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Originally posted by tnroundballref
What about the term "Texas Leaguer" ? Anybody know where that one came from?
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From whatever the frist google response was:
"Q: What is the origination of the term "Texas Leaguer?"
AG: There are as many theories about that as there are about the JFK assassination. It is agreed that this term for a bloop single into the outfield dates from around the start of the 20th century. But where it came from is the subject of at least a half dozen theories, as recounted in Paul Dickson's authoritative "New Dickson Baseball Dictionary." The Texas League theories range from a team in the Texas League that specialized in the use of the bloop single as an offensive weapon; to the effects of strong Gulf Stream winds on outfield flies in the Texas League; to the debut of Ollie Pickering, either in the majors or the Texas League, who came to bat and proceeded to run off a string of seven straight bloop hits. "