Speak Aussie Baseball

Watching Cash Cab last night, I learned that in Australia they call tater tots “potato gems.” Which caused me to visit this site, featuring an alphabetized list of Aussie slang terms. There, I learned that “budgie smugglers” means “men’s bathing costume” (“budgie” is slang for “bird”, so, you know), among other things.

Because all roads (in my life, anyway) lead to NotGraphs, the only logical use of this information that I could think of was to compile (read: totally fabricate) the following short list of Aussie baseball slang. Feel free to add your own in the comments.

Homerun: tater gem, raking the outback
Curveball: boomerang, boomer, rang ‘im
Clutch Hitter: bunyip
No-Hitter: nikkie-bikkie
Chin Music/Brush Back: cozzie, nuggie, ruzz ruzz
Can of Corn: just a short didgeridoo
Seeing-Eye Single: blindy batsy, blindy, prezzie
Duck Fart: budgie dumper
Chewing Tobacco: mystery bag, tucker
Gatorade: Foster’s
Player who lacks grit: rooter
Bench warmer: paddie