Nah, it was just the only way I could get on base.
Also was in high school in the 80s. The bases corresponded to the “Four Fs”:
1st - Frenching
2nd - Feeling
3rd - Fingering
Home Plate - F***ing
Basically the same as What Exit?'s and GaryT’s scheme.
Did you really mean it this way?
Let’s not forget you can also get thrown out of the game if you threw a spitter, or used a corked bat.
I can’t speak for him, but I can say that he’s a funny, funny man, so you should assume that he did, in fact, mean it that way.