A well-earned tribute to the man at the hot corner
As you may have noticed, I’m not a particular fan of heavy metal. Once I hit 17 or 18 and started to explore more thoroughly all the various types of music available, my Black Sabbath and Judas Priest albums went more or less unplayed.
Tonight, though, let’s make an exception. With the Braves playing a one-game playoff at the Ted for entry into the full playoffs, this could be Atlanta’s final sendoff for the great Chipper Jones. We went to the game Sunday to watch his final regularly scheduled home appearance — we bought the tickets back in July, and weren’t certain then whether the Braves would make the post-season — and the 40-year-old made three sterling plays in the field that any 25-year-old would have been proud to make.
When you start talking Chipper, a lot of memories come back. I remember going to my first Braves game back in 1990, against the Cubs, and there were maybe 5,000 people in the place, with 4,950 of them rooting for the Cubs. That doesn’t happen anymore, and Chipper Jones, along with Bobby Cox and a certain trio of pitchers, helped make that transformation possible.
Essentially growing up in the Atlanta spotlight, Jones has had his occasional stumbles, but overall he has conducted himself with dignity and class, doing great credit to himself and the Braves. He’s also played some clutch, Hall of Fame-caliber baseball along the way.
So to mark the occasion and as a well-deserved tribute, here’s Chipper’s walkup song, “Crazy Train” by Ozzy Osbourne, a veteran himself who is even more grizzled than Chipper.
– Jay Bookman
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godless heathen
October 5th, 2012
8:25 pm
Throwing $12 dollar beers = dumb
LOL!
getalife
October 5th, 2012
8:26 pm
Chipper’s final bat.
JamVet
October 5th, 2012
8:27 pm
IMUO the ump blew that call.
BFD.
He’s a human being. And had it been a Card who was called out on that play everyone of those morons would have been in love with that ump.
So if I were the King of Baseball every one of those fans who threw stuff onto the field would be thrown bodily down the steps and swept into some dumpster somewhere.
Classless idiots.
If you want be dipsh*ts go to an NFL game…
skydog
October 5th, 2012
8:27 pm
Could be the last time for Chipper.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rRqH_OvlXM
moonbat betty
October 5th, 2012
8:28 pm
Chipper:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkFqg5wAuFk
They won’t throw him $hit.
moonbat betty
October 5th, 2012
8:31 pm
Yes, Jam it is not right to throw $hit on to the field.
BFD. No one got hurt.
Who is your team, btw?
JamVet
October 5th, 2012
8:40 pm
Larry ends his career with a hit. And he Braves didn’t go down whimpering.
But those fans embarrassed the hell out of this city.
Now, betty?
NYY.
(Unless the unimaginable happens and the protest is upheld!)
godless heathen
October 5th, 2012
8:40 pm
The Braves blew it with poor defense but I think the Protest has legitimate grounds. The grounds for a protest are a mis-application of the rules and I have never seen a bigger mis-application of the rules. The SS abandoned the pop-up before the ump made the call.
JKL2
October 5th, 2012
8:43 pm
All is right with the world.
The Cardinals continue in the post season and more post season disappointment for the Braves.
Chipper: Best wishes from a fan of your second favorite team. See you in Cooperstown.
Jay
October 5th, 2012
8:44 pm
The Braves didn’t deserve to win but, that said, that was one of the worst calls I’ve ever seen.
godless heathen
October 5th, 2012
8:44 pm
OK Braves fans, chill.
http://youtu.be/ZqsW_noBIjQ
moonbat betty
October 5th, 2012
8:44 pm
I would never throw anything on the field and I think that is stupid.
but they had a right to be pissed.
Whatever, yank fans are classy?
That’s a f’ing joke.
Like a cat in a catbox.
getalife
October 5th, 2012
8:46 pm
Instant replay would have ended it in 5 minutes to reverse the call and the fans would not throw stuff on the field.
It is 2012 MLB Baseball. Use the technology.
Brosephus™
October 5th, 2012
8:46 pm
“Throwing $12 dollar beers =
dumbalcohol abuse”JamVet
October 5th, 2012
8:47 pm
True dat, Jay. As Crash said in Bull Durham, it was csing call!
But alas, it’s part of the game.
Oh well, after the disappointment abates, it’s time for a…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dqD–BNBmtI
godless heathen
October 5th, 2012
8:49 pm
Idiot analysts: The IFFR call was not made until the SS abandoned the pop-up. Mis-application of the rules.
