Categories

Archives

SBG Lexicon

SBG Term Meaning Origin
Ass of the Franchise Torii Hunter h/t to spycake for taking the Rochester Ass name and twisting it until it was just right.
Bertin' F***in' A reference to Bert Blyleven's inadvertent use of the F-Word on live television when doing the opening segment of a Yankee/Twins game. Blyleven thought he was taping the segment, but unfortunately, he was live.
Best General Manager in All of Sports Kevin McHale See The Forbes Treatment
Cat Litter Worthy A particularly egregious display of nonsense that finds its way into print Inspired by my sophomoric reaction to Patrick Reusse's sophomoric diatribe on bloggers, including his characterization of the homeless blogger.
Earl Battey'd forgotten In the TOP 40 VORP post on Earl Battey, I wrote that "some day, Battey will likely be forgotten in the shadow of Joe Mauer’s career". This caused a huge uproar among the St. Louis contingent of my readership. How could I say that Earl Battey has been forgotten? Well, that's not what I said... I said in the future, the greatness of Joe Mauer will likely cause him to be forgotten. But, like the false meme that Al Gore invented the Internets, "Earl Battey'd" entered the SBG Lexicon as a synonym for "forgotten", no matter if it was an accurate characterization or not. Smile
Face of the Franchise or FOTF Torii Hunter A reference to a myriad of columns written by Jim Souhan and others about the increased value of Hunter as the "face" of the franchise
Fielding Grammy Gold Glove Award The Futility Infielder apparently coined this term as a nod to the The Simpson's take on the Grammy award.
Homer: Oh, why won't anyone give me an award?
Lisa: You won a Grammy.
Homer: I mean an award that's worth winning. ["award show"-style music plays while a disclaimer scrolls by on the screen, reading, "LEGAL DISCLAIMER: Mr. Simpson's opinions does not reflect those of the producers, who don't consider the Grammy an award at all."]
Forbes Treatment Analysis using poor methods that lead to a ridiculous result Forbes Magazine article that used two factors to rate all general managers and concluded that Kevin McHale was the best GM in all of pro sports
Groundskeeper Long Reliever The original "Groundskeeper" was Willie Eyre. The name Groundskeeper Willie, of course, is a Simpson's reference.
Half-Baked Crap The quality of my writings As we all know, anyone with access to a computer can start a website. The result is often the publication of poorly thought out mishmash untouched by any sense of proportion, perspective, or editing. But, hey, the content is free! Sometimes, writing of this quality finds its way into print, at which time it becomes cat litter worthy.
Hit the Neshek Button Bring in Pat Neshek, we need to get out of of this jam A reference to the Staples advertisement with the "Easy Button"
Jeremy a potentially hittable pitcher not very well known yet If you can add “Jeremy” to the front of a pitcher’s last name, and it sounds right, then you’re looking at a “pedestrian” ballplayer (and one the Twins, for some reason, can have problems hitting). Origin: Jeremy Affeldt
The Insanity Rondell White or more accurately, playing Rondell White In 2006, Rondell White had an option for a second year of his contract that vested based on his plate appearances. He was hitting historically bad, so I started a "Stop the Insanity" campaign to get him off the field. Of course, the Twins declined his option, but then resigned him at a lower price (which wasn't insane, I don't think). The phrase comes from this book.
Light Rail Scott Baker He ain't exactly Walter "Big Train" Johnson, but he's been going pretty good.
Rifding Hokme Unknown Citizen of SBG Nation, perhaps the king of Sweden? I was actually riding home one night and commenting on the site (bad idea, I know). I wanted to type "Riding home here." Instead, I typed "Rifding Hokme here". Someone (from Connecticut?) registered as an SBG Citizen using the name Rifding Hokme and occasionally (but not too often) logs in and delivers some Swedish snark.
Rochester Ass Torii Hunter A reference to Torii Hunter's indefensible verbal undressing of Rochester Red Wings beat reporter Jim Mandalero. Hunter reportedly told Mandalero to get his Rochester Ass out of the Twins clubhouse.
ScruFi Ron Gardenhire Pronounced "scruffy", it is a reference to Gardenhire's "Scrubini Fixation", which causes him to give large amounts of playing time to middle infielders without a lot of talent
Top Jimmy Jim Souhan "Top Jimmy" is a song by Van Halen. Top Jimmy cooks, Top Jimmy swings. Hes got the look. Top Jimmy, hes the king. Oh! Jimmy!
W.A.S.T.E Worst All-Star Twin, Ever That would be Mr. Ron Coomer.
WGOM World's Greatest Online Magazine My humble attempt to succinctly describe this website.