Instead, I say, "Hang a Louie," or "Cut a Ralph."

In American slang, to hang has long meant "to turn"; now we have to hang a Louie and to hang a Roscoe.

The babies and puppies, the graying beards and corduroy sports jackets, the smart conversations overheard, often laced with politics that still hang a Louie.

Koufax's midway pitching hand gets down close to the dirt, too, and his stride is impressive, but the delivery is over the top, more fore and aft than Lincecum's, whose body hangs a Louie midway through its trip.