Comments on: Have You Seen My Baseball?

By: Rory

Rory — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 16:20:15 +0000

My grandmother visited us from the UK in the late 80′s and we took her to a baseball game at Memorial Stadium.

Not caring for baseball, cricket is their version of the most boring game on grass, and situated in the nosebleeds she never would have thought it possible to get hit in the head with a ball. Alan Trammel and the Detroit tigers however thought otherwise. She took one for the dome and an asshole scrambled for the ball and didn’t even offer it to the injured elderly woman. That asshole was the father of one of my neighbors, a title he rightly won through years of absurd behavior. It ruined the whole idea of catching a pop-fly.

By: Duke Jackson

Duke Jackson — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 13:35:36 +0000

I believe it’s pronounced, “utes.”

By: Big Cat

Big Cat — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 00:45:49 +0000

Duke:
Good post, but a little sloppy sentimental! Have you ever thought about going to a Phillies spring training game in FL and having some of the local youths shag a few ball for you? Let them do the dirty work and sell them to you for a buck each.

Catching a baseball in the stands isnt’ all that it’s cracked up to be. You’re likely to really hurt your hands and possibly get trampled by some over zealous “Hon” from Baltimore. And remember what a wise man once said, the first guy in the stands to touch the ball gets the pain and the second guy catches the ball. Better to get your baseballs from Dick’s.

By: Duke Jackson

Duke Jackson — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 19:00:56 +0000

And that is why I grew a beard. That hasn’t worked either.

By: Lance Cormier

Lance Cormier — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 18:00:38 +0000

I was once shagging flies during BP at Wrigley when I spotted Duke Jackson in the bleachers waving frantically, begging for a souvenir. He was wearing a Cubs hat and looked like a real desperate poser so instead I tossed a ball to his much cooler looking friend. I even signed the ball “You are my hero. Don’t ever change.”

I’ll never forget that day.

-Lance