JamVet
October 5th, 2012
8:50 pm
Bro, being the consummate contrarian that I am, throwing $12 swill on the field probably makes more sense that drinking it!
I’m off the beverage store to get some of the good stuff.
This one hurts, but hats off to the Braves on a 94 win season.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SSnCUidmfEc
Keep the tunes crankin’, gang!
JKL2
October 5th, 2012
8:53 pm
Jay- The Braves didn’t deserve to win but, that said, that was one of the worst calls I’ve ever seen
As a Cardinal fan, I still have to go with Don Denkinger in the 85 World Series. That was a BS call though.
I’ll still give the Packer’s game worst call of the year.
godless heathen
October 5th, 2012
8:57 pm
It is 2012 MLB Baseball. Use the technology.
Yup, but in this case, it would be a difficult position to fix with instant replay, Who knows if the IFFR had not been called, what would have happened. Maybe the LF throws the ball away.
That said, MLB should uphold the protest, because it was not a judgement call, but a mis-application of the IFFR. They should resume the game with the Simmons at the plate with the same count.
But they won’t because it would ef up the TV schedule.
And the Braves will still lose.
moonbat betty
October 5th, 2012
8:58 pm
“Jay- The Braves didn’t deserve to win but, that said, that was one of the worst calls I’ve ever seen”
That is correct, but the Braves didn’t deserve to win tonight.
Hat Tip, though.
It’s a long f”ing season.
moonbat betty
October 5th, 2012
8:58 pm
and Chipper’s still the man.
moonbat betty
October 5th, 2012
9:00 pm
should have been “and the Braves” for all you Engrish majors.
getalife
October 5th, 2012
9:04 pm
Protests never win.
Instant replay would reverse the call, the runner scored and the hitter safe at first.
The game goes on without fans wasting their beer and everybody is happy.
godless heathen
October 5th, 2012
9:04 pm
Just wait until next year.
and
Go Falcons!
jconservative
October 5th, 2012
9:06 pm
The Infield Fly call was obviously made by one of the NFL replacement umpires.
Jm
October 5th, 2012
9:08 pm
“Classless idiots.
If you want be dipsh*ts go to an NFL game…”
Comedy. Pure comedy.
godless heathen
October 5th, 2012
9:09 pm
Instant replay would reverse the call, the runner scored and the hitter safe at first.
You can’t assume that the runner or batter doesn’t break his hip on the way,
The rules have the protest avenue for a reason. But you can’t beat big money.
And the Braves still lose.
stands for decibels
October 5th, 2012
9:14 pm
Not a Braves fan, but I was looking forward to rooting for them in the post-season, so obviously this outcome blows.
Black Sabbath? Like Jay I’m not a metalhead, but back when Sabbath’s first lps were out, they didn’t actually call it metal. It was hard rock, and I liked, well, one of their albums anyway.
Back when I first heard this, I had no idea what the “sweet leaf” was actually about…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=popg6dOoTWQ
/drive-by (alas)
getalife
October 5th, 2012
9:15 pm
Every major sport has instant replay except baseball.
Time to join the 21st century MLB.
Mr. Snarky
October 5th, 2012
9:17 pm
The worst call ever! That ump should be fired. But since we gave the cards that game, they took it. I hope they lose to the Nats. Chipper can’t be too sad though, he’s used to losing in the playoffs.
moonbat betty
October 5th, 2012
9:18 pm
Hey, get,
Make sure LSU beat FL.
moonbat betty
October 5th, 2012
9:22 pm
sfd, good stuff.
you always surprise.
likeee likeeeee
ha ha
getalife
October 5th, 2012
9:28 pm
moonbat,
I will cheer as hard as I can.
Geaux Tigers!
getalife
October 5th, 2012
9:33 pm
Back to the music.
Lets rock:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmJEmjXXznc
JamVet
October 5th, 2012
9:40 pm
getalife, almost never win.
George Brett and the Pine Tar incident?
I still miss Billy Martin…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTSxAMPXJ80
moonbat betty
October 5th, 2012
9:41 pm
Geaux Tigers.
I hope ya’ll destroy the Gators and Bama.
Maybe next year...
