The Colonel's definitions
A baseball hit on the ground that takes an unexpected, usually sharp bounce upwards.
While any unexpected movement can be considered a bad hop - off to the side or even some unusual spin on the ball - most bad hops "leap up" suddenly just before reaching the player attempting to field it.
The negative ("bad") nature of the term refers to its difficulty to catch (inherent in catching a ball is successfully being able to predict the ball's exact path or trajectory).
Not only are balls which take a bad hop hard to catch, they are often dangerous and can hit a player in the face or upper body.
Bad hops can be caused by dry or wet spots on the grass or dirt, small rocks or weed clumps, or even tiny imperfections or divits on the surface of the ground.
While any unexpected movement can be considered a bad hop - off to the side or even some unusual spin on the ball - most bad hops "leap up" suddenly just before reaching the player attempting to field it.
The negative ("bad") nature of the term refers to its difficulty to catch (inherent in catching a ball is successfully being able to predict the ball's exact path or trajectory).
Not only are balls which take a bad hop hard to catch, they are often dangerous and can hit a player in the face or upper body.
Bad hops can be caused by dry or wet spots on the grass or dirt, small rocks or weed clumps, or even tiny imperfections or divits on the surface of the ground.
It looked like a routine play, but the ball took a bad hop off the edge of the grass and hit the shortshop in the eye.
by The Colonel October 29, 2007
Get the Bad Hopmug. by the colonel March 27, 2004
Get the webmonkey ashmug. Saline breast implants. Refers to creases in the saline bags which you can actually see on the surface of a woman's breast. Usually seen when a woman is bending over or in any non-vertical position - you'll see lines or creases running along the sides of the breasts (imagine a zip-lock sandwich baggie filled with water). Typically seen as a sign of a low budget breast augmentation procedure, as well as the inferior nature of saline breast implants when compared to silcone.
by The Colonel November 10, 2005
Get the Crinkle Conesmug. by The Colonel July 18, 2003
Get the rigmug. by The Colonel July 18, 2003
Get the spongemug. Hey Slim, people in mexico have no idea how to make a chalupa, so I used some culinary colonialism to show them where to put the baja sauce.
by The Colonel December 2, 2003
Get the culinary colonialismmug. by The Colonel November 6, 2005
Get the Horse faced bitchmug.