Comments on: O’s-Sox Day Baseball Thread http://www.thelosscolumn.com/2008/os-sox-day-baseball-thread/ Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:01:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: dan the man http://www.thelosscolumn.com/2008/os-sox-day-baseball-thread/comment-page-1/#comment-24738 dan the man Thu, 04 Sep 2008 17:41:43 +0000 http://www.thelosscolumn.com/?p=1626#comment-24738 hahaha sweet hahaha sweet

]]> By: Greg http://www.thelosscolumn.com/2008/os-sox-day-baseball-thread/comment-page-1/#comment-24735 Greg Thu, 04 Sep 2008 15:15:49 +0000 http://www.thelosscolumn.com/?p=1626#comment-24735 I went to the Lakehurst BlueCrabs (PHI) stadium (same league as the Shorebirds I think, SAL?) and had a blast there. The sound effects they use when people strike out, get caught stealing, etc... it was fantastic... much more fun than the Bowie atmosphere. Each batter on the opposing team (then, the Lake Co. Captains) came out to some emasculating song like Barbie Girl or some Cyndi Lauper... when a guy got thrown out at second on a steal attempt they played a clip from the old Willie Wonka movie where Gene Wilder shouts: "You get NOTHING! Good day sir!" Also watched a guy standing in line at the food stand get knocked unconsious by a foul ball to the back of the head. Guy had no idea what hit him. Carted him off in the meat wagon too. Yeah, minor league baseball is awesome. I went to the Lakehurst BlueCrabs (PHI) stadium (same league as the Shorebirds I think, SAL?) and had a blast there. The sound effects they use when people strike out, get caught stealing, etc… it was fantastic… much more fun than the Bowie atmosphere. Each batter on the opposing team (then, the Lake Co. Captains) came out to some emasculating song like Barbie Girl or some Cyndi Lauper… when a guy got thrown out at second on a steal attempt they played a clip from the old Willie Wonka movie where Gene Wilder shouts: “You get NOTHING! Good day sir!”

Also watched a guy standing in line at the food stand get knocked unconsious by a foul ball to the back of the head. Guy had no idea what hit him. Carted him off in the meat wagon too.

Yeah, minor league baseball is awesome.

]]> By: dan the man http://www.thelosscolumn.com/2008/os-sox-day-baseball-thread/comment-page-1/#comment-24734 dan the man Thu, 04 Sep 2008 14:51:53 +0000 http://www.thelosscolumn.com/?p=1626#comment-24734 Oh, by the way, they lost 6-5 in 12 innings. Oh, by the way, they lost 6-5 in 12 innings.

]]> By: dan the man http://www.thelosscolumn.com/2008/os-sox-day-baseball-thread/comment-page-1/#comment-24733 dan the man Thu, 04 Sep 2008 14:51:12 +0000 http://www.thelosscolumn.com/?p=1626#comment-24733 I went to the Baysox playoff game last night. Let me tell you, minor league ball is a lot of fun... and it's way, WAY, <b>WAY</b> different than the big leagues. Not only in atmosphere, but in talent. It's no wonder a guy like Liz comes up and sucks. I think there were more strike outs and ridiculous swings than there were balls in play. Three (3!!) bats went flying into the stands during this game. Blake Davis looked like an absolute CHUMP out there. This kid comes to bat with Taking Back Sunday's "Cute Without the 'E'" every single time. He missed two plays at short, and went 0-4 with some terrible swings. But... Reimold took one deep in his first at bat, as did Jeff Nettles. Berken looked solid and flashed a nice mix of pitches, although Akron's Matt LaPorta tagged him for two home runs. LaPorta is going to be real good. And Berken looks to me like he would struggle at the bigs, but might contribute. The umps were terrible, too. Heckled constantly by a small, intimate crowd. "TAKE YER GLASS EYE OUT, BLUE." My favorite was when Akron struck out 3 times in one inning and each time this guy was heckling the batters with this classic one: "Fastballllll, fastballlllllll, fastballllll...." and then when the pitch was thrown, "CHANGEUP!" Each time, it produced a swing and a miss. Hilarious. I went to the Baysox playoff game last night. Let me tell you, minor league ball is a lot of fun… and it’s way, WAY, WAY different than the big leagues. Not only in atmosphere, but in talent. It’s no wonder a guy like Liz comes up and sucks. I think there were more strike outs and ridiculous swings than there were balls in play. Three (3!!) bats went flying into the stands during this game. Blake Davis looked like an absolute CHUMP out there. This kid comes to bat with Taking Back Sunday’s “Cute Without the ‘E’” every single time. He missed two plays at short, and went 0-4 with some terrible swings.

But…

Reimold took one deep in his first at bat, as did Jeff Nettles.
Berken looked solid and flashed a nice mix of pitches, although Akron’s Matt LaPorta tagged him for two home runs. LaPorta is going to be real good. And Berken looks to me like he would struggle at the bigs, but might contribute.

The umps were terrible, too. Heckled constantly by a small, intimate crowd. “TAKE YER GLASS EYE OUT, BLUE.”

My favorite was when Akron struck out 3 times in one inning and each time this guy was heckling the batters with this classic one:
“Fastballllll, fastballlllllll, fastballllll….” and then when the pitch was thrown, “CHANGEUP!” Each time, it produced a swing and a miss. Hilarious.

]]> By: dan the man http://www.thelosscolumn.com/2008/os-sox-day-baseball-thread/comment-page-1/#comment-24732 dan the man Thu, 04 Sep 2008 14:43:56 +0000 http://www.thelosscolumn.com/?p=1626#comment-24732 Hey, we're still drawing more than the 1st place Rays. And speaking of baseball in Florida, the Marlins drew less than 600 yesterday. WOW. Hey, we’re still drawing more than the 1st place Rays. And speaking of baseball in Florida, the Marlins drew less than 600 yesterday. WOW.

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