May 5 at PNC Park in Pittsburgh, PA
Fox Sports Ohio
Fox Sports color commentator Chris Welsh rarely disappoints. He had quite a night of Baseball Phrases on Tuesday:
"Major butterflies"
"High ceiling"
"Your bound to miss some bats"
"Phantom strike"
"Grinding out at bats"
"He put a lickin' on it"
"Wear and tear"
"Stick it in your pocket"
"They're up there to wield that lumber"
"He kind of passed the eye ball test"
A pair of Welsh's phrases deserve their own section so we can discuss them individually.
1. "On the beam tonight"
Baseball People (BP) have a number of ways to describe the place where the pitcher stands. It's either a "mound" or a "rubber" or a "slab" or "the bump". But "beam" is a new one for me.
2. "When
you go oppige here at PNC Park you've hit one"
OK, well things appear to be getting a little ridiculous. I've heard "go oppo" as a way to say "he hit that ball to the opposite field", and while silly, it's not nearly as silly as oppige. I'm not even sure that's how you spell it (opige? oppage?)
* Big night for Marlon Byrd, who hit a two-run home run and a two-run double in the Reds' 7-1 victory. In fact, each of the first five hitters in Cincinnati's lineup has two hits.
* Michael Lorenzen, the 38th overall pick of the 2013 draft, won his first major league game with six innings of one-run ball. It's a bit alarming that he's already allowed four home runs in two starts, but all were solo shots, which should please John Kruk. At least they weren't walks.
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