So how about this?
Posted: May 31st, 2009 | Filed under: Baseball, Other Sports, Pop Culture | 77 Comments »
So how about this? Don’t know if this will become a regular blog feature — you know we put away our targeting computer and use the force here — but I had some leftover stuff, so here goes:
– So how about this? Tampa Bay has someone leading the league in hitting (Jason Bartlett), doubles (Evan Longoria), home runs (Carlos Pena), RBIs (Longoria), walks (Pena), stolen bases (Carl Crawford), extra base hits (Longoria), batting average vs. lefties (Akinori Iwamura) and hardest to double up (Carl Crawford) and as a team they lead the league in runs scored. And they are three games under .500.
– So how about this? Kansas City Royals catcher John Buck has as many triples as Oakland.
– So how about this? The Texas Rangers traded Adrian Gonzalez and Chris Young to San Diego for, essentially, Adam Eaton. You can’t say that has worked out well, though the Rangers were not the only team to give up on Gonzalez. The bigger question is how good would this version of Adrian Gonzalez be in that bandbox of a ballpark in Texas? This year, he has a league leading 19 homers — 14 of those have been hit on the road, away from that canyon of a ballpark in San Diego.
Last year he hit 22 of his 36 homers on the road. Year before that, 20 of 30 on the road. So, last three years, he has hit 56 homers on the road, 29 at home.
– So how about this? Milwaukee’s Yovani Gallardo has started four day games and given up one run. At night, his ERA is 5.26.
– So how about this? Brilliant reader Vart wondered who had the fewest home runs in a season while driving in 100 or more RBIs.
The answer is the great Lave Cross … who drove in 108 runs in 1902 without hitting a single home run. Of course, that was 1902 … so you can take that for what it’s worth.
After the Deadball Era, the answer is Billy Herman (1943) and Pie Traynor (1931) who each drove in 100+ runs with only two homers.
The last fifty years? Tom Herr in 1985 drove in 110 runs with eight homers and Paul Molitor in 1996 drove in 113 runs with nine homers.
– So how about this? Before Sunday’s semi-human performance, the league was SLUGGING .267 against Zack Greinke.
– So how about this? Clint Barmes is two-for-three going first to third on a single, a perfect seven-for-seven scoring from second on a single, and he scored from first the only time someone doubled. According to Bill James’ formula, that makes him a plus-13 base runner, the best in baseball.
– So how about this? For my Monday column, I wrote about the Royals utter inability to score more than four runs in games … and how that will doom any team, no matter how good the pitching. Here, then, are the percentages of how often American League teams this decade have won, depending on the number of runs they score (National League teams score slightly less, so their win percentages are a touch higher across the board):
0 runs: 0%
1 run: 8%
2 runs: 20%
3 runs: 32%
4 runs: 45%
5 runs: 60%
6 runs: 69%
7 runs: 78%
8 runs: 84%
9 runs: 88%
10+ runs: 95%
– So how about this? Albert Pujols has been intentionally walked nine times the last 11 games … including once with the bases empty (by Royals manager Trey Hillman). Pujols has had two games all year (TWO) when he did not reach base — both, oddly enough, in Cincinnati.
– So how about this? Rafael Nadal finally lost at the French Open … that snapped a 31-match winning streak. And it gives me a chance to point out one of my favorite tennis stats: Bjorn Borg’s record at the French was 49-2.
– So how about this? Texas relief pitcher Austin Wood threw 12 1/3 no-hit innings against Boston College in an NCAA baseball game. He did it 50 years to the week after Harvey Haddix threw 12 perfect innings against the Milwaukee Braves. A couple of differences: Wood pitched his innings in relief. And Texas, unlike Haddix’s Pirates, won the game.
– So how about this? Emails continue to pour in from Cleveland, where numerous people blame me, either partially or entirely, for the Cavaliers loss to Orlando. It doesn’t hurt to have the good people at Deadspin go with the Posnanski Curse Proves Fatal For Cleveland headline either. Fair enough. I wrote the SI cover story. I will suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune.
