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Bullpen
This is the area where relief pitchers throw their warmup
pitches before entering the game. Nobody knows the exact origin, but one theory is that there used to be ads for "Bull"
Durham Tobacco on the outfield walls next to where the pitchers
would warmup.
A second theory
comes from the fact that when fans arrived late, they were herded like bulls
into a roped off section which came to be known as the bullpen. This
was the same area where pitchers warmed up.
A third theory
is that pitchers who were taken out of the game had been "slaughtered"
like a bull; and the new pitcher would suffer the same fate.
This is from a website visitor:
Actually, there are some people who know where this term came from. Several
years ago during a tv or radio Giants game the color commentator had the
answer (I think it was Jon Miller at ESPN). When the Giants were in New
York, they played at the old Polo Grounds, (since demolished). When it
opened in the 1880's, there was a stockyard or pen with bulls that was
beyond the left field wall.
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