<\/a>BBFF … Yes, baseball will be your friend forever, but in this case the FF is “fun facts.”\u00a0 This one is about talkin’ baseball.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Here are a few baseball terms for the curve ball.\u00a0 Toss ’em into your conversation at the old ballyard.<\/p>\n

Yakker, Hook, Bender, The Old 12 to 6.<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 These are\u00a0the basics, you can’t go wrong with these.<\/p>\n

Deuce.<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0 Named for the two fingers catchers have long used to signal the curve.\u00a0 Takes your baseball personna up just a notch.<\/p>\n

Uncle Charlie<\/strong><\/span> – a good curve; Lord Charles<\/strong><\/span> – a great curve.\u00a0\u00a0 Brings\u00a0a little extra snap to your comment.<\/p>\n

BBRT would add two more:\u00a0 The “Bertie,”<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0the “Holland Hook,”<\/span><\/strong> or the<\/span><\/span> “Prince Aalbert”<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0– acknowledging the “Lord Charles” that\u00a0took Bert\u00a0Blyleven to the Hall of\u00a0Fame.<\/p>\n

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