Admit it, you’ve been caught far too many times saying phrases that no one else knows and get stuck trying to explain it to them. We’ve all been there, baseball players especially. Growing up playing the game you learn the baseball language and culture, and it becomes a lifestyle. You wouldn’t trade it for the world, and are proud to be a baseball player. So here’s 10 things only baseball players understand:

Ibuprofen

A baseball player’s best friend. Coach: “How do you feel?” Player: *pops a couple Ibuprofen* “I’m good coach!”

We got ice!

You yell this every time someone gets hit, yet in reality no one has ice.

6+4+3=2

No point in explaining this, you either get it or you don’t.

DINGER!

You know it off the bat. Best feeling in baseball- hitting a dinger.

Don’t rub it

You immediately are soft if you rub it, no if, ands, or buts. C’mon, you’re a baseball player, take it like a man.

Gotheeem!

You say this every time someone gets fooled, on and off the field.

Playoff beards

We all grow them, it’s just one of our superstitions. We think that it brings us good luck, and it does.

Superstitions

There’s tons of them, and we all have our own. A few that I do are playoff beards as stated before, wear the same pants if we’re on a winning streak, and always listening to the same playlist before every game.

Don’t step on the line

The number one rule to follow. Avoid the line at all times. The baseball Gods are watching.

Never say out loud your pitcher has a no-no or perfect game

The worst thing to do is to go to your pitcher after 6 and say “Yoo you got a no-hitter so far!” As soon as you say that, he loses it, every time.