But I will say this: The Cavaliers better find someone, a bonafide someone, to play along with LeBron. Because from my viewpoint, Orlando was the much better team. And LeBron seemed mighty frustrated at the end.
– So how about this? We showed up for the Ben Folds show at 7 p.m. Saturday night because, as I understood it, the show was supposed to start at 7 p.m. Of course, I understood it wrong: The GATES OPENED at 7 p.m. The show actually began at 9:30. Sigh. The show was excellent, and Ben Folds really is a remarkable musician. And we found out that he is about to do an album project with, of all people, another hero Nick Hornby.
– So how about this? Kevin Smith working on a hockey movie with Mitch Albom based on a Warren Zevon song. My head is spinning.
– So how about this? Five of my favorite underrated lines from This is Spinal Tap?
1. The Spinal Tap review of “The Gospel according to Spinal Tap:” “This pretentious ponderous collection of religious rock psalms is enough to prompt the question: ‘What day did the Lord create Spinal Tap and couldn’t he have rested on that day too?’”
2. David: Jazz Blues Festival. Where was that?
Nigel: Blues-Jazz, really.
David: Blues-Jazz Festival.
Nigel: It was in the Isle of … it was in the Isle of
Nigel and Derek (together): The Isle of Lucy.
3. Nigel on the black album cover: “I think he’s right. There’s something about this that’s so black, that’s so black, it’s like, ‘How much more black could this be? And the answer is ‘None. None more black.’”
4. Fred Willard: “We are such fans of your music and all of your records. … I am not speaking of your personally, but the whole genre of the rock and roll.”
5. “I told them once, I told them 100 times, put Spinal Tap first and Puppet Show last.
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So how about this…Anyone who blames Joe Po for the Cavs sucking vs Orlando is as dumb as a box of rocks.
Fans! They’re just idiots looking for someone else to blame.
Nigel: I’m really influenced by Mozart and Bach, It’s sort of in between those, really, it’s like a Mach piece really, it’s…
Marty: What do you call this?
Nigel: Well, this piece is called “Lick My Love Pump”.
I used “This One Goes To 11″ as a title Friday night after an extra-innings almost-disaster. And I love how many musicians commissioned amps that actually do go to 11.
shit sandwich.
The Rays’ Pythagorean record is 29-22; like most teams that underperform in this manner, they’ve won a bunch of blowouts, lost several close games due to poor bullpen work (i.e., the recent 10-0 win over Cleveland turned into a 11-10 loss), and have a bad (5-11) record in one-run games after today’s 3-2 loss.
They’ve also been done in by some bad starting pitching (Kazmir and Sonnanstine have combined for about 20 starts with an ERA in the 7’s).
I am the patron saint of quality footwear.
Ian: They are not gonna release the album…because they have decided that
the cover is sexist.
Nigel: Well so what? What’s wrong with being sexy?
You see Rafa?? That’s what happens when you wear a pink shirt with no sleeves…you loose. Such is the same fate that be-fell Billy Squier in 1981:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fR0j7sModCI
So how about THAT??
I don’t know if I’m alone on this, but that “How about this” title reminds me of Mel Allen’s famous catchphrase, “How about that?” Anyways, this little blog post has more meaning than more than 90% of the sports columns out there. Hope to see it as a regular feature.
lukewarm water
Ian the manager: “The show in Boston has been cancelled. But don’t worry, it’s not a big college town.”
That was fun to read, Mr. Posnanski. I liked the feature. Never saw “This is Spinal Tap,” so that section was lost on me.
Okay, how many of you voted for Greinke as your favorite pitcher to watch just because of the writer of this blog? Come on, admit it! I voted for Lincecum.
So how about this? Is “This is Spinal Tap” really a Christopher Guest mockumentary? He wrote it, along with Michael McKean, Harry Shearer and Rob Reiner. But Reiner directed it.
