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rec.sport.baseball.fantasy jargon file
last edited 07/09/93
Term Definition
billyripken player who is brought up in the auction
for a buck, and no-one else bids on him (or the
unchallenged one-dollar bid) [USATBW]
bondsing the act of two fantasy league managers together
praising the value of the same player [RG]
chipperflipper owner who waits for a single minor-league callup [RG]
cito the owner who consistently overvalues his own players [RG]
coocker/cooker pitcher with high HR/IP [adapted from Acker-Cook
award by RG]
deneagle to remove from the list of eligible players a player
who was traded to the other league on the eve of the draft.
Also applied to teams if the player is traded in midseason.
[Craig Richardson]
ericdavis [Greek: Erosdafos, to become injured while
making love.] (1) n. The major league disabled list.
[Andy VanSlyke was sent to the ericdavis this week.]
[Randall Rhea]
fossass owner who claims a player with no fantasy value
whatsoever and keeps him at least half the year
[Valentine & RG]
franklane (1) n. the owner who leads your league in trades. (2)
n. any owner that makes more than one stupid trade. (3)
n. any owner that defends his own stupid trade. [RG]
gatorical all glove, no hit [Vic Canacci]
ghod any commissioner who does the league stats [RG]
greg the approximate skill level of your second catcher [RG]
gregg the desired skill level of your first closer [RG]
hendersecoberry player who is just so obnoxious, you hope the latest
injury ends the agony of them being in the spotlight
[Vic Canacci] -- alternately, player who is either
obnoxious, injured or both
hillacious all hit, no glove [Vic Canacci]
hoil to hit a lot of home runs with a small RBI/HR ratio [USATBW]
holmesian see thigpenian
howe question regarding a risky draft selection [RG]
javyheavy the owner who monitors all minor-league callups [RG]
lewisian the "can't miss" that has [Vic Canacci]
meatloaf owner who has teams in more than one league [RG]
mccartyism doctrine that keeps that minor league phenom
you've had your eye on from getting called up [USATBW]
mtwlms to blow a save in the top half of the ninth, only to
have your team come back in the bottom half and win
[[email protected]]
olerude describes a contending owner who scoffs at other teams whose
players are having off years [RG]
parrettitis a common infliction that occurs to middle relievers
who won a lot of games in the previous season.
parretitis causes the pitcher to become completely
ineffective in the following season, when someone spends
some dough on him [[email protected]]
plantierize to project a hitter's numbers for an upcoming season and
EXPECT those numbers to be reached based solely on what
the hitter did in the last couple months of the previous
year [[email protected]]
ruffin [Greek: Roufos, to lose; Middle Latin: Rufinium, to lose;
Middle French: Roufou, to lose] (1) n. The silence after a
Roto auction bid of "Bruce Ruffin, one dollar." [After
my bid for Billy Ripken, I heard nothing but ruffin.]
(2) adj. Describing a pitcher who simply inflates your
ERA and WHIP without giving any wins or saves. (3) adj.
Describing a pitcher who is always given "another chance"
by major league clubs simply because he throws with the
left hand. [That Steve Howe is as ruffin as I've ever seen.]
(4) v. To act in despiration for starting pitching.
[Colorado was so weak in pitching that they had to
ruffin.] [Randall Rhea]
salomar Hall of Fame potential that is always hurt [Vic Canacci]
strawberry [Middle English: from the straw-like particles on the
fruit, or the straw-like constitution of a certain
ball player.] (1) n. A small, red, fleshy fruit. (2) n.
Tommy Lasorda's favorite flavor of Slim-Fast. (3) n.
See thenextwilliemays. [Randall Rhea]
thenextwilliemays
[Old English: T'negz wolly maize, to not live up to
one's potential] (1) n. Not living up to one's potential
after being heavily promoted as a phenom. [Darryl
Strawberry is thenextwilliemays.] [Randall Rhea]
thigpenian A relief pitcher`s outing which is less than a full
inning pitched and results in 5+ ERs [[email protected]]
uberhomer the owner whose team is more than ten percent composed
of the local MLB team's players [the Ultimate Homer and RG]
wellsly pitcher outing that completely destroys ERA and WHIP before
the manager (finally) comes to yank the pitcher [USATBW]
yoohoofoo repeat champion [RG]
RG
"Next, I will calculate the exact amount that a direct hit with a
nuclear weapon on Dennis Cook would lower the team ERA..."
- David Shlapak, 06/93
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