It's Been Asked Before, But . . .

[Pete Incaviglia]

Pitchers mound?

Pitcher's mound?

Pitchers' mound?

Please advise.

Thank you all.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

You said mound.

 

[Big Buckin' agate_monkey]

You said mound.

Almond Joy's got nuts. Mounds don't.

 

[Pete Incaviglia]

Sometimes this board is so helpful.

Thing is, I laughed at both posts.

 

[zeke12]

Just say mound and avoid the situation.

Otherwise, I say pitchers mound. Both pitchers use it. Straight plural, no possession.

 

[Armchair_QB]

The bump /chipcarey

I can't tell you how much that ****ing term annoys me.

 

[Pete Incaviglia]

The bump /chipcarey

I can't tell you how much that ****ing term annoys me.

What? The southpaw gets the pill tonight on the bump. What's wrong with that?

 

[Ace]

I would go with mound as well. It's like quarterback sack. You can't sack anyone but the quarterback so just say sack.

No one else has a mound with a rubber on it. So just say mound.

I would go with a possessive, if I used it, but I would go pitcher's. Only one pitcher can use it at a time.

 

[Armchair_QB]

The bump /chipcarey

I can't tell you how much that ****ing term annoys me.

What? The southpaw gets the pill tonight on the bump. What's wrong with that?

I'm going to stab you in the eye.

 

[Pete Incaviglia]

The bump /chipcarey

I can't tell you how much that ****ing term annoys me.

What? The southpaw gets the pill tonight on the bump. What's wrong with that?

I'm going to stab you in the eye.

Awesome.

 

[zeke12]

I would go with mound as well. It's like quarterback sack. You can't sack anyone but the quarterback so just say sack.

No one else has a mound with a rubber on it. So just say mound.

I would go with a possessive, if I used it, but I would go pitcher's. Only one pitcher can use it at a time.

Don't make me put you on blast.

 

[SockPuppet]

The crafty southpaw hurler will take the mound and toe the rubber in this evening's tilt at the yard.

 

[ServeItUp]

The home hurler summits the slab.

 

[zebracoy]

Pitcher's mound.

 

[a_rosenthal]

The bump /chipcarey

I can't tell you how much that ****ing term annoys me.

What? The southpaw gets the pill tonight on the bump. What's wrong with that?

I'm going to stab you in the eye.

Aside from the proverbial, "finish on her face" post, this was my favorite post I've read in a long time.

 

[SF_Express]

Sports Style Guide, my alternate-AP bible (thank you, Jennifer Swann, wherever you are), says "pitcher's mound."

 

[SportsDude]

Sports Style Guide, my alternate-AP bible (thank you, Jennifer Swann, wherever you are), says "pitcher's mound."

That's a fantastic book. I got it for Christmas several years ago and used it thoroughly when I started out.

 

[apeman33]

I would go with mound as well. It's like quarterback sack. You can't sack anyone but the quarterback so just say sack.

That's something I need to tell the couple of coaches around here who insist on recording "running back sacks," which the rest of the world refers to as "tackles for loss".

 

[lollygagger]

That's something I need to tell the couple of coaches around here who insist on recording "running back sacks," which the rest of the world refers to as "tackles for loss".

Long as you brought it up ...

Is it "tackles for loss" or "tackles for losses?" Seems to me the former is a bad mix of plural and singular, but I think I'm in the minority (i.e.: wrong) on this.

 

[Pete Incaviglia]

I write "Bob Jones also had three tackles for losses."