Quiz: Do you know your baseball jargon?

Baseball Jargon Quiz is a special 'Gift' lens begun by ohcaroline and gifted to and completed by baseball fan Wednesday Elf!

The diamond has a language all its own;
If a player makes an error, it's a "bone";
If he attempts the "squeeze"
And strikes out, it's a "breeze";
A play at which the fans belch forth a groan.

A safe drive to the field is called a "bingle";
If good for one base only, it's a "single";
If the hurler throws a "cripple"
And the batter clouts a "triple,"
The swat will put the nerves of fans a-tingle.

When a runner's left on base, 'tis said he "died,"
If he goes out on a high fly, he has "skied";
A one-hand stop's a "stab";
The pitcher's mound, the "slab";
Successful plays are certainly "inside."

When a player's making good his work is "grand."
But let him boot just one and he's "panned";
If he comes up in a "pinch"
And he "whiffs"---well, it's a cinch,
The fickle fans will yell, "He should be 'canned.'"

---John H. Miller,
Baseball magazine,
October 1916

The influence of baseball on American English is impressive from the standpoint that certain terms and phrases which started in baseball (or at
least were given a major boost by it) in many cases have gone on to have much wider applications. How many of the following examples have you used, or heard used, in everyday conversation?

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