pitchfests
• pitchfork
• pitchforked
• pitchforkful
• pitchforking
• pitchforklike
• pitchforks
• pitchier
• pitchiest
• pitchily
• pitchiness
• pitching
• pitching-a-tent
• pitching-piece
• pitching-pieces
• pitching-wedge
• pitching-wedges
• pitchings
• pitchless
• pitchlike
• pitchman
• pitchmen
• pitchout
• pitchouts
• pitchpenny
• pitchpole
• pitchpoled
• pitchpoles
• pitchpoling
• pitchside
• pitchstone
• pitchstones
• pitcht
• pitchware (computer definition)
• pitchwoman
• pitchwomen
• pitchwork
• pitchy
• relief pitcher
• relief-pitchers
• setup pitcher
• starting-pitcher
• starting-pitchers
• switch-pitcher
• switch-pitchers

This experiment brings together the power of Google Translate and the collective knowledge of Wikipedia to put into context the relationship between language and geographical space.

profootballresearchers
Nickname Origins
By Stuart Kantor

Nicknames are an integral part of the lexicon of sports. Often, a nickname transcends the given name, and we, the fan, associate a particular player by his clever and descriptive moniker.

We know Walter Payton as Sweetness, Ed Jones as Too Tall and Willie Anderson as Flipper. We remember Franco scooping up a ricochet from Bradshaw to Fuqua off the Three Rivers' turf as the Immaculate Reception, and we decided, that like disco, there is no gray area when it comes to liking a franchise who bills itself as America's Team.

Yet, few of us know the stores behind the nicknames. How players, teams, plays, games and stadiums received their more colorful alternatives. So let's explore a few of the more interesting and appreciate not only the nickname, but how the name came into being.

How about Charlie Choo-Choo Justice?
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Rhubarb (W3)

rhubarb (n.)

late 14c., from Old French "rubarbe", from Medieval Latin "rheubarbarum", from Greek "rha barbaron" "foreign rhubarb", from "rha" "rhubarb", perhaps ultimately from a source akin to Persian rewend "rhubarb" (associated in Greek with "Rha", ancient Scythian name of the River "Volga") + "barbaron", neuter of "barbaros" "foreign" (see "barbarian"). Grown in China and Tibet, it was imported into ancient Europe by way of Russia.

Spelling altered in Medieval Latin by association with "rheum". European native species so called from 1640s.

Baseball slang meaning "loud squabble on the field" is from 1938, of unknown origin, said to have been first used by broadcaster Garry Schumacher. Perhaps connected with use of "rhubarb" as a word repeated by stage actors to give the impression of hubbub or conversation (attested from 1934).

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Other less believable theories hold that the term derives from the tangled appearance of stewed rhubarb, or that youngsters going out to play baseball in Brooklyn were given "healthy" rhubarb sandwiches by their mothers, which they often used as weapons in scuffles with the opposing team. Yet another theory holds that losers in barroom brawls in Brooklyn were often forced to drink bitter rhubarb tonic by the victors, and thus "rhubarb" came to be Brooklyn slang for "fight." As unlikely as this theory sounds, Tom Meany, the writer who first popularized "rhubarb," claimed to have heard the term first-hand from a Brooklyn bartender.

So what's the real origin of "rhubarb"? Nobody knows, but personally I'll bet on the theatrical "rhubarb-rhubarb" theory.

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The acting use of "rhubarb" is recorded from 1934. From Alan P. Herbert’s Holy Deadlock of that year:

The chorus excitedly rushed about and muttered “Rhubarb!”

The baseball use is attested to from 1943. From Baseball Magazine of January of that year:

A “rhubarb,” which has become Brooklynese for a heated verbal run-in, especially between players and umpires.
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Sport (W3)

