Bullpen - Other Uses

Other Uses

Other current uses of the term include:

• Reference to a large open work area consisting of desks with no separating walls and private offices. Bullpens were common across many business fields in the first half of the 20th century and are often used by software development teams. Michael Bloomberg used this set-up and term at his media company Bloomberg L.P., and for his staff while Mayor of New York City. Adrian Fenty used this setup also while mayor of Washington, DC.

• Within USAID, the Office of Transition Initiatives' bullpen represents a surge capacity of experienced professionals that can be called upon to assist in all aspect of office operations and programming.

• Marvel Comics refers to its in-house staff of writers and artists as the "Marvel Bullpen."