Baseball Slang 101: Inside the Sounds of an M.L.B. Clubhouse

So you want to talk like a baseball person? Then you’ll have to curse a lot.

At least, that’s how Pat Murphy, the Milwaukee Brewers’ manager, explained it to his boss’ young son. As long as you’re wearing a baseball glove, Murphy told Tyler Arnold — the son of Brewers’ general manager Matt Arnold — you can use whatever words you hear in the clubhouse. That didn’t go over too well at home.

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“A lot of it’s not very PG,” said Seth Lugo, a Kansas City Royals pitcher, who shares kid-friendly stuff with his own son.

“He wants to hit balls in the backyard, so he’ll hit ’em and I’ll say ‘steak

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