Guest directed the other four mocks in the poll. And co-wrote each of those with Eugene Levy. Those are truly “his”.
So I went with “Best in Show”, although “A Mighty Wind” is wonderful too.
True its the enhanced offensive era but I for one am surprised scoring 4 runs only gets a win 45% of the time.
Underrated lines? That would be difficult, since almost every line is gold. But numbers 3 and 5 aren’t underrated at all. In fact, number 3 might be the second most quoted behind ‘this one goes to 11′.
yeah, I read all those with a Mel Allen “How about that?!” at the end of each section too.
I wouldn’t say Orlando was a much better team. They just match up far better with Cleveland. Rashard Lewis is an impossible cover for Cleveland with the personnel that the Cavs have, and he ended up making two game-winning threes because of it.
Kevin Smith based on Warren Zevon… Might be enough to finally get me into hockey.
Ben Folds crossed with Nick Hornby? Ew.
And yeah, having worked at a concert venue, the time on the tickets is always the gate time. But a two-and-a-half hour gap between gates and the show starting is pretty bad. They’re trying to wring concessions money out of the unsuspecting.
Joe (and all others who enjoy “Spinal Tap”) on the DVD, Spinal Tap does the audio commentary for the movie in character. Too funny.
One of my favorite Spinal Tap lines if from the DVD commentary track, where the band watches the Marty DeBergi film in character, reacting to it 20 years later. That’s genius in itself, but then there are gems like this…
Derek Smalls: “Yes, well, in hindsight, retrospect is always 20/20, isn’t it?”
Had to vote for Someone Else on the poll as Chris Carpenter was inexplicably omitted.
As for Zevon/Albom/Smith, it’s definitely got promise. The song is called “Hit Somebody!”, co-written by Zevon and Albom, and it appears on Zevon’s album “My Ride’s Here.” (The title track was covered by Springsteen, and Bruce’s cover is one of Poz’s favorite lawn mowing songs.) David Letterman is the fan who yells “hit somebody!” in the chorus.
“Hit Somebody!” is the tale of a brutal hockey goon for the Calgary Flames named Buddy who dreams of scoring just one goal before his career is over. It starts out….
“He was born in Big Beaver by the borderline
He started playing hockey by the time he was nine
His dad took the hose and froze the back yard
And little Buddy dreamed he was Rocket Richard
He grew up big and he grew up tough
He saw himself scoring for the Wings or Canucks
But he wasn’t that good with the puck”
At least in a hundred years you’ll have a curse named after you if Cleveland still doesn’t have a basketball title.
@Dark Side: ditto
I too am looking forward to the Nick Hornsby/Ben Folds collaboration. He told us that in New Haven as well. Says he’s done it before. Hornsby on lyrics and Folds on Music sounds like a winning combination to me.
I wanted to vote for Dice-K, but I was surprised he wasn’t a choice. Best pitcher to fall asleep to ever! Oh, that wasn’t that question…
Ian: It’s a very unimportant reason, it’s just that they’re experimenting with, with some new uh…packaging materials.
Derek: What kind of experimenting? What they got monkeys opening it or what?
or Ian’s answer to the question of whether Tap’s popularity is waning?
IAN: Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no…no, no, not at all. I, I, I just think that the.. uh.. their appeal is becoming more selective.
Hit Somebody! made me think of this:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/01/AR2009050104147.html
First Google hit on Zevon is WarrenZevon.com. Google summary: “Official website. Includes news, tour dates and photographs.”
Tour dates, eh? Would love to see Zevon in concert. Maybe he’ll have Roland there with him. No doubt Roland’s hair will be perfect.
The Cavs better find someone to play along LeBron…hmmmm. Bold position you’re taking there.
After reading Bill Simmons’ prickly dismissals of anyone who dared suggest that Orlando might have a chance in this series, I was kinda happy with the result. It’s fun to see the anointed outcome get derailed.