October 5th, 2012
9:41 pm
Go Braves….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2gKR422nOQ
getalife
October 5th, 2012
9:46 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EN3T9SY_wNo
JamVet
October 5th, 2012
9:47 pm
For that goofball ump and his blown call…
(In lieu of a piece of my mind!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mzy_BEzlHWI
Old timer
October 5th, 2012
9:47 pm
Yea Braves.go Chipper..
JamVet
October 5th, 2012
9:50 pm
If i could catch that zebra! (j/k)
But a killer protest song from one of those socially conscious Canadians that I dig so much…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N7vCww3j2-w
Oscar
October 5th, 2012
9:52 pm
Just read up on the infield fly run. That’s more complex than the income tax code. Probably written by the same person. Need an aspirin now.
Too bad for the umpire that the third baseman lost the ball in the lights. Still a dumb call. He called it too late. Send him back to double A ball.
skydog
October 5th, 2012
9:53 pm
Instant replay would/did not help in this situation.
The infield fly rule is when there are runners on base and there is a pop up, the infielder does not drop the ball on purpose and pick it up and get a double play.
The only question was “when” the ump called “infield fly rule”. He was late making the call. This was NOT a blooper between two players. This was a miscommunication and the ball would have been caught normally, hence the infield ruled was properly called.
moonbat betty
October 5th, 2012
9:58 pm
dis is what I would play for the walk-up:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkFqg5wAuFk
Oscar
October 5th, 2012
9:58 pm
The ball was too deep for the infield fly rule. Could not have missed it and thrown the runner out at third for a double play. And could not have dropped it and doubled him up at second.
An instant reply would have shown the call was bad and they could have ruled the runners safe with the bases loaded.
Baseball needs instant replay.
RW-(the original)
October 5th, 2012
9:59 pm
Just a thought but if your assigned position on the field is as an outfield umpire you probably don’t have any business calling something an infield fly. Makes you wonder if the guy forgot where he was umping and thought he was on third. Or maybe he was this guy…..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkoPq5AOCOA
moonbat betty
October 5th, 2012
9:59 pm
baseball sucks just like basketball.
getalife
October 5th, 2012
10:02 pm
/Throws empty beer can at skydog,
Booo.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egA-YmTpIa8
Brosephus™
October 5th, 2012
10:03 pm
Geaux Tigers.
I hope ya’ll destroy the Gators
and Bama.That second one ain’t gonna happen. No need to go gettin’ your hopes up only find them smashed worse than a car dropped from about 40,000 feet.
skydog
October 5th, 2012
10:03 pm
The late call only affects could the runners advance. If he had made the call earlier, same result, batter is automatically out.
We just had bad luck with runners on and less than 2 outs. If there had been 2 outs it would have been a dropped ball, everybody safe.
godless heathen
October 5th, 2012
10:06 pm
The only question was “when” the ump called “infield fly rule”. He was late making the call. This was NOT a blooper between two players. This was a miscommunication and the ball would have been caught normally, hence the infield ruled was properly called.
Sorry, skydog but you are very, very wrong. If you read the rules of MLB, the rules require that the IFFR be called immediately.
The purpose of the rule is so that the infielder can’t intentionally drop the ball and get a double-play, from the baserunners having to hold the base.
In this case, the umpire did not even signal IFFR until the infielder abandoned the play, Worst call I have ever seen in MLB.
NTL, the fan behavior was inexcusable and embarrassing.
getalife
October 5th, 2012
10:07 pm
Good point RW.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AKF-wfmNAI
skydog
October 5th, 2012
10:08 pm
Oscar – The infield fly rule can be called if the ball is on the warning track. Here is why. A deep fly ball with a man on first and second. Outfielder drops ball on purpose, picks it up and throws to second and on to first getting a double play.
godless heathen
October 5th, 2012
10:08 pm
We just had bad luck with runners on and less than 2 outs. If there had been 2 outs it would have been a dropped ball, everybody safe.
But it wasn’t two outs. If the IFFR isn’t called, Braves score and rally continues.
Brosephus™
October 5th, 2012
10:09 pm
This was NOT a blooper between two players. This was a miscommunication and the ball would have been caught normally, hence the infield ruled was properly called.
I don’t think that’s the case all the time. A miscommunication that results in a ball dropping that would normally be caught ends up being a live ball and a possible error assigned to the play. They are not usually called out due using the Infield Fly Rule. The IFR can apply to the outfield, but it has to appear to be intentional, IIRC.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
October 5th, 2012
10:09 pm
Sam Holbrook is not very good at his job.
