RFI: Homerun synonyms

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ie: jack

― gygax! (gygax!), Monday, 19 July 2004 21:24 (twenty-one years ago)

dinger

― gygax! (gygax!), Monday, 19 July 2004 21:24 (twenty-one years ago)

round-tripper

― gygax! (gygax!), Monday, 19 July 2004 21:25 (twenty-one years ago)

gopher ball

― Gear! (Gear!), Monday, 19 July 2004 21:30 (twenty-one years ago)

long-ball

― Gear! (Gear!), Monday, 19 July 2004 21:31 (twenty-one years ago)

bomb

― Gear! (Gear!), Monday, 19 July 2004 21:31 (twenty-one years ago)

i've always been partial to 'tater', it's what george scott called them and if it's good enough for a 300 lb first baseman that my dad said was the greatest defensive first baseman he ever saw then dammit it's good enough for me.

― otto midnight (otto midnight), Monday, 19 July 2004 21:37 (twenty-one years ago)

DONG

― mattbot (mattbot), Monday, 19 July 2004 21:48 (twenty-one years ago)

at Coors: "routine fly"
Matt Morris circa '04: "fastball"

― bnw (bnw), Monday, 19 July 2004 22:48 (twenty-one years ago)

Big fly

― The Dreaded Rear Admiral (Leee), Monday, 19 July 2004 23:00 (twenty-one years ago)

Quadrangular (oink)

― David R. (popshots75`), Tuesday, 20 July 2004 02:21 (twenty-one years ago)

"out on Waveland"

― hstencil (hstencil), Tuesday, 20 July 2004 02:38 (twenty-one years ago)

"out on Sheffield"

― earlnash, Tuesday, 20 July 2004 08:46 (twenty-one years ago)

Hey Hey

― earlnash, Tuesday, 20 July 2004 08:47 (twenty-one years ago)

a quadruple

― Begs2Differ (Begs2Differ), Tuesday, 20 July 2004 11:49 (twenty-one years ago)

Moonshot

― earlnash, Tuesday, 20 July 2004 13:05 (twenty-one years ago)

Jack

― earlnash, Tuesday, 20 July 2004 13:18 (twenty-one years ago)

scroll way up earlnash!

― gygax! (gygax!), Tuesday, 20 July 2004 13:29 (twenty-one years ago)

I saw that right after I posted, if you want, you can edit out my post.

― earlnash, Tuesday, 20 July 2004 13:40 (twenty-one years ago)

haha, no worries!; however, i did find this:

Slang terms for home runs include: big-fly, bomb, dinger, blast, clout, four-bagger, homer, jack, shot, moonshot, round-tripper, swat, tater, gopherball, wallop.

― gygax! (gygax!), Tuesday, 20 July 2004 13:54 (twenty-one years ago)

clout?

― John (jdahlem), Tuesday, 20 July 2004 17:43 (twenty-one years ago)

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