tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20458362.post114429231451112566..comments2023-10-21T08:44:46.616-04:00Comments on The Drive-by Blogger: Take me out to the ball game...Raymond Betancourthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14261198715350225332noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20458362.post-1144466332202891112006-04-07T23:18:00.000-04:002006-04-07T23:18:00.000-04:00I'm glad to know someone else also remembers. The ...I'm glad to know someone else also remembers. The other really absurd thing about baseball to me was the infamous "bench clearing brawl". <BR/><BR/>Two players start to fight and everyone from both dugouts and bullpens rush out on to the field,not to separate them, but to join in...and no one gets arrested.<BR/><BR/>But if two professional boxers want to get into a ring to fight, they both have to be licensed.Raymond Betancourthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14261198715350225332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20458362.post-1144438213752470142006-04-07T15:30:00.000-04:002006-04-07T15:30:00.000-04:00Puppytoes (aka my wife) doesn't remember but I sai...Puppytoes (aka my wife) doesn't remember but I said to her just a couple of weeks? months? ago I wonder what happened to the practice of driving relief pitchers from the bullpen to the mound? It just kinda stopped and I can't remember why...like you I always thought it was more than a little silly...figured it was more to keep the game moving along than anything else...still silly, just like the airtime being dedicated to the "fight" between Mets/Yankees over their closer's theme song. Very funny!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20458362.post-1144354779507912912006-04-06T16:19:00.000-04:002006-04-06T16:19:00.000-04:00while my husband is a big fan of the game, i am no...while my husband is a big fan of the game, i am not. well, not a big fan, tho' i'll watch a game or two with him if his team makes it to the series. but since his team is the <I>dodgers</I>, that hasn't been much of an issue.<BR/><BR/>come to think of it, maybe i don't care a lot for baseball because my father was also a fan (of the <I>dodgers</I>, too. go figure.) so much so, that the telegram he received from my grandfather informing him of my birth read: <I>dodgers not interested. better luck next time.</I> granted, that was quite a long while ago... still, y'know? it hurts.<BR/><BR/>don't know what to say about relief pitcher theme songs... images of that scene from <I>major league</I> keep popping in my head (charlie sheen strutting out on the field to <I>wild thing</I>, remember? or is that kind of silliness not your cup of tea?) thanks to all the scandalous news in recent months, i have to think music is the last thing these guys should be concerned about. <BR/><BR/>on the other hand, golf carts that look like giant baseball-hat-wearing-baseballs? <I>whole</I> different story...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com