Trash Talk - Help.

Dave Wilton dave at WILTON.NET
Tue Mar 4 15:45:32 UTC 2003


> In baseball a person who "disses one's opponent etc." is
> called a "bench jockey".  I have no data on how old the
> term is, but I'm pretty sure it antedates Jackie Robinson.

"The New Dickson Baseball Dictionary" dates it to 1939: Gordon S. 'Mickey'
Cochrane, "Baseball: The Fans' Game, 1939."



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