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• Dance and Related Facts: (This section is only one or two pages and is text only. Deals with stuff like when the Automobile, Saxophone, Piano, Microphone etcetera was invented).
• Dance Marathons: (This Section deals with Dance Marathon Information as well as Dancers, Locations, Photo's etcetera).
• Dance Movies List: (Ahhh, dance Movies are a source of great information on dances gone by, dancers past and present, Costumes, designs, Choreography and so much more. Most are available for purchase). For Swing Dance Films click here: Swing Films.
• Dance Posters etc.: (I love collecting dance posters when affordable. Plus they are a great historical source of information. Some are available thru All-Posters and others so if I have found them to be available I have supplied a link).
• Dance Styles: (This section deals with all types and styles of Dances. There are Hundreds of dances listed with any information I have on those dances.)
• Dance Terms: (This section deals with historic dance terms as many have changed today and some are the same. Some are Greek and French as well as English. Many dance treatise mention these terms and sometimes we need to look them up to see what they meant when describing a dance movement).
• Dancers / Performers: (The Dancers section has thousands of dancers listed, mainly before 1960 as the newer dancers will come later. Some of these dancers go back to B.C.)
• Harvest Moon Ball Contests: (The Harvest Moon Ball is listed by each year where I have gathered information. If you have any corrections or printed facts [like a program page, actual person, family member etc] on who won/placed/danced please pass it along for others).
• Hellzapoppin': (This Page lists Information on the Play rather than the movie, but it has some info on the movie as well).
• Plays / Musicals: (Well, this is what it says. This section deals with Broadway type plays and Musicals).
• Quotes on Dance: (We run across these from time to time with information on its origin, so we thought we would write em down).
• Religious Verses and Mythology: (Has many Religious verses and Mythology (think Greek) information on dances and dancers, both real and mythical).
• Savoy Battles Savoy Battle of Bands: (Has a little information on this subject, I have been focusing on other parts in this Site for the time being)
• Sheet Music: (If it wasn't for sheet music some of the dances might be myths. These are dance realted covers only, and not the printed music notations but we have added 'Sheet Music Plus' if your looking for the musical notation as well).
• Timelines - Dances: (This is one long page. Takes about 12 pages to print. These dances are listed by date as well as a few historical timelines inserted to give an idea of the time period. These dates are subject to change as I come across updated information. Dates may not be exact, but pretty close on most).
• Troupes / Dance Groups: (This Section is one page but links to many others. These are any dance group of three or more. Some are also in the dancers section so try there first).

touch all bases (W3)

June 01, 2014
Words and Their Stories
touch all bases!
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There are four bases in baseball - first, second and third. The fourth is home plate. Together, the bases form a diamond shape. When a baseball player hits the ball, he must run to each base - in order - and touch it with his foot. It is the only way to score a point. If the player hits the ball and fails to touch all the bases, the point will not be counted.
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So, to "touch all bases" means to do what is necessary to complete an activity.

The expression is used in business and politics. No business deal or political campaign is really complete until you discuss all the issues involved or, as it is said, until you "touch all bases."
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Uni of California
University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB)
Nicknames and the Lexicon of Sports

NICKNAMES AND THE LEXICON OF SPORTS
ROBERT KENNEDY (University of California, Santa Barbara)
TANIA ZAMUNER (Radboud University Nijmegen)

abstract:

This article examines the structure and usage of nicknames given to professional hockey and baseball players. Two general types are observed: a phrasal referring expression and a single-word hypocoristic. The phrasal nickname is descriptive but is only used referentially, usually in sports narrative. The hypocoristic is used for both reference and address and may be descriptive or shortened from a formal name. In addition, its inclusion of a hypocoristic suffix is sensitive to the segmental content of the shortened form. A model of nickname assignment is proposed in which the creation of any kind of nickname is treated as enriching the lexicon. This model relates nicknames to other types of specialized or elaborate referring expressions and encodes the social meaning of nicknames and other informal names in the lexicon.
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Baseball Terms in English Idioms

October 29, 2014
Multimedia

TALK2US: Baseball Terms in English Idioms

Published 10/28/2014

Caty Weaver and Ashley Thompson talk about some common baseball terms that have entered everyday conversation in English idioms.

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Boxing Expressions

November 10, 2014
Words and Their Stories: Boxing Expressions
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Super Football Idioms

TALK2US: Super Football Idioms

Published 02/13/2015

Learn some useful English expressions from the game of American Football with Caty Weaver and Ashley Thompson.

