On Sunday, July 24, 1994 at 6:58:27 AM UTC-5, Paquette Isabelle wrote:

OK, here's my contribution :

: >1. strike - prise
: >2. ball - balle
: >3. out - retrait
: >4. safe - sauf
: >5. strikeout - retrait au baton
: >6. walk or base on balls - but sur balles

intentional walk: but sur balles intentionnel

: >7. bunt - AMORT !

amorti or coup retenu

: >8. base - but

or coussin

: >9. home plate

marbre

: >10. hit or base hit - coup sur

or "balle frappee en lieu sur"

: >11. double - double
: >12. triple - TRIPLE
: >13. home run - circuit
: >14. run - point
: >15. batter - FRAPPEUR
: >16. runner - coureur
: >17. stolen base - but vole
: >18. caught stealing

retrait en tentative de vol

: >19. fly ball - chandelle

no, I think it's ballon

Isn't a fly ball a BALLON and a line drive a CHANDELLE? Somebody
please straighten this out.

chandelle is pop-up

: >20. line drive

fleche

: >21. ground ball - roulant
: >22. pitcher - lanceur
: >23. catcher - RECEVEUR
: >24. second baseman - DEUXIEME BUT
: >25. shortstop - ARRET COURT or INTER
: >26. left fielder - VOLTIGEUR DE GAUCHE
: >27. fair ball
: >28. foul ball - FAUX BALLE should be FAUSSE BALLE !
: >29. inning - manche
: >30. double play - double jeu
: >31. bases loaded - buts rempli (or is that bases empty? NO. IT'S OK !) >>>: >32. grand slam - GRAND CHELEM
: >33. dugout

abri

: >34. relief pitcher - RELIEVEUR !

releveur

: >35. save - SAUVETAGE !
: >36. fast ball - BALLE RAPIDE !
: >37. curve ball - BALLE FRONE (probably mispelled) !

curve ball is balle courbe - balle fronde in english I don't know

: >38. bean ball
: >39. pick off

pris a contre pied

: >40. umpire - ARBITRE

Here are a few more, hopefully not repeating any:

41. right field - CHAMP DROIT
42. centre field - CHAMP CENTRE
43. left field - CHAMP GAUCHE
44. at bat - AU BATON

presence au baton

45. inside - INTERIEUR
46. outside - EXTERIEUR
47. full count - COMTE COMPLET
48. gold glove - GANT DORE
49. pinch hitter - FRAPPEUR SUPPLEANT
50. switch hitter - FRAPPEUR AMBIDEXTRE
51. sac fly - BALLON-SAC
52. RBI - POINT PRODUIT (PP)
53. cycle - CAROSSEL

carroussel

54. right hander - DROITIER
55. left hander - GAUCHIER
56. fans - LES SPECTATEURS
57. earned run - POINTS MERITES (ERA - MPM)
58. pinch runner - COUREUR SUPPLEANT
59. change up - CHANGEMENT VITESSE
60. called strike - DECISION

prise sur decision

61. wild pitch - MAUVE LANCEE

mauvais lancer

62. average - MOYEN

moyenne

63. bullpen - ENCLOS DES RELIEVEURS

des releveurs

64. extra innings - MANCHES SUPPLEMENTAIRES

65. magic number - CHIFFRE MAGIQUE
66. team - EQUIPPE

equipe

67. game - MATCH

or partie

Somebody who really knows this stuff should file an authoritative listing. >You won't find much of it in any French dictionary I've ever seen, since >the only place in the world baseball is played in French is in Quebec, and >the dictionaries tend to contain European terms. It's a lot of fun >collecting this stuff. I will have reached nirvana when I find out the >French translation to this one:

68. squeeze bunt

amorti-suicide !

- Michael

(GO EXPOS)

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hope this helps

--
Isabelle

"bien frappé - well hit ball

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