Uncorked

Did you have an asterisk to indicate that all of someone's "walkoff" homers came at home like ESPN has done at least once?

And walkoff never finds its way into the paper on days I work. Game-ending works just as well, and it's not jargon and doesn't need to be explained to readers like my mother.

Although I do have a soft spot in my heart for the term "walkoff balk."

 

"scattered ... over"

As in: Moyer scattered 7 hits over five innings ...

 

Also, for such home runs off Bob Walk.

 

Or Round-Tripper Bob Kipper.

 

I don't remember ever having read the word 'uncorked' in a wire story about a wild pitch.

 

Then you haven't read enough wire copy in your life.

 

Apparently not. But to make it sound like it's in every story is wrong.

 

In the sense that announcers and writers use it, the word is made up. You just gave us the meaning.

 

We're splitting hairs. You are right. The word is made up. It's meaning used by announcers is made up. Is that clearer?

 

The word is not made up. The sporting context is.

That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

 

Cleaned up and unlocking this thread. boots, you're done posting on this.

 

forever_town, explain to me how the bolded part can't be used in a sporting context? A pitch is released.