Sorge-guistics
Josh Sorge is the head baseball coach for Strongsville High school, and he has an interesting language that he uses. There are a few words that have multiple meanings in Sorge jargon. They include such words as "Budday," and the phrase "You love it." These two terms can be used in combination with, after, before, or more than once in any sentence. The following terms are all regularly used, and common knowledge of any person affiliated with Sorge or Strongsville baseball.
Budday-Referring to a person; used instead of their name, or just thrown in random sentences for emphasis. The root word is buddy.
Example: Hey budday.
You Love It-Used as a connecting phrase between a task done, or ability to do something. Often said with pleasure toward what is being done, or sarcastically. Usually said along with budday in the same sentence.
Example: You love Cat Scratch Fever budday, you love it.
Hunny Hole-A gap in the infield between two position players where a ball can be hit for an easy basehit.
Example-You love that hunny hole budday.
Don't Be Dumb Get You Some-Used to put extra emphasis on the idea of doing a particular activity, or performing a certain action.
Example-Bosco sticks are for lunch today budday, don't be dumb get you some.
Mass Fungo-Period of time before games when the home team takes the field in order to practice their defensive skills and get warmed up. Fungo bats are the special bats used to hit fly balls and grounders. It can be used as a means of intimidation so that when the other team gets to the field they see that you are ready to play.
Example-Mass Fungo twenty minutes before game time budday, so make sure those spikes are laced up.
Watch Your Lips-Has the same meaning as heads up or duck. Used to tell a person to get out of the way; often said during Mass Fungo.
Example-Hey! We got balls coming budday, watch your lips.
In the Cup-Coach Sorge wants the pitchers to try to throw to the area aiming for the catchers cup. He calls it throwing in the cup.
Example-Hey, throw to the cup budday.
Work From the Ground Up-Phrase used to remind position players to make sure that they keep their gloves down when fielding a ball so that the ball cannot get under their glove.
Example-Work from the ground up budday.
Hamburger-When an infielder is fielding a groundball he should put his meat hand, or freehand on top of the ball in the glove, creating a hamburger.
Example-Hamburger that ball budday.
6-Pack It-Certain pitches a catcher has to receive put him in a position to catch the ball in the same motion as picking up a 6-pack of soda.
Example-6-pack that ball budday, the first five letters of Catcher are Catch.

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