[greymule]

"Both of these terms are part of the baseball lexicon and have been for as long as I can remember."

I never heard the term stick used that way. Of course, I grew up in Noo Joisey, where da woids are pronounced different.

I had never heard the term Jap, either (except in its WW II sense), until my Jewish business partner told me that he disappointed his parents by not marrying a Jap. Needless to say, I was puzzled by his remark.