From TBogg.
In San Diego.
moonbat betty
October 5th, 2012
10:10 pm
Get.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5q0cEp3-_TM
TCOB.
Taking Care Of Business.
godless heathen
October 5th, 2012
10:11 pm
Oscar – The infield fly rule can be called if the ball is on the warning track. Here is why. A deep fly ball with a man on first and second. Outfielder drops ball on purpose, picks it up and throws to second and on to first getting a double play.
Wrong again.
getalife
October 5th, 2012
10:12 pm
” the fan behavior was inexcusable and embarrassing.”
Good thing you did not see me and my friends after finishing a pint of Wild Turkey 101 a piece we smuggled in.
Back in those days only 2000 showed up because the Braves suked.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
October 5th, 2012
10:13 pm
The infield fly rule can be called if the ball is on the warning track.
Only if there is a reasonable expectation that an infielder can catch it.
0311/8541/5811/1811/1801
October 5th, 2012
10:14 pm
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godless heathen
October 5th, 2012
10:14 pm
Outfielders can intentionally drop the ball and attempt to get a double-play. It’s not their rare, They can do it because the IFFR has not been immediately called.
Read the rules.
RW-(the original)
October 5th, 2012
10:15 pm
Dang…I want to see the arm on this dude that can drop the ball intentionally on the warning track to start a double play. He better hope the runners are Bruce Benedict and a pregnant woman.
godless heathen
October 5th, 2012
10:16 pm
Back in those days only 2000 showed up because the Braves suked.
I was probably there with you, get.
And when you heckled the opposing players, they could hear you. Used to sit right behind home plate and give ‘em hell.
getalife
October 5th, 2012
10:18 pm
moonbat:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvL_gZ4F-Is
RW-(the original)
October 5th, 2012
10:18 pm
Back in those days only 2000 showed up because the Braves suked.
That was back when if you called to ask what time the game started they’d ask you what time you could be there.
Brosephus™
October 5th, 2012
10:18 pm
He better hope the runners are Bruce Benedict and a pregnant woman.
Why you gotta go bad on Brrrrruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuce like that??
JamVet
October 5th, 2012
10:19 pm
An INFIELD FLY is a fair fly ball (not including a line drive nor an attempted bunt) which can be caught by an infielder with ordinary effort, when first and second, or first, second and third bases are occupied, before two are out. The pitcher, catcher and any outfielder who stations himself in the infield on the play shall be considered infielders for the purpose of this rule.
When it seems apparent that a batted ball will be an Infield Fly, the umpire shall *immediately* declare Infield Fly for the benefit of the runners. If the ball is near the baselines, the umpire shall declare Infield Fly, if Fair.
The ball is alive and runners may advance at the risk of the ball being caught, or retouch and advance after the ball is touched, the same as on any fly ball. If the hit becomes a foul ball, it is treated the same as any foul.
If a declared Infield Fly is allowed to fall untouched to the ground, and bounces foul before passing first or third base, it is a foul ball. If a declared Infield Fly falls untouched to the ground outside the baseline, and bounces fair before passing first or third base, it is an Infield Fly.
Rule 2.00 (Infield Fly) Comment: On the infield fly rule the umpire is to rule whether the ball could ordinarily have been handled by an infieldernot by some arbitrary limitation such as the grass, or the base lines. The umpire must rule also that a ball is an infield fly, even if handled by an outfielder, if, in the umpires judgment, the ball could have been as easily handled by an infielder. The infield fly is in no sense to be considered an appeal play. The umpires judgment must govern, and the decision should be made immediately.
When an infield fly rule is called, runners may advance at their own risk. If on an infield fly rule, the infielder intentionally drops a fair ball, the ball remains in play despite the provisions of Rule 6.05 (L). The infield fly rule takes precedence.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWy87Yw_Eiw
JamVet
October 5th, 2012
10:21 pm
RW, howz it hangin’?!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtK5rGN_Szs&feature=relmfu
skydog
October 5th, 2012
10:22 pm
Kam – Only if there is a reasonable expectation that an infielder can catch it.
