I was snooping around the ESPN website, and I happened upon a li'l anecdote involving Rickey Henderson (a lock for the Hall of Fame; not the most modest person in the world). He was sleeping, called in to run for a guy on base during a lop-sided affair (his team was up by 8 runs in the 7th or 8th inning) - stealing bases in such a game is often frowned upon; it's seen as showing up the other team, kicking them while in the down position. He asks the 1st base coach how many outs there are; coach says 2 outs. So, of course, Rickey steals 2nd base. But it's what Rickey says BEFORE stealing the base that is worth noting, and I quote:
"Rickey can't score from first base."
Classic. Utterly classic. Classic on every possible post-meta level.
So whose pithy quotes and wacky antics brighten your day? Besides the usual cast of characters on the IL* family of bitches, of course.
― David Raposa, Friday, 17 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― Geoff, Friday, 17 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― anthony, Friday, 17 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
Never thought I'd defend Rickey and dis the M's in one post but there you go. Hell's starting to feel a little nippy.
― tha chzza, Friday, 17 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
― Kris, Friday, 17 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
(To non-Yankee fans: Mel Hall was most famed for having a Puma as a pet, an 18 year old as a girlfriend, and putting his then-wife and then-girlfriend in the same hotel resulting in a nasty-ass poolside cat-fight in front of the Indians GM the result of which got Mel Hall traded from the Indians to the Yankees. He was also by far the best player on those awful early Nineties Bucky Dent/Stump Merrill Yankees teams).
― Tadeusz Suchodolski, Thursday, 23 August 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)
i dont know about u all but ive been a bit busy lately, if you know what im sayin;) sheila, gail, omaron, im thinking of u all, girls. so what im' wondering about is this: do u post les w/a ass in ur face. i'm thinking if ur a dude (confounded, pabs, eman, ling'ber, daisy) or dude dude, u do. and for the ladies (jaimee, bam psych), how forsaken do u feel? this place is important 2 me, and i want to find the right balance of titties and IRE. help?
-- jergins (jergins), Saturday, October 28, 2006 1:11 AM (1 year ago) Bookmark Link
― Curt1s Stephens, Thursday, 14 August 2008 07:55 (seventeen years ago)
This song triggers some really hard realizations for me, In a lot of ways I see myself as that American boy.
― If Timi Yuro would be still alive, most other singers could shut up, Thursday, 14 August 2008 08:04 (seventeen years ago)