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by jrbowler on November 22nd, 2006

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In baseball, what is a "Texas leaguer"? What (if anything) does it have to do with Texas?

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  • by fredhetz on November 22nd, 2006

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    Definition: A fly ball that drops between an infielder and an outfielder for a hit.

    Origin of the term: The Texas League theories range from a team in the Texas League that specialized in the use of the bloop single as an offensive weapon; to the effects of strong Gulf Stream winds on outfield flies in the Texas League; to the debut of Ollie Pickering, either in the majors or the Texas League, who came to bat and proceeded to run off a string of seven straight bloop hits.

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    • Very informative answer. I knew what it was, but I had no idea what the origin of the term was.

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      by Basil_Fawlty on November 21st, 2009

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