Wall Street lingo and baseball talk...

[GSCole]

The Wall Street Journal of 25 October 2000, Wednesday, on p. A1, col. 4,
continued to p. A14 col. 6, presents an article titled:  Talkin'
Baseball Means Wall Street Lingo Comes Into Play; subtitled: Chuck
Knoblauch Is the Nasdaq, He Has Ups and Downs; See Bubba, Think
Buffett.  The article is written by Gregory Zuckerman.

Basically, the article discusses baseball terminology that is derived
from Wall Street terminology.  "Today, you need a day-trader's
dictionary to talk baseball."  "Throughout history, baseball players
have taken cues from the industrialists of the moment, says Skip McAfee.
. . .", e.g., the railroad & shipping industries, and WWII military.

Skip McAfee, editor of "The New Dickson Baseball Dictionary" is quoted,
as is Paul Dickson, author of the baseball dictionary.

George S. Cole   gscole at ark.ship.edu
Shippensburg University