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Origin of baseball terms

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June 14, 201610 yr

Fun little article on baseball words and phrases - http://m.mlb.com/cutfour/2016/06/14/172757792

Originally, walk off was supposed to refer to the pitcher walking off after giving up the HR and was called "walk off piece," according to Dennis Eckersley.

''It was always walk-off piece," Dennis Eckersley told the Boston Globe. "Like something you would hang in an art gallery. The walk-off piece is a horrible piece of art."