So you want to talk like a baseball person? Then you’ll have to curse a lot. At least, that’s how Pat Murphy, the Milwaukee Brewers’ manager, explained it to his boss’ young son. As long as you’re ...
The purpose of this glossary is to simply define and give context to some of the commonly used metrics that have become part of baseball’s everyday vernacular. OPS — On-base-plus-slugging percentage.
Learn from our comprehensive list of baseball rules and how the game of baseball is structured-from past to present. The game of baseball presents a lot of terminology. FanSided is here to help you ...
Everyone loves an acronym, especially when it is three letters. Makes them a TLA… three-letter acronym. In fantasy baseball, as in life, there are acronyms and terminology that you likely know, but ...
The Giants and A’s are winning, and baseball, except for a handful of positive COVID tests, is back in full swing. So we are hearing some of the much-loved baseball jargon from the lips of our local ...
When it comes to baseball, the use of the letter K to represent a strikeout is one of the most elegant and concise practices in the sport—especially for headline writers. It should come as no surprise ...
And with fall comes the final weeks of the baseball season. The regular season concludes this weekend, and then the playoffs begin with Game 7 (if necessary) of the World Series slated for Nov. 3. Yet ...