Monday, September 9, 2024

Batting Sixth

 




43 comments:

AboveAverage said...

That's beautiful, Stang. Thanks for giving us some Uncle Martin!

JM said...

So he is here. Praise the Lord.

BernBabyBern said...
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BernBabyBern said...

The YES Network showing a clip of the Chambliss HR in 1976 was a reminder of what an awful baseball announcer Howard Cosell was. When a dramatic moment happened, it was his cue to start shouting non-stop into the microphone. He NEVER let a moment speak for itself. He was the anti-Vin Scully. … Whenever they show the Munson funeral game, when Murcer hits the dramatic game-winner, Cosell doesn’t shut up. He was a passable boxing announcer and fit in well with the MNF circus booth, but he was unbearable on baseball broadcasts.

JM said...

Yeah, but what a great toupee.

JM said...

DJ on the IL for the rest of the season? Did I hear that right?

JM said...

Martian singles!

BernBabyBern said...

One of my favorite sports quotes is from Tex Cobb after Cosell said the brutal beating Larry Holmes gave Cobb over 15 rounds led him to stop broadcasting boxing matches. “Hell, I’d go another 15 rounds if I thought it would get him off Monday Night Football.”

JM said...

Martian manufactures a run!

TheWinWarblist said...

THERE IT IS!!!

JM said...

Lol! Didn't know that one.

JM said...

Vertigo????????

TheWinWarblist said...

May DJ enjoy the warm water jets of the Hot Tub as he bubbles off into the sunset.

AboveAverage said...

are they self generated bubbles, Winny?

BernBabyBern said...

This Aaron Judge auction for charity they’re talking about all game is kind of crazy. Yeah, they have a lot of cool experiences, but the minimum bid on the CHEAPEST item is $2,000 bucks. This auction ain’t for upper deck or bleacher fans.

Rufus T. Firefly said...

I would definitely pay $2,000 to not get thrown off the upper deck.

But that's just me.

TheWinWarblist said...

I've never been in the Jacoby Ellsbury Memorial Hot Tub, AA, so I'm not sure. I can't find the schematics online.

TheWinWarblist said...

Rodon pitching well enough to lose. As usual.

JM said...

Wow what a shot!

AboveAverage said...

Welly Welly Welly Welly WELLS!

JM said...

We have a catcher!

AboveAverage said...

Yes we DO!

BernBabyBern said...

He hit the ball real hard.

AboveAverage said...

(fixed the keyboard, JM)

Hinkey Haines said...

I like this Wells guy.

Rufus T. Firefly said...

I missed the start of the game. Did they announce Flaherty's firing?

Rufus T. Firefly said...

He's on the jazz, man!

Rufus T. Firefly said...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJpei5QrZ44

Hinkey Haines said...

I love it when a plan comes together.

Rufus T. Firefly said...

big head just called gleyber's bloop single a "line drive".

We are being punished.

Rufus T. Firefly said...

Porn Stashe is laying pipe...

Rufus T. Firefly said...

Or maybe I should have said he's swinging the big stick.

ranger_lp said...

Yankees Win!!!

AboveAverage said...

The Yankees Won - 10-4 !
(Guess I should rewrite my Haiku)

Hinkey Haines said...

That was a big Yankee win.

TheWinWarblist said...

They are going to have to stop being colossal fucktards before they get another warble out of me.


Fuck that idiot Boone.

AboveAverage said...

He a different sorta “Holmes” - Roofious

AboveAverage said...

How can you be so unkind and mean to idiots by calling Boone an idiot?

JM said...

Wells is really good.

AboveAverage said...

Can we agree Agree to Agree, JM?

Rufus T. Firefly said...

True dat!

Ceeja said...

Wells. Lumpy catcher with power. Big mousache. Gets dirty. Has no problem going to the opposite field to drive in runs. Has to win. Is anyone here old enough to see the resemblance?

Rufus T. Firefly said...

I swear he wore 15 when I saw him in Scanton, but my program says 16. Old age or wishful thinking?