The Royals could have drafted Longoria or Lincecum instead of Hocheaver. They could have signed Orlando Hudson instead of Farnsworth and Ramerez. Just those two mistakes will cost the Royals a lot of wins.
Joe — unless you could have suited up to be a big man in this series (and correct me if I’m wrong but, in reading both you and your brother, Posnanskis aren’t known for their height), then no, Cleveland need not blame you.
On the Nick Hornby route — does anyone here own Songbook? Is it worth buying?
Speaking of the baserunning, I have a relatively random question for you.
After watching Butler hit another double with a runner on first without the runner scoring, I thought, this has happened to him repeatedly all year. The runner never scores from first when Butler doubles. Which is weird, because it is not like he is hitting glorified singles that he is stretching into doubles.
So I thought I must be just suffering from selective memory, but no. (God bless Baseball Reference.)
Billy has 15 doubles this year. Nine times there has been a runner on first base. Seven of those nine times, the runner has not scored from first. There is one nine day stretch in which he pulled it off four times.
So I ask you, is he pursuing a record here? Do you know the most doubles in a season with a runner on first who doesn’t score on the play? I am sort of pissed at Callaspo and Bloomquist for actually scoring the two times they did, as otherwise he could be flirting with perfection.
The Cavs were rotating Ben Wallace in to try to slow down Dwight Howard during the end of Game 4, even though he’s nowhere near what he used to be defensively, and gives you absolutely nothing offensively. They were trailing and they still had to sit Ilgauskas. I would have just stuck with Varejao.
The most frustrating series to watch, really. Dying seconds of Game 1: if Orlando misses the their three, or West hits his at the other end, then Game 1 goes to the Cavs… And if LeBron pulled that three out of his ear in Game 4, then the Cavs win the series in five games. Just those little bits, that’s it. Yeah, prederminist fallacy and all that, but these games were mostly razor-close. You could turn it around and say that Orlando could have SWEPT Cleveland, but for LeBron’s shot in Game 2.
The King definitely needs a better Round Table to get over the hump. West, Varejao, and maybe Gibson ought to stick around. Everyone else is fair game. The trouble is, there aren’t too many guys who can give you good scoring in the low post. Who’s available that they can trade for or sign?
“does anyone here own Songbook?”
Yep
“Is it worth buying?”
Nope
And I love, love Nick Hornby.
Another Royals question. It seems to me that they are horrible at situational hitting, i.e scoring when there’s a man on 3rd with less than 2 outs, or a man on 2nd and no outs. Is it possible to tell what % of those runners the Royals get home, and what the league average is? Even better, the % of those runners the Royals get home WITHOUT a 2-out base hit.
(I’m not a baseball stats guy, so forgive me if that data is common knowledge and/or easy to find)
Marty: If you could not play rock and roll, what you do?
Mick: As long as there is, you know, sex and drugs, I
could do without rock and roll.
I think I heard that all of Zevon’s concerts are already SRO!
Pitcher vote – someone else (Zumaya).
There’s a question that has been rolling around in my head for a while…When a ballpark is characterized as a ‘hitters’ park or a ‘pitchers’ park, how much of that due to the team and the players that play there? Obviously we use the statistics from the games that were played there, but isn’t it a bit of a ‘chicken or egg’ situation? The park that always makes me question this is Texas…
The Ballpark has been called a bandbox, and is known for being a tremendous hitters park…but, how much of the presumed ‘park effects’ are actually just due to the fact that team has produced great hitters for many years while at the same time producing ridiculously poor pitchers? Or are we assuming that the team has produced these good hitters and poor pitchers BECAUSE of the ballpark? I don’t know that I can swallow that pill.
It’s not like Pudge, Juan-Gone, & Tex all failed to hit after they left Texas…and there haven’t been many free agent pitchers (at least not high quality ones!) that signed with the Rangers so we can compare their before and after numbers. Chan Ho Park doesn’t really qualify.
If we could create an alternate universe where the Rangers could play at Petco for a season and the Padres could play at the Ballpark, would we really see dramatic differences in their year-end stats? Would Jake Peavy suddenly look like Kevin Millwood, and Josh Hamiliton look like Brian Giles?