+++++++++++
Either man could have caught that ball without the miscommunication. The ump was late making the call, but that would not have told the runners to go, they thought the ball was going to be caught also, they were locked down seeing the play unfold.
getalife
October 5th, 2012
10:23 pm
RW,
We had season tickets and could not give them away. We would go when the good teams came to town to see a good team.
RW-(the original)
October 5th, 2012
10:24 pm
Why you gotta go bad on Brrrrruuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuce like that??
I thought I went easy. It was Lasorda that said Bruce could race a pregnant woman and finish third.
/Although now that I think about that could be a statement about one of the topics that once broached here don’t go away easily so I’ll restrain myself.
Brosephus™
October 5th, 2012
10:24 pm
RW
I would have gone with Terry Forster over Benedict. That’s just me though.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uL20VgJ7JM8
Brosephus™
October 5th, 2012
10:26 pm
RW
I forgot about that barb. I completely understand now. Man, I miss the days of saying his name like that every time he came up to bat.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
October 5th, 2012
10:27 pm
Either man could have caught that ball without the miscommunication.
That has nothing to do with the hypothetical, “The infield fly rule can be called if the ball is on the warning track”, comment that you made and that I responded to.
There is no way that it is reasonable to expect an infielder to catch a ball on the warning track.
Oscar
October 5th, 2012
10:28 pm
Bach in the eighties I would show up at the park a few minutes before game time, park right next to the stadium. No worry about where to park or how far to walk. And the seats were good. No buying in advance. Bob Horner and Dale Murphy were worth going to see play.
Kamchak ~ Thug from the Steppes
October 5th, 2012
10:28 pm
Oops, sorry skydog, you did not make the comment about the warning track.
My bad.
getalife
October 5th, 2012
10:29 pm
godless,
Second row visiting dugout where they walk down in the dugout.
We had Steve Sax wanting to fight us because we kept yelling Steve Sux.
JamVet
October 5th, 2012
10:29 pm
The fat tub of goo?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPi4dOPKBFQ&feature=related
Oscar
October 5th, 2012
10:30 pm
There is no way that it is reasonable to expect an infielder to catch a ball on the warning track.
——–
Exactly. The ump waited until the third baseman appeared to be set up under the ball. Way too late. The the player suddenly backed off at the last second.
Oscar
October 5th, 2012
10:31 pm
Benedict always claimed he raced a pregnant lady to first base and beat her three times out of five.
RW-(the original)
October 5th, 2012
10:31 pm
Of course Andy Van Slyke once said of his very own Pirates that Pearl Harbor had better defense and that could apply to tonight’s Braves as well.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Good evening, JV. I guess I should check out your link before answering your question about the hangin’ thing.
getalife
October 5th, 2012
10:35 pm
Those throws they missed looked like little league players.
Not even close.
RW-(the original)
October 5th, 2012
10:36 pm
Brosephus™ ….and I resent having to use the tm since I supplied you with the name….Were you saying that name in your crib? And I don’t mean the modern definition of crib. If you’re old enough to remember calling his name like that then I’ve got an undertaker tracking me down.
skydog
October 5th, 2012
10:37 pm
I made the warning track comment, but just to mean that the ball can be out of the infield, way out like that ball tonight.
Brosephus™
October 5th, 2012
10:38 pm
Oscar
My cousin and I would always hope to see Claudell Washington make a trip to the pitcher’s mound during an at-bat whenever we got to catch a game back in the day.
getalife
October 5th, 2012
10:41 pm
If you talked bad about Bruce Benedict around my Mom, you will get slapped.
She loved Bruuuuuuuce.
Mick
October 5th, 2012
10:41 pm
jay
As a fair weathered marlins fan, south florida has always respected chipper, he is baseball – hustle, clutch, and most importantly consistent! so, here’s to the great chipper jones-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INtVV-VFkG0
RW-(the original)
October 5th, 2012
10:42 pm
You sure you’d go Forster?
http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/b/burroje01.shtml
There’s my pick, although I saw Jose Conseco late in his career have to play defense and he hurt his back picking up a fair ball that he had walked to once it stopped rolling so he gets a dishonorable mention.
Brosephus™
October 5th, 2012
10:44 pm
RW
You don’t have to use the TM. I’m forever indebted to you for that Iowahawk link. I keep a printed copy on my desk at work.
