And if the ball gets hit into the stands and you catch it, you get to keep it.
With one exception - if you're at Wrigley Field and the opposing team hits a home run, you're supposed to throw the ball back.
You know, my big sister could really beat the crap out of her. I mean, really really.
Dawn ,'Storyteller'
Spike's Bitches 45: That sure as hell wasn't in the brochure.
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tommyrot - Jul 22, 2010 6:50:11 am PDT #26252 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Ginger - Jul 22, 2010 6:50:36 am PDT #26253 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Also, if the batter hits a foul ball on what would be the third strike, he gets to try again, and if the pitcher misses the strike zone, it's a ball, and four balls lets the hitter go to first base without any effort on his part.
If anything happens outside these parameters, such as "pitcher's balk" or "infield fly rule," remember that most of the people watching don't understand those either.
If you wish to sound like you know something about baseball, or just wish the people around you to start discussing it vigorously, say, "The designated hitter is an invention of the devil" or "What is he calling, a four-inch-high strike zone?"
There will be a brief intermission called the seventh inning stretch. You may be called upon to sing "Take Me Out to the Ball Club."
flea - Jul 22, 2010 6:51:28 am PDT #26254 of 30000
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Jars will be in Boston, I believe, in which case it will be "Sweet Caroline."
Steph L. - Jul 22, 2010 6:51:35 am PDT #26255 of 30000
I look more rad than Lutheranism
This reminds me of going to the baseball game with Fay at the SF2F, and trying to explain it to her. Didn't Hec use LotR as a metaphor?
flea - Jul 22, 2010 6:52:40 am PDT #26256 of 30000
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"I will take the ball to home plate, but I do not know the way?"
DavidS - Jul 22, 2010 6:56:17 am PDT #26257 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
This reminds me of going to the baseball game with Fay at the SF2F, and trying to explain it to her. Didn't Hec use LotR as a metaphor?
That was my strategy, yes.
Jessica - Jul 22, 2010 7:03:33 am PDT #26258 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
This reminds me of going to the baseball game with Fay at the SF2F, and trying to explain it to her. Didn't Hec use LotR as a metaphor?
That was so fabulous - I wish there was video!
d - Jul 22, 2010 7:05:00 am PDT #26259 of 30000
It's nice to see some brave pretenders trying to make it interesting.
"Take me out to the ball game" is played in the 7th inning. "Sweet Caroline" is played in the 8th.
Hil R. - Jul 22, 2010 7:07:38 am PDT #26260 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Some stadiums play "God Bless America" after "Take Me Out to the Ball Game." (This started after 9/11, and as far as I can tell, it's continued because no one wants to be the person saying, "Hey, let's stop playing 'God Bless America'!")
flea - Jul 22, 2010 7:11:25 am PDT #26261 of 30000
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Do we need to explain "The Wave" to Jars? Or is that international?