DIAMOND TALK 

John M. Samson

 

Do you know the meanings of these baseball jargon phrases?

1. Hot corner

2. Sweet spot

3. Frozen rope

4. Can of corn

5. On the ropes

6. Chin music

7. Portsider 

8. Wheelhouse

Answers:

 

1. Third base

2. The meat of the bat

3. Very hard-hit straight line drive 

4. Easy catch in the outfield

5. Like a pitcher in need of relief

6. Brush-back pitch (close to the head)

7.  Left-handed pitcher (also Southpaw)

8. Area of a batter's strike zone where he has the most strength and power