frozen rope

[froh-zuhn rohp]

Baseball Slang.

1. a remarkably straight and hard-hit line drive.

   Mitchell’s frozen rope sailed right through the gap in left field, giving him an easy stand-up double.

2. a powerfully thrown ball traveling in a straight line, especially from the outfield.

   A frozen rope from Ichiro in right field retires the runner at third base, and the fans are going wild!

Word History and Origins

Origin of frozen rope¹

First recorded in 1960–65

Example Sentences

Bucky Brooks is head football coach at Granada Hills High, where NFL Hall of Fame quarterback John Elway used to entertain with frozen rope passes.

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Bohm’s homer was a 109.2 mph frozen rope that barely cleared the left field fence, while Marsh’s narrowly made it over the right-field fence.

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In an 18-12 loss to Los Alamitos on April 13, Walsh hit such a frozen rope, Hayward said, that the shortstop jumped to try to catch a ball that landed over the fence.

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He retrieved the ball in a clearing, turned and fired a frozen rope — Ichiro style — to cut down poor, unsuspecting Rosalie at the plate.

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It's not a frozen rope, it's a freaking comet trail deep in outer space.

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