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Isn't LOOGY a CPF original?

Centerfield Mar 23 2010 02:00 PM

I thought we* invented the term. Has it caught on? Scroll down to the second entry: http://www.metsblog.com/ *By "we" I mean, not me, but someone else here.

Ceetar Mar 23 2010 02:11 PM Re: Isn't LOOGY a CPF original?

[quote="Centerfield":1yg5xc5r]I thought we* invented the term. Has it caught on? Scroll down to the second entry: http://www.metsblog.com/ *By "we" I mean, not me, but someone else here.[/quote:1yg5xc5r] I've heard it mentioned for a while now, so it's caught on. No idea where it originated. It's credited to baseball prospectus in Wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Left-handed_specialist

metirish Mar 23 2010 02:20 PM Re: Isn't LOOGY a CPF original?

Gun to my head I would have said Vic Sage coined the term.

Benjamin Grimm Mar 23 2010 02:21 PM Re: Isn't LOOGY a CPF original?

Me, I'd give the credit to whoever was holding the gun to my head.

Frayed Knot Mar 23 2010 02:32 PM Re: Isn't LOOGY a CPF original?

You may have heard the term here first but I'm virtually positive that it's not a CPF-coined term.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Mar 23 2010 02:49 PM Re: Isn't LOOGY a CPF original?

Yeah, it wasn't here, though I'll cop to being an early adopter of the phrase.

metsguyinmichigan Mar 23 2010 02:53 PM Re: Isn't LOOGY a CPF original?

[quote="Benjamin Grimm":166m3zmj]Me, I'd give the credit to whoever was holding the gun to my head.[/quote:166m3zmj] Bad ass! And that gun is loaded with a bullet of cool!

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Mar 23 2010 04:36 PM Re: Isn't LOOGY a CPF original?

I am fairly sure it was a Baseball Prospectus coinage. (Can't seem to find the exact sourcing.)

Ashie62 Mar 23 2010 04:50 PM Re: Isn't LOOGY a CPF original?

loogy Loogy is a term for a left handed specialist relief pitcher in baseball. It comes from Left Only One Out Guy. Hafner is coming up so they'll get their loogy ready Comes up in the Urban dictionary but alas, no derivation