As for Bruce, nah I wasn’t in the crib. I’ve been a Braves fan since I could remember the word Braves. I remember watching them back as early as the late 70’s. I got to start going to games in the early 1980’s with my family since I played baseball.
If I were you, I’d stay away from any man in a black suit with a tape measurer in hand.
skydog
October 5th, 2012
10:46 pm
bro – pitchers hoped it was Claudell making the trip to the mound and not his bat.
If Claudell thought you were throwing at him, would take a mighty swing and let the bat fly about 15 feet above the pitchers head, into centerfield. He would look as his hands like…how could that bat slip like that?
Nobody pitched Claudell inside. If you did, be ready on the next pitch.
JamVet
October 5th, 2012
10:48 pm
RW, LOL!
Howz biz?
Mine has taken off a bit this year.
So I’m in a better mood these days.
(Naw, j/k, I’m still a dick!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCUxJFtTFNk
RW-(the original)
October 5th, 2012
10:48 pm
If I were you, I’d stay away from any man in a black suit with a tape measurer in hand.
Do they try to trick you with questions like “howz it hangin’” ?
I think I found him…..
Brosephus™
October 5th, 2012
10:48 pm
You sure you’d go Forster?
Well, after seeing those stats there, I may have to change my pick. I think even my little league stats were better than that, and the first year that I played, I couldn’t make contact with air.
godless heathen
October 5th, 2012
10:49 pm
Kam, It was dog:
Oscar – The infield fly rule can be called if the ball is on the warning track. Here is why. A deep fly ball with a man on first and second. Outfielder drops ball on purpose, picks it up and throws to second and on to first getting a double play.
Not only is he a lib, but he hates the Braves.
This game result is a lot like the NFL game on Monday a couple of weeks ago when GB got hosed on the Inaccurate Reception.
The heathen has been known to play a little Texas Hold-em tourney poker. The heathen gets short stacked and goes all-in with his set of aces. Some duffus calls with a pair of fours and sucks out a 4-8 gut shot bingo. The heathen is all pissed about the bad beat, but must remind himself how he got in that situation.
Mick
October 5th, 2012
10:51 pm
skydog
Here is some bass I like to groove to-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpxNJcNRwFA
skydog
October 5th, 2012
10:53 pm
I`m a big Braves fan heathen, but reality is ah… real.
RW-(the original)
October 5th, 2012
10:53 pm
Back in the Claudell days the woman I was dating was always going on about him “adjusting” right above his kneecap so I had to move on.
JamVet
October 5th, 2012
10:53 pm
Thinking about all of the incredible Braves memories over the past 21 years makes me smile! And somehow makes my life a little more complete. Crazy, but true.
The Susan Sarandon character (Annie Savoy) in Bull Durham was absolutely right :
I believe in the Church of Baseball. I’ve tried all the major religions, and most of the minor ones. I’ve worshipped Buddha, Allah, Brahma, Vishnu, Siva, trees, mushrooms, and Isadora Duncan. I know things. For instance, there are 108 beads in a Catholic rosary and there are 108 stitches in a baseball. When I heard that, I gave Jesus a chance. But it just didn’t work out between us. The Lord laid too much guilt on me. I prefer metaphysics to theology.
You see, there’s no guilt in baseball, and it’s never boring… which makes it like sex. There’s never been a ballplayer slept with me who didn’t have the best year of his career. Making love is like hitting a baseball: you just gotta relax and concentrate. Besides, I’d never sleep with a player hitting under .250… not unless he had a lot of RBIs and was a great glove man up the middle.
You see, there’s a certain amount of life wisdom I give these boys. I can expand their minds. Sometimes when I’ve got a ballplayer alone, I’ll just read Emily Dickinson or Walt Whitman to him, and the guys are so sweet, they always stay and listen. ‘Course, a guy’ll listen to anything if he thinks it’s foreplay. I make them feel confident, and they make me feel safe, and pretty. ‘Course, what I give them lasts a lifetime; what they give me lasts 142 games. Sometimes it seems like a bad trade. But bad trades are part of baseball – now who can forget Frank Robinson for Milt Pappas, for God’s sake?
It’s a long season and you gotta trust it. I’ve tried ‘em all, I really have, and the only church that truly feeds the soul, day in, day out, is the Church of Baseball/
getalife
October 5th, 2012
10:54 pm
I use to swing for the fences until a hitting coach told me just slow down my swing and just make contact with the ball. It worked.