Interesting list of terms and definitions in the Baseball America. Some I'd never heard....
Bar·ney Rub·ble n: 1 short and stocky, as in the Flintstones character 2 slightly dopey-looking. "Matt Stairs is kind of a Barney Rubble. Not too many guys make it with that kind of body." (Anonymous)
cak·ey adj: of a body type that is particularly soft and spongy, as in a pound cake. "Guys who are cakey are not quite doughy, but they're getting there." (Dan Jennings)
can·kles n pl : a pairing of ankles and calves that show no distinguishing musculature features, as if they were one body part. "Guys with cankles are usually horrendous middle infielders -- their first step is usually slow, so they're destined to be corner infielders." (Dan Jennings)
good/bad face n: 1 having an either strong or weak chin 2 having a face that implies athleticism or a hard-nosed attitude toward sports; primarily used by older rather than younger scouts. "You sometimes have to fight to get some scouts past a guy with a bad face. I thought it was crazy, but there's something to it. You see almost no one in the big leagues with a bad face." (Eddie Bane)
Mad·dux n: a relatively short righthanded pitcher who, without an above-average fastball, might still succeed primarily with control and intelligence. "A lot of mistakes are made when they think someone's a Maddux. He's a pretty rare animal." (Logan White) (Thats what they call Jr. at school. I thought it was a good thing.)
pop·eye v or n: 1 to elicit suspicion that a player is taking steroids or other illegal performance-enhancing substances 2 a player suspected of using such substances. "I gotta tell you, it's not really hard to look at a player and see that he's popeyeing you." (Anonymous)
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