"Cripple Pitch"

Now,

I am anything but squeamish. You could spend a long time trying to offend me, and fail.

I also think I know a lot of words (if I do say so myself).

But this afternoon, I heard a word (quoted above) that made me question whether I even know myself.

The update guy on the sports talk station here in NY, in an attempt to pay a compliment to Albert Pujols, used the phrase "Cripple Pitch," to mean, I think, a slow, meatball-type, very hitable pitch (i.e., "When Albert gets a Cripple Pitch, he crushes it!").

Never heard that one before. Not sure I even understand it. Does he mean a pitch you would throw to a "Cripple"? Or a pitch a "Cripple" would throw?

In any event, if the last presidential campaign taught me anything, its this: don't randomly insult people with disabilities! Remember Obama's special olymics comment?

That just seemed like a random attack on people who have it much tougher than that update guy.

Just a thought.

(PS- I think today's met game was officially the last one that counted. How sad!)