| selected terms: 5 | page 1 of 1 | | 1. | Sham-ME | Sammy Sosa, ex-Sox bust and national celebrity for the zingers he hits at Wrigley Field. Seemingly endless variations of spellings and terminology including "Shammy", Sam-me, and Sam-me-me-me". | | 2. | Slappy | Mike Caruso. Taken from a 1998 nickname given Caruso by teammate Robin Ventura: "Slappy, the Inning Maker", a reference to how Caruso usually got on base. | | 3. | Statheads | Anyone who trusts baseball statistics over empirical evidence. Constantly at war with their opposite number, known as The Flat Earth Society, F.E.S. for short. | | 4. | Sully | Cubune's Sox beatwriter, Paul Sullivan. | | 5. | Swingleton | Former Sox outfielder Chris Singleton and his looong, slooow swing. | | |