Where some Sports Terms come from?
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The term "fan" is a shortened form of the word fanatic, as in any New York Yankees' fan who sits in the bleacher seats!
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By the way, those BLEACHER seats are called that because they are uncovered and exposed to the sun, therefore they get "bleached" of color faster (especially true of he older wooden variety that were painted)
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Why are they called the Chicago BULLS? It comes from Chicago's reputation as a meatpacking and stockyard city and the beef that comes from that industry
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Why is it called RUGBY? It was introduced in 1823 by William Ellis, a pupil at the Rugby Public School in Warwickshire, England when he supposedly picked up the ball and ran during a long tied game of traditional football.
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Where did the baseball term Texas leaguer come from? From the minor baseball league in Texas - a nickname for balls that dropped between the outfielders & infielders for a hit.
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Cleveland Indians = A local paper ran a "name the team contest" and a reader suggested Indians to honor player Louis Sockalexis.
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A left-handed pitcher's arm faces south in most stadiums so they are called SOUTHPAWS
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When you substitute a batter because the team is in a "pinch" (or bad situation), that player is called the PINCH HITTER (same applies for pinch runners)
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DUGOUTS were originally dug out trenches at the first and third base lines that allowed players and coaches to be at field level AND did not block he view of the choice seats behind them.
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In tennis, a score of zero is called "love" because of an English speaker's misinterpretation of the term l'oeuf (pronounced LUHF and French for "the egg", meaning a zero on the score sheet)
see Tennisopedia site
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The Arabic word meaning "palm of the hand" is the origin of the term RACKET
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Ever see a figure skater do these jumps? The AXEL Paulsen, the Alois LUTZ or the Ulrich SALCHOW - named after the skaters who created them. (that's called an eponym)
The term "fan" is a shortened form of the word fanatic, as in any New York Yankees' fan who sits in the bleacher seats!
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By the way, those BLEACHER seats are called that because they are uncovered and exposed to the sun, therefore they get "bleached" of color faster (especially true of he older wooden variety that were painted)
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Why are they called the Chicago BULLS? It comes from Chicago's reputation as a meatpacking and stockyard city and the beef that comes from that industry
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Why is it called RUGBY? It was introduced in 1823 by William Ellis, a pupil at the Rugby Public School in Warwickshire, England when he supposedly picked up the ball and ran during a long tied game of traditional football.
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Where did the baseball term Texas leaguer come from? From the minor baseball league in Texas - a nickname for balls that dropped between the outfielders & infielders for a hit.
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Cleveland Indians = A local paper ran a "name the team contest" and a reader suggested Indians to honor player Louis Sockalexis.
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A left-handed pitcher's arm faces south in most stadiums so they are called SOUTHPAWS
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When you substitute a batter because the team is in a "pinch" (or bad situation), that player is called the PINCH HITTER (same applies for pinch runners)
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DUGOUTS were originally dug out trenches at the first and third base lines that allowed players and coaches to be at field level AND did not block he view of the choice seats behind them.
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In tennis, a score of zero is called "love" because of an English speaker's misinterpretation of the term l'oeuf (pronounced LUHF and French for "the egg", meaning a zero on the score sheet)
see Tennisopedia site
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The Arabic word meaning "palm of the hand" is the origin of the term RACKET
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Ever see a figure skater do these jumps? The AXEL Paulsen, the Alois LUTZ or the Ulrich SALCHOW - named after the skaters who created them. (that's called an eponym)
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