2012-09-16 0065 Vintage Baseball at Garfield Park Indianapolis Indiana

Old time baseball at Garfield Park, Indianapolis Indiana. An afternoon of vintage baseball featuring the Indianapolis Hoosiers, White River Baseball Club, St.Louis Unions, Batesville Lumbermen, Indianapolis Blues, St.Louis Perfectos, Vermillion Voles and the Mulberry Manglers played under 19th Century rules.

VINTAGE BASEBALL TERMS

 

Ace or Tally - run; crossing home base

Apple, pill, horsehide, onion - the ball

Artist - proficient player

Baller, Ballist - player

Basetender - an infielder

Bench - manager or coach

Blind - no score

Blooper, banjo hit - weak fly ball, "Texas leaguer"

Boodler - ungentlemanly maneuver

Bound - bounce

Bowler, hurler, thrower, feeder - pitcher

Bug bruiser – sharp grounder

Club, Nine - team

Cranks (or Throng) - fans

Daisy Cutter - sharp grounder

Dead or Hand Dead, Hand down - put out or batter out

Dew Drop - slow pitch

Dish - home plate

Foul tic - foul ball

Four Baser - home run

Garden - outfield

Ginger - enthusiastic play

Ground - field

Huzzah! - hooray

Leg it - run swiftly

Match - game

Midfielder - center fielder

Muckle - power hitter

Muff or Duff - error

Muffin - enthusiastic but unskilled player

Pitcher's Point - pitchers mound or rubber

Player Dead - out

Pluck - fine strike or play

Plugging (or Soaking) the Runner - throwing the ball at runner to put him out (illegal after 1845)

Rover - shortstop

Scouts - outfielders

Show a little ginger - play harder or smarter

Sky Ball, Skyer - flyball

Sky scraper - A high Pop Fly

Stinger - hard hit ball

Stir your stumps - run fast/hustle

Striker - hitter

Striker to the line - batter up

Talleykeeper - scorekeeper

Three Hands Dead - 3 outs, side retired

Whitewash - team held scoreless for a match or at-bat

Willow – bat

 

 

Done