Wayne Countryman wrote:
Some people are bothered when a batter is referred to as a "hitter," arguing that no one is a hitter until he gets a hit.
Sports is full of parallels to this: a middle blocker in volleyball, a receiver or a tackle (one wonders why not "tackler") in football, even a catcher. One could argue that these people do not always perform precisely as the position is described, but to do so would be to pick smaller nits from nits.
OTOH, it's "batting average," not "hitting average," and that seems another misnomer. But what the hell?
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Call it tradition or ignorance, but the game (yes, it's a game, as in an activity intended for pleasure) has developed these oddities over the past century or so.
And, as a sports traditionalist (or ignoramus), I say there's no point in messing with 'em.
(Somebody tell those bozos to pull up their pants legs.)