Sandberg game on MLB Network today

[VanSlawAndCottoCheese]

I was 11, going on 12, sitting in my bedroom in my Little League uniform, watching the game on a 12-inch back and white TV. I was uncomfortable as hell in my regulation cup and stirrups, but I was too nervous too move, for fear that I would miss another Sandberg dinger.

I've just finished watching the game, now age 36, and I still get goose bumps.

That's right; I said, "12-inch," "cup," "dinger," and "goose."

[Lance]

<!--quoteo(post=19652:date=Feb 22 2009, 08:16 PM:name=VanSlawAndCottoCheese)-->QUOTE (VanSlawAndCottoCheese @ Feb 22 2009, 08:16 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->I was 11, going on 12, sitting in my bedroom in my Little League uniform, watching the game on a 12-inch back and white TV. I was uncomfortable as hell in my regulation cup and stirrups, but I was too nervous too move, for fear that I would miss another Sandberg dinger.

I've just finished watching the game, now age 36, and I still get goose bumps.

That's right; I said, "12-inch," "cup," "dinger," and "goose."<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->


If that one doesn't give you goose bumps, nothing will. Other than a 12 inch goose in the dinger.

[VanSlawAndCottoCheese]

<!--quoteo(post=19635:date=Feb 22 2009, 06:25 PM:name=Lance)-->QUOTE (Lance @ Feb 22 2009, 06:25 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=19632:date=Feb 22 2009, 06:16 PM:name=Clapp)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Clapp @ Feb 22 2009, 06:16 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Did <i>anybody</i> wear shirts back then in the stands?<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

Notice that everybody, everybody, is skinnier back then? Players and fans?
<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->Yes, yes. All except the gentleman who, in pursuit of an Ozzie Smith pop foul, nearly created a sort of Bartman moment with Gary Matthews in the top of the 10th. If you've got it recorded, check it out. He's wearing a vest(!) over his T-shirt (thankfully, he was not topless), and as some phallic object hanging from is mouth (cigar? hot dog? phallus?). He bears a striking resemblance to Chuck Mitchell, the title character from <i>Porky's</i>.


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[Runnys]

Does anyone know when they are covering the Cubs ST during their 30 teams in 30 days thing?

[Runnys]

Forget it, I found it....March 10th.

[Tailgater]

I laugh every time when Costas start running thru the credits right before Ryno hits the second.

I still don't know what's better, the fact that Willie "E.T." McGee's cycle got overshadowed, or that the win came against the trader Sutter.

[Jody]

<!--quoteo(post=19743:date=Feb 23 2009, 01:26 PM:name=Tailgater)-->QUOTE (Tailgater @ Feb 23 2009, 01:26 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->I laugh every time when Costas start running thru the credits right before Ryno hits the second.

I still don't know what's better, the fact that Willie "E.T." McGee's cycle got overshadowed, or that the win came against the trader Sutter.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->


So is Sutter the trader of furs and dried goods or just a wife swapper?

[VanSlawAndCottoCheese]

<!--quoteo(post=19745:date=Feb 23 2009, 02:37 PM:name=Jody)-->QUOTE (Jody @ Feb 23 2009, 02:37 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=19743:date=Feb 23 2009, 01:26 PM:name=Tailgater)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Tailgater @ Feb 23 2009, 01:26 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->I laugh every time when Costas start running thru the credits right before Ryno hits the second.

I still don't know what's better, the fact that Willie "E.T." McGee's cycle got overshadowed, or that the win came against the trader Sutter.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->


So is Sutter the trader of furs and dried goods or just a wife swapper?
<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->Maybe he meant "traded," as in for Leon Durham, Ken Reitz, and Ty Waller.

Or perhaps Sutter traded bonds. No wait, he signed with the Giants as a free agent in late 1992.

[Tailgater]

Sorry, I forgot we got 2 nobody's and a first baseman with a gatorade soaked glove.

[Runnys]

<!--quoteo(post=19745:date=Feb 23 2009, 01:37 PM:name=Jody)-->QUOTE (Jody @ Feb 23 2009, 01:37 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=19743:date=Feb 23 2009, 01:26 PM:name=Tailgater)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Tailgater @ Feb 23 2009, 01:26 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->I laugh every time when Costas start running thru the credits right before Ryno hits the second.

I still don't know what's better, the fact that Willie "E.T." McGee's cycle got overshadowed, or that the win came against the trader Sutter.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->


So is Sutter the trader of furs and dried goods or just a wife swapper?
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Jody, they are new, it went right over both of their heads!

[Jody]

<!--quoteo(post=19775:date=Feb 23 2009, 04:05 PM:name=Runnys)-->QUOTE (Runnys @ Feb 23 2009, 04:05 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=19745:date=Feb 23 2009, 01:37 PM:name=Jody)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Jody @ Feb 23 2009, 01:37 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=19743:date=Feb 23 2009, 01:26 PM:name=Tailgater)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Tailgater @ Feb 23 2009, 01:26 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->I laugh every time when Costas start running thru the credits right before Ryno hits the second.

I still don't know what's better, the fact that Willie "E.T." McGee's cycle got overshadowed, or that the win came against the trader Sutter.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->


So is Sutter the trader of furs and dried goods or just a wife swapper?
<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->


Jody, they are new, it went right over both of their heads!
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Eh, that's ok. Fucking rookie BITCHES!!! [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif[/img]

[veryzer]

<!--quoteo(post=19776:date=Feb 23 2009, 04:10 PM:name=Jody)-->QUOTE (Jody @ Feb 23 2009, 04:10 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=19775:date=Feb 23 2009, 04:05 PM:name=Runnys)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Runnys @ Feb 23 2009, 04:05 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=19745:date=Feb 23 2009, 01:37 PM:name=Jody)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Jody @ Feb 23 2009, 01:37 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=19743:date=Feb 23 2009, 01:26 PM:name=Tailgater)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Tailgater @ Feb 23 2009, 01:26 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->I laugh every time when Costas start running thru the credits right before Ryno hits the second.

I still don't know what's better, the fact that Willie "E.T." McGee's cycle got overshadowed, or that the win came against the trader Sutter.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->


So is Sutter the trader of furs and dried goods or just a wife swapper?
<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->


Jody, they are new, it went right over both of their heads!
<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

Eh, that's ok. Fucking rookie BITCHES!!! [img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif[/img]
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BAM!

[MW4]

Some of us had considered Sutter a traitor, for his days a a Cardinal, but his trading of furs and dried goods all but made up for it.

[VanSlawAndCottoCheese]

<!--quoteo(post=19775:date=Feb 23 2009, 05:05 PM:name=Runnys)-->QUOTE (Runnys @ Feb 23 2009, 05:05 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Jody, they are new, it went right over both of their heads!<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Hmmm. I would have thought that my "trading b[B]onds" glibness indicated that I got the whole "trader/traitor" Carolina two-step.

*Note to self: in the future, be less subtle in the deconstruction of others' posts*

Incidentally, the "traded" comment was meant to be read with tongue lodged in cheek as well. I mean, who the fuck cares about Ken Reitz? Nobody. Not even Mrs. Reitz.

[VanSlawAndCottoCheese]

Okay, now I've got myself looking up Ken Reitz on the Interwebs. Apparently someone might care about him enough to hire him as a public speaker.

However, I find it demostrative of my point that Reitz's speech topic is <b>golf, not baseball</b>.

I wonder if Joe Strain has found a speaking gig on synchronized swimming or some such.