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Idioms About Sports

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We often use sports-related terms in our daily lives to describe moments of success, difficulty, failure and fairness.
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Let’s consider the phrasal verb "huddle up". The verb "huddle" means "to crowd together". In American football, the offensive team huddles throughout the game to discuss its plan of play. The team forms a sort of circle with their backs to everyone else. This helps keep the players’ brief meeting private. They do not want the opposition to learn what moves they are planning to make.
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"Hail Mary" is the name of a Christian prayer. It is used in football to describe a play made by the losing team toward the end of the game. The play is not likely to be successful but is made in desperation.
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The idiom "drop the ball" most often describes a situation where someone failed to do something important or necessary.

This term is used in many sports. A baseball, football or basketball player can "drop the ball", usually resulting in some kind of loss or penalty for their team.
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Words in This Story

• "idiom" – n. an expression that cannot be understood from the meanings of its separate words but that has a separate meaning of its own
• "practice" – v. to carry out or perform a particular activity
• "authentic" – adj. not false or copied; genuine; real
• "phrasal verb" – n. a phrase consisting of a verb and another element, typically a preposition
• "desperation" – n. a state of despair or hopelessness

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Sports & Games

Major League Baseball

• get information about a major league baseball team San Francisco Giants
• compare baseball teams New York Yankees, Boston Red Sox
• request a team statistic St. Louis Cardinals hits

National Football League

• get information about an NFL team New England Patriots
• compare several teams Chicago Bears, Green Bay Packers, Minnesota Vikings
• compare a statistic for multiple teams passing touchdowns Dallas Cowboys, Denver Broncos

Olympic Games

• get information about Olympic medals Olympic gold medals
• find medals won by an athlete How many medals has Michael Phelps won?
• find medals by sport Olympics medalists from Norway in alpine skiing

Stadiums

• get information about a stadium Three Rivers Stadium
• get specific facts about a stadium how much did it cost to build Cinergy Field?
• do calculations with stadium data construction cost of Lambeau Field/population of Green Bay

Lotteries

• get lottery odds lottery
• get odds for a specified lottery game Powerball

Card Games

• compute card probabilities probability 3 queens 2 jacks
• compute odds for a poker hand probability full house

Dickson, Paul (Autor)
The New Dickson Baseball Dictionary

Baseball is an etymologist's delight. The game coins words and phrases faster than Mark McGwire hits home runs ("a.k.a. dingers", "taters", "round-trippers", "four-baggers"), and much of what begins as baseball-specific verbiage seeps into common usage. But why exactly is a high, lazy fly ball called "a can of corn", a pop-up that falls between the infield and the outfield a "Texas leaguer", a vicious curveball "Uncle Charlie", a poke that bounces off the plate a "Baltimore chop", and the minor leagues "the bushes"? Paul Dickson explains them - and about 7.000 more terms and expressions, names and events - in a wide-ranging work that's as much fun to browse through as it is specifically useful. Like its 1989 predecessor (which only sent 5.000 entries to the plate), the Dickson Baseball Dictionary arranges everything alphabetically, supplies definitions, offers examples, provides cross-references, and, most fascinating of all, traces word and phrase origins. As references go, it brings out the "lumber", looks "yard", and pretty much "touches 'em all".
Jeff Silverman

Wahl, Timothy
Footballogy
Elements of American Football for Non-Native Speakers of English

Learn how to watch America’s number-one sports pastime, football, its heritage, and traditions from the view of a fan. People who will benefit include high-intermediate and above English-language learners as well as proficient speakers of English who learned English by way of study, not birth. Students, business people, and travelers are part of this group.

American football is more than a game. It is an experience that connects many Americans and Footballogy will connect you with this experience. Readings and light exercises in grammar and usage are intended to be useful and fun, educational and entertaining. Above all, the objectives of this class are to help students speak more skillfully and confidently about the sport and follow the action at the stadium, in print, or broadcast media. And, of course, to make friends.

Paperback: 404 pages
Publisher: ESL Publishing
Language: English
ISBN-13: 978-0-9986965-3-9
ASIN: B086FXKGCC
Product Dimensions: 6 x 0.9 x 9 inches

Combining English and America's passion

about Footballogy

Clueless as to what a "line of scrimmage", a "snap count", and a "tight end" are? Want to know the football-specific meaning of "to hook up", "sudden death", "pistol", and "bench strength"? Or perhaps you’re wondering about the circumstances under which a team number is retired? Look no further than Footballogy, a comprehensive new publication for second language learners of English by Timothy Wahl.
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