I’m not saying that I think ‘park effects’ are not real, or that they don’t have value, I just want a better understanding of how it is ‘normalized’ for the players that are on the team…
Viv Savage: [when asked by Marty if he has a creed he lives by] Have… a good time… all the time.
David St. Hubbins: We say, “Love your brother.” We don’t say it really, but…
Nigel Tufnel: We don’t literally say it.
David St. Hubbins: No, we don’t say it.
Nigel Tufnel: We don’t really, literally mean it.
David St. Hubbins: No, we don’t believe it either, but…
Nigel Tufnel: But we’re not racists.
David St. Hubbins: But that message should be clear, anyway.
Nigel Tufnel: We’re anything but racists.
Breaker @# 39: Two words: Visiting teams.
Agree w/Dark side- my vote is for Carp.
One more – one that I think is perfect for a blogger / writer:
David St. Hubbins: I believe virtually everything I read, and I think that is what makes me more of a selective human than someone who doesn’t believe anything.
[...] Yeah, Albert Pujols nearly got hurt — but apparently did not. Speaking of, Poz writes about some little nuggets — and with the Great Pujols — he’s not reached based in just two games this [...]
So how about this: Before Sunday’s semi human performance, with runners in scoring position, the league was SLUGGING .135 against Zack. (It has now ballooned to .169) 43.75% of plate appearances against him in that situation have ended with a strike out or a routine double play.
@ DGL #41: Those two words really don’t answer the question. Is Texas’ stadium the cause of increased offensive production by visiting teams, or is it the ineptitude of the Ranger’s pitching staff? It has to be both, but to what degree?
[...] it turns out, the Reds may have caught Yovani Gallardo at the worst possible time. Joe Posnanski noted that Gallardo has allowed just one earned run in four day starts this season, but posted a 5.26 ERA [...]
you can’t dust for vomit.
Breaker: Does this convince you? Last year at home, the Rangers hit .297/.372/.494. On the road, the same players hit .268/.335/.431. The pitchers’ splits weren’t quite so noticeable: Their Home ERA was 5.47, while the away was 5.26.
As for Petco: Last year, the Padress hitters hit .239/.315/.366 at home and .260/.319/.412 on the road. And their pitchers had a 3.65 ERA at home and a 5.23 ERA on the road.
Favorite Spinal Tap line underrated or otherwise:
Terry (Howard Hesseman:) Ian. Yeah, listen, we’d love to stand around and chat, but we’ve gotta…sit down in the lobby and wait for the limo.
@ Breaker #46: Let’s take last year as an example. The Rangers scored 901 runs and allowed 967.
Rangers batting splits:
Home: .297/.372/.494
Road: .268/.335/.431
That’s 100 points of OPS difference playing at home.
Rangers pitching splits:
Home: 5.47 ERA; .289/.358/.468 against
Road: 5.26 ERA; .287/.366/.441 against
Not nearly as dramatic, because the Rangers just didn’t have good pitching, period. But it’s clear that the park has an effect on offense – in addition to the hitting numbers, Rangers pitchers gave up fewer runs and less power when on the road.
The 2008 Padres, by the way, gained 21 points of BA and 50 points of OPS when playing away from Petco, and their pitchers added 1.58 runs of ERA pitching away from home, 35 points of BAA and 127 points of OPSA.
Convinced that park effects exist yet? Granted this is a pretty small slice, but I’m at work and don’t have time to bear this out further right now. I’m pretty sure it does, especially for a place like Petco.
*contorts face like William Shatner*
BREEEEEEEEENT!
Marty DiBergi: “This tasteless cover is a good indication of the lack of musical invention within. The musical growth of this band cannot even be charted. They are treading water in a sea of retarded sexuality and bad poetry.”
