Origin of baseball terms

[gunnarthor]

Fun little article on baseball words and phrases - http://m.mlb.com/cutfour/2016/06/14/172757792

 

Originally, walk off was supposed to refer to the pitcher walking off after giving up the HR and was called "walk off piece," according to Dennis Eckersley.  

 

''It was always walk-off piece," Dennis Eckersley told the Boston Globe. "Like something you would hang in an art gallery. The walk-off piece is a horrible piece of art."

[HitInAPinch]

Cool read.  Thanks!

[spinowner]

Enjoyed, except for the part about the White-Sox-announcer-who-must-not-be-named.