Can't figure it out.
Why is a dugout called a dugout?
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SlickFazzerSBR Posting Legend
- 05-22-08
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#1Why is a dugout called a dugout?Tags: None -
bigboydanSBR Aristocracy
- 08-10-05
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#2The dugouts are partially dug into the ground (below ground level) so that is pretty much why they are called dugouts.Comment -
Dark HorseSBR Posting Legend
- 12-14-05
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Willie BeeSBR Posting Legend
- 02-14-06
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#5As far as why it's used in baseball, the most plausible story I've ever heard originates in NYC at the old Polo Grounds. Just behind the warm-up area for the pitchers were some stock pens.
As far as where the term originated period, have you ever been to a rodeo or around a cattle ranch?Comment -
pavyracerSBR Aristocracy
- 04-12-07
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#6The other choice for a name was sunflower seed litter area so they went with the dugout.Comment -
zootieheadSBR MVP
- 12-09-06
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#7Why do you drive on a parkway but park on a driveway?Comment -
BreadSBR Posting Legend
- 03-16-08
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#8If you remember the scene in 'Fast Times in Ridgemont High' where Jennifer Jason Leigh loses her virginity, you will know why it is called a dugout...Comment -
picoBARRELED IN @ SBR!
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#9is there a term in baseball called "6-9 double play"?Comment -
BrentCrudeSBR MVP
- 11-16-05
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#10Way back when Abner Doubleday invented baseball he formed a team and on the team was a guy named Doug that really stunk as a ball player.Not to make Doug feel bad that he was an odd man out in front of all the fans,he made a box to hide him and forever after it was called a dugout.He started calling it a dougout but it hurt doug's feelings so he put it down on paper as a dugout. Not only did the dugout hide Doug,it also served as a shelter for when he did get in the game and stunk to be protected from angry fans throwing Cracker Jack boxes full of rocks at him.
As for a bull pen being called a bull pen,here goes.On a stud farm when one bull has blown his wad and is spent,they have a pen with other bulls that come in and do the deed.When a pitcher has blown his arm's wad and is spent,it's time to call in one of the other pitchers from an enclosed area.Last edited by BrentCrude; 07-26-08, 11:54 AM.Comment
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