Nigel Tufnel: That’s just nitpicking, isn’t it?
on all the drummer deaths in the band “They did pull me aside and said… look mick its like this… but it can’t happen to every can it? I mean the law of averages…” Mardi de Burgi “says that you will survive”
Up top: I like this blog – Mr Pos and the posts.
But, The Cav series? I respectfully submit Mr. Pos asked for it. The article was charming as get all , right up until that little note to the editor at the end. Thats what did it.
Now, even puppets are hatin him.
Statistically, The Magic heated up from downtown with a curious intensity. Maybe they took some steroids.
So how about it?? Who asks for trouble from a jinx?? Especially a jinx of that magnitude!!
You know what happens when you mess with a jinx?? Your hometown basketball team loses AND people blame you for it. That is the definition of a bad spot. What was that Cubs fan’s name?? OK it wasnt that bad. But close enough.
Sorry. I dont want to pile on. haha
Hopefully, you and the jinx will go a few more rounds. But, I think I just heard a jinx say ‘Do you really want some more?’
Thanks for the examples. If you read my previous posts, I clearly stated that I believe park effects exist. I was curious how they were calculated and how it was determined how much had to do with the players and the park.
Of course we are using two of the most dramatic examples in Texas and San Diego…but the 100 point difference in playing at home for the Rangers is pretty huge.
Former Army Person #28 –
Well played, sir (especially the part about Roland’s hair).
[golf clap]
[...] Joe Posnanski wonders how many home runs Adrian Gonzalez would have if the Rangers hadn’t traded him to the Padres. (For just about nothing, I might add.) Simply [...]
@ Breaker #56: When you’re only looking at one season, it’s fairly necessary to use the two most dramatic examples. Anyway, those were the ones that Joe mentioned, so.
Here’s another good example: many people who thought that Jim Rice didn’t belong in the Hall of Fame did so because even if you thought his numbers were, at their basic level, Hall-worthy, they were pretty clearly accumulated in large part due to playing in a hitter-friendly – in particular a right-handed hitter-friendly, what with the Monster being so close – park.
Jim Rice’s career splits:
Fenway: 4,075 AB; 208 HR; .320/.374/.546
Road: 4,150 AB; 174 HR; .277/.330/.459
For a more modern example, how about Paul Konerko, who has played just about his entire career at New Comiskey/US Cellular, which has (justly) earned a reputation in the past decade or so for being one of the most homer-happy parks in baseball:
Cell: 2,774 AB; 177 HR; .290/.367/.534
Road: 2,949 AB; 128 HR; .268/.339/.451
And as to your question above about guys like Pudge and Juan-Gone, here are their career numbers in Texas vs. their total career numbers:
Pudge, Texas: 2,296 AB, 107 HR (21.5 AB/HR); .327/.363/.533
Pudge, everywhere: 8,789 AB, 300 HR (29.3 AB/HR); .301/.338/.475
Juan-Gone, Texas: 1,782 AB, 115 HR (15.5 AB/HR); .314/.369/.590
Juan-Gone, everywhere: 6,556 AB, 434 HR (15.1 AB/HR); .295/.343/.561
I’m a little shocked to see that Gonzalez actually hit homers at a slightly higher rate away from the Ballpark at Arlington, but as you can see, both he and Pudge put up slashes at the BoA that were much higher than their career totals – and given that said totals still include those Texas years, obviously their stats outside of BoA are even less impressive; I just don’t feel like doing the subtraction and division right now that would prove it.
As far as how park factors are calculated, yeah, it’s done by the numbers, so you could argue that, for example, the White Sox have a self-fulfilling prophecy by having a lot of guys who hit home runs, and then their park appears to give up a lot of home runs. But it’s when you compare the number of home runs overall – since after all, road teams play as many games at US Cellular as do the White Sox – that the patterns begin to really emerge.
One typo: “4. Fred Willard: “We are such fans of your music and all of your records. … I am not speaking of your personally,” s/b “you personally.” A fine article, as almost all are.
Marty: Denis Eton-Hogg, the president of Polymer Records…
Ian: Yes.
