they got a tunnel named after him
Time: 3:15pm, June 11th, 2006
Place: Yankee Stadium, Main Box 281, Row A, Seats 1-3
Guy #1: So, who's got the highest career batting average of all time...Ted Williams?
Guy #2: Um...yeah, Ted Williams.
Guy #1: What was his average? Like .402?
Guy #3: No. No. Less.
Guy #2: That's right. High threes. High threes.
Guy #1: But he had the highest, right?
Guy #2: Yeah, Ted Williams. Highest average. Did you ever hear that story about him and McGwire, when McGwire was hitting all the home runs?
Guy #1: No, what's that?
Guy #2: Well, Ted Williams was real old, and he was in a wheelchair, and he called McGwire over and he whispered to him, "Say, when you hit the ball just right, do you ever smell burning wood?" And McGwire said, "No." And Williams said, "Then you ain't hitting it hard enough."
(Guys 1 through 3 laugh)
Guy #1: Wow.
Guy #2: Willams died like three months after that. Yeah, Ted Williams was a badass. He really was.
Guy #1: Yeah, in Boston they got a tunnel named after him.
Guy #2: They say he could see the stitches on the ball, and I believe it.
So we got to see a fine Yankee game on Sunday, even though we lost. The A's just completely kicked our asses in this series. I didn't mind, because this game had a little of everything.
-an outfield collision, leading to...
-an inside the park HR featuring...
-a play at the plate
-a triple
-some doubles
-a passed ball
-some stolen bases
-Damon leaping over the wall to pull back a home run
-some actual home runs
-two Yankee errors, including one by A-Rod, who is now getting booed left and right at the stadium
Good fun, thanks to Ma and Baby Bungle for their company.
By the way, a bottle of Miller now costs $8.75 at The Stadium. It takes a lot to offend me. This offends me.
Had to miss softball for the second straight week, which sucks. Hope the game went well. I will be there next week for sure. Here is an official verbungle.com disclaimer: my life, while considerably less busy than say, someone who's actually very busy, has become a little too busy for my liking. What this means is I may miss the occasional softball game. Additionally, I no longer have time to be the schmuck who sits around every week trying to figure out if we'll have balls, bats, and scoresheets. That said, I will still send out the weekly reminder email and I will still keep the signup sheet going. Right now I have no bat, but I do have a couple of balls and the permit. I will turn those over to the proper authorities next week and from there on out I'll be just another "In" or "Out" dude. The invitation is open to anyone who wants to replace me as official worry-wart.
Pete got purehomerdat with his guess of Ralph Kiner with 54. But come to think of it Kiner's numbers were inflated by Forbes Field; the fences were actually brought in to accommodate Hank Greenberg and him. We could play this game all day. Pete gets the points.
For ten points, how much is a footlong hotdog at Yankee Stadium. No cheating. If nobody gets it exactly, closest guess gets 5 points.
Place: Yankee Stadium, Main Box 281, Row A, Seats 1-3
Guy #1: So, who's got the highest career batting average of all time...Ted Williams?
Guy #2: Um...yeah, Ted Williams.
Guy #1: What was his average? Like .402?
Guy #3: No. No. Less.
Guy #2: That's right. High threes. High threes.
Guy #1: But he had the highest, right?
Guy #2: Yeah, Ted Williams. Highest average. Did you ever hear that story about him and McGwire, when McGwire was hitting all the home runs?
Guy #1: No, what's that?
Guy #2: Well, Ted Williams was real old, and he was in a wheelchair, and he called McGwire over and he whispered to him, "Say, when you hit the ball just right, do you ever smell burning wood?" And McGwire said, "No." And Williams said, "Then you ain't hitting it hard enough."
(Guys 1 through 3 laugh)
Guy #1: Wow.
Guy #2: Willams died like three months after that. Yeah, Ted Williams was a badass. He really was.
Guy #1: Yeah, in Boston they got a tunnel named after him.
Guy #2: They say he could see the stitches on the ball, and I believe it.
So we got to see a fine Yankee game on Sunday, even though we lost. The A's just completely kicked our asses in this series. I didn't mind, because this game had a little of everything.
-an outfield collision, leading to...
-an inside the park HR featuring...
-a play at the plate
-a triple
-some doubles
-a passed ball
-some stolen bases
-Damon leaping over the wall to pull back a home run
-some actual home runs
-two Yankee errors, including one by A-Rod, who is now getting booed left and right at the stadium
Good fun, thanks to Ma and Baby Bungle for their company.
By the way, a bottle of Miller now costs $8.75 at The Stadium. It takes a lot to offend me. This offends me.
Had to miss softball for the second straight week, which sucks. Hope the game went well. I will be there next week for sure. Here is an official verbungle.com disclaimer: my life, while considerably less busy than say, someone who's actually very busy, has become a little too busy for my liking. What this means is I may miss the occasional softball game. Additionally, I no longer have time to be the schmuck who sits around every week trying to figure out if we'll have balls, bats, and scoresheets. That said, I will still send out the weekly reminder email and I will still keep the signup sheet going. Right now I have no bat, but I do have a couple of balls and the permit. I will turn those over to the proper authorities next week and from there on out I'll be just another "In" or "Out" dude. The invitation is open to anyone who wants to replace me as official worry-wart.
Pete got purehomerdat with his guess of Ralph Kiner with 54. But come to think of it Kiner's numbers were inflated by Forbes Field; the fences were actually brought in to accommodate Hank Greenberg and him. We could play this game all day. Pete gets the points.
For ten points, how much is a footlong hotdog at Yankee Stadium. No cheating. If nobody gets it exactly, closest guess gets 5 points.
posted by hans q. bungle at 00:56
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