the "baltimore" chop

birdsofprey02 · 05-09-2004, 04:49 PM

What makes a chop hit in the short infield called a "baltimore" chop? I mean that sort of thing happens everywhere so why was it named after baltimore?

matskralc · 05-09-2004, 04:52 PM

If I remember the story rightly, early 20th-century Baltimore was the first team that systematically employed the use of it. So people named it after them.

Eckstein 4 Prez · 05-09-2004, 05:26 PM

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Originally posted by matskralc
If I remember the story rightly, early 20th-century Baltimore was the first team that systematically employed the use of it. So people named it after them.

Close. It was the Orioles of the 1890's.

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