Marty: …was recently knighted, what were the circumstances surrounding his knighthood?
Ian: The specific reason why he was knighted was uh for the founding of Hoggwood, which is um, a summer-camp for pale, young boys.
Crazy re: Ben Folds. We had tix to a show that was supposed to open its doors at 9, and Ben started promptly at 9 (after an opening band). We missed the first 3 songs.
Sports reference from Spinal Tap:
“He was going to do a TV special before he died.”
“Yeah, a musical version of ‘Someone Up There Likes Me’.”
…
“Really puts the perspective on things, though, doesn’t it?”
“Yeah, too much. There’s too much fuckin’ perspective on it now.”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qomBWvdu_lo
Jazz Oddysey.
And Saucy Jack!
[...] So how about this? [Joe Posnanski] [...]
“So you’re saying that you feel like a preserved moose on stage?”
(Derek) “Yes”
And people wonder why I’m proud to be a bass player. Such insight!
Joe,
Two things.
1) Pujols has gotten on base in at least half of the his plate appearances for 13 games in a row now. Excluding Barry in 2004, who probably did that for 130 games in a row, my question is is this a noteworthy or merely mean feat?
2) When are you gonna talk about The Last Detail, maybe tying the atmosphere into your Cleveland childhood? That movie is the bomb, just watched it again.
1. Amen to whoever mentioned the Saucy Jack part.
“You’re a naughty one…Saucy Jack/
You’re a haughty one…Saucy Jack!”
2. The part where they reconvene backstage after the Stonehenge prop debacle. They cut to the conversation going on back there, just after the dwarves were dancing around the 18″ stonehenge-angelica houston made model.
Anyway, I’m too lazy to recall the exact quotes, but David St. Albans is responding to what Ian must have just said off camera, saying something like “No, I don’t think the problem was the band was flat, I think the problem was there was an eighteen inch model of stonehenge on the stage w/ little dwarves dancing around it….”
how bout this – the Royals stink as much as Ben Folds.
wow, Jo Po has some TERRIBLE music taste. What’s next? Dave Matthews Band? James Taylor?
man up and get out of that “Sweater Rock” genre…
Joe, you need to get yourself out to Fresno.
Fresno Grizzlies (Pacific Coast League)
As Seen on TV Night with Shammy Cloth Giveaway, June 6
Whether its Ron Popeil hawking a Chop-O-Matic or Billy Mays touting the virtues of Mighty Putty, it’s a fact that infomercials have become an inescapable part of the American television landscape. On Saturday, the Grizzlies are paying homage to these legendary pitchmen and their legendary products with “As Seen on TV” night. Clappers, Chia Pets, and Snuggies will all get their due during this special evening…but you should wait. Because there is more. The first 2,500 fans through the gate will receive a free Grizzlies Shamwow. That’s right, free! This product generally retails for $29.95, so get yourself to Chukchansi Park in order to take advantage of this amazing one-time offer. Also, there will be a baseball game, if you’re into that sort of thing.
http://web.minorleaguebaseball.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090602&content_id=5098892&vkey=news_milb&fext=.jsp
My favorite part isn’t even a line. It’s when they are playing at that local fair or whatever it is and they show the guy sitting on the bench, with a frown on his face, giving the band a thumbs-down. Cracks me up every time.
tcdc #70 –
Well, at least he didn’t mention Creed or Nickelsuck.
Stonehenge:
“The problem isn’t that the band was flat, The problem is there was a Stonehenge monument on the stage that was in danger of being crushed my a dwarf. It tended to understate the hugeness of the monuments themselves.”
or something like that
Am I missing something? Where did Joe go? Are my internets broken? Time to call Al. Whatever this is I’m sure hostmonster is behind it.
He’s on the run from a mob of torch-wielding Cavs fans.
“You know what I want.
You know what I need.
Or maybe you don’t.
So listen to me.
Do I have to come right flat-out and tell you everything?
Give me some money.”