whoa-whoa-whoa:(via fuckyeahhotbaseballplayers)
my worlds have just collided.
“I get older and these baseball groupies stay the same age.”
I want to be back here…. I want to have a championship because I know the fans want it and I want it, too.
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Oliver Perez to ESPNNewYork.com, about, unfortunately, returning to the Mets in 2011. I’m really glad he didn’t tell this to me personally because it’d be hard to transcribe the rest of the interview when all I could hear when I play it back is my boisterous laughter. Click the link above to read more if you haven’t filled your daily eye-rolling quota. |
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[Home plate Umpire] “Todd Tichenor, punching him out, almost hit Hanley across the chops.” - Mets play-by-play man Gary Cohen
(Pictured, circa 2008: BallHype cofounder Jason Gurney, me, BallHype cofounder Erin Gurney and Alana G)
Consistency
I am a big fan of this article. It is nothing short of awesome.
Let me be clear: It is absolutely troubling that David Wright has failed to hit .404 in every month this season, as he did in June. Wright will likely join a select group that includes every player in the Major Leagues since Ted Williams in 1941 in failing to hit .400 over even a single season.
Wright looks even worse, when considering his recent slump. The dip in production proves that he is not consistent in a way that is uniform with other inconsistent performers throughout baseball history.
Vin Scully announced today that he will be returning next year as the broadcaster for the Dodgers.
Personally, I was relieved he made this decision. The Dodgers are not my favorite team, but I’d say they are my number 3 team behind the Tigers and Rangers. I’ve gotten in the habit of curling up on the couch and half-watching, half-listening to the Dodgers if they’re at home or in the NL west so I can listen to Mr. Scully when I’m unable to sleep (if you know me, you know this is often). In my experience I wind up falling asleep much faster this way than when I just lay in bed, even if big plays are made in the game and I get woken up a couple times.
After the passing of Ernie Harwell I watched the Dodgers several nights in a row seeking comfort, hoping for some stories about Ernie, as they were good friends. He did talk about Ernie a little, but before too long ended his off-topic commentary with his usual “Now let’s get back to this one…”. If only he knew how good it is for fans to hear him just be himself.
Enough personal stuff from me, though, I’d rather point out the obvious: Baseball needs Vin Scully. Most importantly, the Dodgers need him too.
(Photo: USA Today)
These words will forever be imprinted in my mind…
“So the winning run is at second base, with two outs, three and two to Mookie Wilson. (A) little roller up along first… behind the bag! It gets through Buckner! Here comes Knight, and the Mets win it!”
Then Scully does not say a word for three minutes, an eternity in television broadcasting, allowing the pictures to define the moment.
“If one picture is worth a thousand words, you have seen about a million words, but more than that, you have seen an absolutely bizarre finish to Game 6 of the 1986 World Series. The Mets are not only alive, they are well, and they will play the Red Sox in Game 7 tomorrow!
It almost brings me to tears.
Vin Scully is simply the greatest of all time.
I’m retiring. I don’t know how to say it in a politically correct way, that anybody’s going to believe me…Until I don’t show up next year, nobody’s going to believe me. Brett Favre’s f—ed it up for everybody.
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Billy Wagner telling it like it is. (h/t Hardball Talk) (via oldtimefamilybaseball) Still love ya, Billy. |
