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WarioLoaf 06:09 am UTC 10/02/11 |
| In reply to: | re: Baseball Fans (from Jim) - Scaramouche 06:55 pm UTC 10/01/11 |
| Even his emails sound like something you could put a power piano to. > Jim paints great pictures with his lyrics (and e-mails). > > Did I read somewhere that he puts down in writing, all his > wine tasting over the years? > > Oh and 'Steinhenge' ...isn't that the long lost follow-up > to Spinal Tap's 'Smell The Glove'? > > > > > Jim sent out this amazing email after the baseball games a > > couple of nights ago. I asked it I could share the mail > > with the sports fans here and he was good with it. Please > > don't complain it's not music - it's an insight into how > > much Jim loves baseball and I'm hoping you'll enjoy it as > > that!! Love, JD > > > > ---------------------- > > WOW! I just finished breathlessly watching the "most > > exciting and historic night of baseball in HISTORY"! (ESPN > > Quote) THIS HAD TO BE SEEN TO BE BELIEVED!!! And with > > DirectTV, I saw it all on a huge 8 screens LARGER HI DEF > > SCREEN that blew my mind! > > > > Start with the fact that the Yankees had nothing at stake, > > but BOSTON, TAMPA BAY, DETROIT, TEXAS, ATLANTA, ST LOUIS > > and BALTIMORE WERE RIGHT IN THE THICK OF THIS MOMENTOUS > > FEVERISH EXCITEMENT! Never in history could anyone foresee > > a final day, after 162 games, and SO MANY TEAMS FATES > > BEING DECIDED NOT ONLY TONIGHT, The Last Day of the > > Season, BUT ALSO IN THE LAST OR EXTRA INNINGS!!!!! > > > > A) TAMPA HAD TO BEAT NY TO WIN WILD CARD! BOSTON HAD TO > > BEAT LOWLY BALTMORE TO WIN WILD CARD! ATLANTA HAD TO BEAT > > PHILLY TO WIN WILD CARD IN NL! ST LOUIS HAD TO BEAT > > HOUSTON TO WIN WILD CARD! IF TIES OCCURED, AN > > UNPRECEDENTED PLAYOFFS BETWEEN THE TWO FINALISTS WOULD > > TAKE PLACE ON THURSDAY! > > > > B) SO NY GOT OFF TO A 7 RUN LEAD, LED BY TEXEIRA'S GRAND > > SLAM OFF THE GREAT DAVID PRICE! TAMPA SEEMED DOOMED. NY > > took all their regulars out in the sixth so it was TAMPA > > vs. the TRIPLE A YANKEES! 7-0 in the ninth. Last time > > Yanks lost a game after being 7-0 in the ninth was 1951!! > > But sure enough, TAMPA STAMPEDED BACK, fuelled by > > Longoria's three run homer, freakish unexpected "hits" and > > it was soon 7-6! THEN-- LONGORIA COMES BACK with ANOTHER > > HOMER & IT WAS OVER @ 8-7 TAMPA!!!!! YAYYYYYYYYYY! (I was > > rooting desperately to see the RED SOX fall after a 9 game > > collapse, the biggest in baseball history!) > > > > C) Because Boston-Baltimore had a two hour rain delay, > > there were freakishly wonderful moments! AS TEXEIRA HIT > > HIS GRAND SLAM, @ that Precise instant, Pedroia was > > hitting a home run for Boston! > > Astonishing to witness! And Boston stayed ahead into the > > ninth inning! Keep in mind that SAWKS WERE 72-0 when > > leading after 8 innings! BUT MIRACLES OCCUR!! AS BALTIMORE > > SCRATCHED & RIPPED THEIR WAY BACK TO A TIE, 3-3!! > > THEN--Robert Andino, amazingly, a lower tier player > > against the gr8 PAPELBON, with a man on second, slashed a > > fly ball to left wher CARL CRAWFORD, their wunderkind free > > agent 187 MILLION SIGNEE, & WHO'S HAD A DREADFUL YEAR, > > lunges for the ball--AND HE JUST MISSES TRAPPING IT!! The > > runner scores from 2nd and the CROWDS EVERYWHERE GO > > APESHIT!!!! > > THE LOWLY ORIOLES WIN 4-3! ALMOST EXACTLY THREE MINUTES > > LATER, in EXTRA INNINGS (12th), the RAYS HAVE LONGORIA > > BASH HIS SECOND HOMER AND IN THREE MINUTES, TAMPA WAS IN, > > BOSTON WAS OUT AND PONDERING AN ETERNAL FENWAY WASTELAND, > > AND HAD ACHIEVED THE BIGGEST COLLAPSE IN BASEBALL > > HISTORY! > > > > D) > > YIPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! > > > > E) Meanwhile the Yanks wouldnt know who they played until > > the DETROIT/CLEVELAND Game and the TEXAS/L.A. games ended! > > (They would play the team with the worse record, which was > > UNDECIDED with TEXAS & DETROIT, ALL AFTER 160+ GAMES! > > Well, TEXAS BEAT L.A. and DETROIT BEAT CLEVELAND, which, > > based on a one game more victory total, meant YANKS PLAY > > TIGERS!!!!! ALSO > > YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!! Imma scared of Texas! Imma > > terrified of Verlander of Detroit, but fuck it!!!!!!! > > > > F) As all this was going on, Atlanta managed to make the > > second biggest collapse ever, going from 8.5 AHEAD SEPT.1 > > to losing in EXTRA INNINGS TO PHILLY GIVING ST LOUIS THE > > WILD CARD NL! > > St Louis was beating Houston! > > > > G) ALL THIS ON THE LAST INNINGS OF THE LAST GAME OF THE > > YEAR!!!!!!!! > > > > H) ENOUGH TO GIVE BUD SELIG THE UBER NUCLEAR WET DREAM OF > > ALL TIME!!!!!!!!! > > > > I) PROOF THAT THERE IS A GOD WITHIN THE MOST GLORIOUS GAME > > EVER CREATED!!!!!!! (Like with every pitch, every play, > > every WHOLE SEASON, its a GLORIOUS GAME OF TENSION & > > RELEASE!!!!!! LIKE GR8 POETRY & DRAMA & LIFE!!! But > > wait--life?????? NO, ITS SO MUCH FUCKIN BETTER THAN > > THAT!!!!!!!!!! > > WE'RE TALKING BASEBALL HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! > > > > Steinonysian Steinhenge | |
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