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7/27/05 D-Backs (Vargas) @ Crew (Ohka) 1:05 CST/Bad Mojo II

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Since Tomo is on the mound, I'm going to be speaking his language today. So for reference as to what I'm saying. Here we go:

 

Most Japanese Baseball terminology was borrowed wholesale from the American game, so with a little creative thinking it is not to hard to follow Japanese broadcasts with little or no knowledge of Japanese. A sampling:

 

A

anchi kyojin: Anti-Yomiuri Giants (kyojin being the Japanese word for "giants"). Much like America's Yankees, the Tokyo-based Giants have utterly dominated the Japanese game as a perennial threat to win the championship. Thus, this term describes most fans of Japanese baseball who do not root for the Giants.

 

B

banto: bunt

batta: batter

batta bokkusu: batters box

besuboru: baseball

besuto nain: starting lineup ("best nine")

boru: ball

 

C

chenji appu: changeup

 

D

daburu pure: double play

deddo boru: a pitch that hits the batter ("dead ball")

de gemu: day game

 

E

eesu: pitching ace

entaitoru tsu besu: ground rule double ("entitled two bases")

era: error

 

F

fain pure: fine play

famu: farm team or farm system

fasuto: first baseman

fauro: foul ball

fensu: home run fence

foa boru: walk ("four ball")

foku: forkball

furu besu: bases loaded ("full bases")

furu kaunto: full count

 

G

gattsu pozu: guts pose, i.e. hot-dogging it after a home run - what we used to call a "pimp job" when I was back in high school.

gemu setto: game over ("game set")

goro: ground out

gurobu: glove

 

H

heddo surraidingu: head-first slide ("head sliding")

herumetto: batting helmet

hiiro intabyu: post-game hero interview

homuin: run ("home-in")

homuran: home run

 

I

iji furai: routine fly ball ("easy fly")

 

K

kantoku: manager

koochi: coach

kyatcha: catcher

 

M

manrui homa: grand slam home run

maundo: pitchers mound

 

N

naisu pure: nice play

naita: night game

 

P

pa riigu: Pacific League

pasu boru: passed ball

pinchi hitta: pinch hitter

pinchi ranna: pinch runner

pitcha: pitcher

pitchingu sutaffu: pitching staff

pure boru: Play ball

 

R

raina: line drive ("liner")

raito: right fielder

rakii sebun: lucky seven - the Japanese version of the seventh inning stretch in which fans release thousands of condom-shaped balloons

ranningu homuran: inside-the-park home run ("running home run")

refuto: left fielder

ririfu pitcha: relief pitcher

rukii: rookie

 

S

saado: third baseman

saikuru hitto: hitting for the cycle

sanshin: strikeout

sayonara homuran: walk-off home run

sebu: save

sekando: second baseman

senta: center fielder

se riigu: Central League

shiiso gemu: seesaw game, i.e. a game with multiple lead changes

shimei dasha: designated hitter

shinjin: rookie (lit. "new person")

shinpan: umpire

shoto: shortstop

suitchi hitta: switch hitter

suketto: a derogatory term for foreign players that literally means "helper" - the implication is that they are not real ballplayers, just "helpers."

sukoa bodo: scoreboard

supuritto finga fasuto boru: splitfinger fastball

suraida: slider

sutoraiku: strike

sutoreto: fastball ("straight")

 

T

tatchi appu: tag up ("touch up")

tatchi auto: tagged out ("touch out")

taimurii: a run batted in (from "timely hit")

 

U

uetingu sakuru: on-deck circle ("waiting circle")

 

W

wairudo pitchi: wild pitch

 

Y

yakyu: "fieldball" - the Japanese name for baseball

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