Saturday, May 30, 2020

Virtual Baseball: The Curse of Anaheim Continues. Sterling Gets the News.

Not even J.A. Happ, the best pitcher in the American League so far this season, could salvage a win for the Yankees in Anaheim, as two home runs and a double by Mike Trout drove the Angels on to a 5-3 win.

Solo home runs by Gio Urshela and Mike Ford were just not enough to get the Yanks back in the game, ending their seven-game winning streak.

Meanwhile, the Yankees clubhouse was somber following the latest news regarding the Maestro of the broadcasting booth.

"We regret to announce that John Sterling, the Master, as he is frequently called, has been diagnosed with a rare brain disorder," Dr. ZaSu Pitts regretfully announced at Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital this morning.

The disorder, which was announced with regret by Dr. Pitts, is known as Knievel Syndrome, and leaves victims congenitally unable to successfully estimate distances.

"Victims of this syndrome might never be able to successfully determine just how far certain flying objects might travel," Dr. Pitts continued, her announcement heavily tinged with regrets.  "Why, let's say he was trying to determine how far, oh, say a frisbee would go, or maybe a discus, or a shot-put, or the hammer.  Even a javelin!  Or let's say, one of those things they fling at a Celtic Fling.  Why, he would have no idea, the sorry son-of-a-bitch."

Sterling was immediately prepped for the incredibly dangerous surgery, despite his warning as he was being wheeled into the operating room that, "There's no predicting the affect of anesthesia on the human brain!"

The Yankees regretted to say that they had no announcement to make, but they did announce that they would regret having to make another announcement about their beloved broadcaster, should there be a regrettable turn of events that would necessitate such an announcement.









4 comments:

Urban Farmer formerly known as DutchFan said...

This certainly is regrettable news. It has been a while since we were informed about the heath condition of the Master and this is hardly bearable. It does also shed a light on the deplorable situation of the American healthcare system. In civilised countries anaesthetics are not used for brain surgery. Hell no. Patients play the fiddle and recite Hamlet during a regular lobectomy. Somebody should get the Master to Caracas for proper treatment!

Carl J. Weitz said...

You know what makes Dr Pitts such a " Super" doctor? Why it's her morning nutrition!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOT20LddFOo

ranger_lp said...

Hate to say it Hoss...we all saw this coming. Maybe Dr. Olu can help him...

HoraceClarke66 said...

I hear he's the expert in this field...