we went to the blue jays v yankees game tonight. They lost, 2nd loss of the series, so boo to that but it was a really enjoyable game. Much slower than the last one, but more like watching a game of chess, not that I like to watch chess, so not a great analogy really. We thought we were following it really well, but then lots of things appeared on the stats board that we didn't understand like 'Sacrifice Bunt' and other stuff happened like the pitcher threw 4 shit balls on purpose when there was guys on 2 & 3. Was this cos they thought the hitter was too good and would get them all home and then the next hitter they would be able to get out easier if they let the first dude walk to 1st? (paul? any north americans?) I think I need a glossary before the next game we go to. Then I will be a proper bluffer.
Anyway at some point between innings, they played the first couple of bars of 'here comes the bride' and then this guy called Ariel asked his lady, Varda (or something) to marry him and she said yes and we all cheered. However I did not think I was going to be proposed to cos I have a coldsore and I was wearing my glasses and no makeup today, and I know Mark would not make me appear on a Very Large Screen looking like that. I've warned him if he ever pulls a stunt like that to make sure I have my contacts in. This is a bluff obviously, because I will always wear my contacts to ball games from now on, and some day I will propose to him on a big screen. But not if he wears his comedy fleece or his hair is too short. So he knows how to avoid it. There you go.
Friday, April 22, 2005
take me out to the ball game
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Jill, would you propose if he was doing microphone hair though? There's a fine line really.
Of course, my proposal dream is set in the 'Dalk, in the town square, with gurriers all around shouting "I'll claim ya, hey".
You can shove Seán Boylan.
Sacrifice Bunt: when in order to advance a runner the hitter taps the pitch a few feet in front of him (usually down the 1st base line), where it will usually be fielded and thrown to first to get the hitter out.
you have the "4 shit balls on purpose" bit right, exactly. the guy they walked on purpose was most likely a slugger.
anyone that asks his dame to marry him over the Jumbotron at a sports event deserves a sound punch in the face. unless, of course, they met at a sports event, wherein they should BOTH be IMMEDIATELY SHOT INTO THE SUN.
i'm so backwards...grumpy on a friday....
By the way:
Baseball Glossary
have fun, Steinbrenner.
Jaysus Damo, I'm completely lost, that was mystifying.
well, i pride myself on my ability to confuse the fairer sex.
and by confuse i mean, of course, "sadden, disappoint or otherwise put in a disagreeable mood"...
seriously tho - what's the mystery?
Ah I suppose the ways of the baseball player are generally a mystery to me. You and your fancy lingo, like.
baseball is no mystery - i played it for years and have boiled it down to:
1 - the scratching of groin region, occasionally used as a signal to perform a sacrifice-bunt
2 - the chewing of something like tobacco or gum
3 - the hitting, throwing and catching of balls (not necessarily those referred to in #1)
Simple, really. We just use the crazy terminology to throw the girls off our trail.
deadly! i've bookmarked that glossary site. you can quiz me in work on monday. obviously you've nothing better to do.
... of course if there was one out - the picther may have elected to walk the batter to set up the double play and get himself out of a jam and out of the innings ...!
(check glossary for translation)
i bow to Paul's obviously superior grasp of the game - i didn't even thought of that.
and Jill, i likely won't have much time this week to do anything but work at work - strange, i know - have to make it so that when i leave for The Emerald Isle i have everything arranged nicely so that my termination is not awaiting my return. i'll still try to forward a few killer articles daily. and yes - i'm posting this from work right now. on a saturday. the situation is fundamentally flawd.
holy christ - "didn't even thought" - can someone bring me a bottle of whiskey and a hammer, please? i have to fix my brain.
no don't bow to paul! he's irish, what could he possibly know? Apart from that learned from his North American Sports Network subscription and playing baseball, softball and basketball.
Work on saturday? urgh. ah well its raining what else can you do. (answer: rock)
Sigh...yes, you're right...i should be rockin'...did TBM tell ya about the new song we created last night? KILLER.
here now, read this:
Some Happy Reading for a Rainy Saturday...
What da ya mean - don't bow to Paul cos he's Irish ...
My team won the Irish National Baseball league in 2003 - I learned everything I know first hand - NASN just educated me in the finer points of the game !
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