meat hand

plural meat hands

1. ball gamesA player's hand that's not wearing the glove or mitt.

   The youngster plucked the ball out with his meat hand and walked it to lanky Johnny Willis standing on the mound.

   1954, Bowen, Robert Sidney, Infield spark, Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, page 13

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   Beauchamp, also a little allergic to flight, made sure he got his supply of certain pills from the trainer before Cass finished treating a bruise on his meat hand. “Wait until you get on that bus and ride the Freeway again out in Smogville, Frank,” the trainer said, “you’ll wish you were upstairs.”

   1963, Archibald, Joe, Big league busher, Macrae-Smith, page 37

   This exposed the meat hand to foul tips and there weren’t too many catchers who went through an entire season without a broken or split finger.

   1976, Rose, Pete, Pete Rose's winning baseball, H. Regnery Co., page 122