Moon Landing Colbert Home Run a Hoax!
by jbox on Jul 21, 2009 11:02 PM PDT
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PrintWent to the game tonight, here are some thoughts:
- They had video of Nate Colbert talking about how he hit a home run vs. Atlanta on July 20th. The crowd in Atlanta cheered and he thought they were cheering for him, but they were really cheering because the video board said that man landed on the moon. If that's true than why does Baseball Reference say that the score was 0-10 Atlanta? I'll tell you why... it's a hoax!
- Bob Chandler's Book "Tales from the San Diego Padres" tells the same story of Colbert on Pages 38 and 39.
- You know that game "Name that Friar", the clue was seriously something like "Fr_d Har_is" It was only missing two letters. Can somebody back me up on this? Are they just giving away that Jerome's furniture now?
- People say such horrible things about Pad Squad Carrie, but if they could just see her throw a foam squishy ball, I'm sure they'd come around. She has a cannon for an arm. Her delivery is flawless, she can put a foam ball into the second deck with ease. They don't need those sling shots with that golden arm. It looks effortless, easy gas. I don't think I've even seen a male Pad Squadder put one up there. When she put that ball on a line into the Toyota Terrace the crowd audibly gasped, they knew they were seeing something special.
- This nice family of a Mom and Dad, three daughters and one son sat in front of us. The son freaked out when his mom was about to sit next to him. He seriously started complaining to his Dad about how dumb his Mom was. It was shocking, because neither parent reacted at all, except for the Dad to tell his wife to leave the kid alone. WTF? A few minutes later they were sharing peanuts. Those were some special magic peanuts that they have at Petco, they bring families together. I gave the family mine from my 5 for $5, hoping to further solidify their relationship.
- The guy at the concession window told me what a good guy I was. I have no idea what I did to impress him, but I like the cut of his jib.
- I thought that was a great play by Everth Cabrera, you know the one I'm talking about. The dive into left field then gunning out the runner from like 200 ft. Did it look as impressive on television? You tell me.
- The video board showed a lady adjusting her breasts. She looked up and saw she was on the video board and was horrified as the crowd started laughing.
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Cabrera Play
Was #6 or #7 on Sportcenter Top Plays.
Memo to baseball managers: You manufacture runs by NOT making outs, not by making them on purpose.
Found a link
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(to that play, I mean, you know the one)
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I like how when they cut to the fans cheering
noone is on there feet. gotta love the passion
MAN
Rodriguez sure is doing an awesome Everth impression in that pic.
by dirtballer on Jul 22, 2009 12:54 AM PDT via mobile reply actions
Donovan McNabb!
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the homerun was faked
just like the moon landing
"You ask who Jayson Werth is? Well, bud, I have an answer: He’s a World Series champion and member of Brian Hickey’s fantasy-baseball team." -Hickey
by CurbEnthusiasm on Jul 22, 2009 2:50 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
Colbert hit a home run
on July 18, 1969 vs Atlanta
Why were you flirting with the guy at the concession window?
Drama is an a-hole.
by Winfield's Ghost on Jul 22, 2009 7:12 AM PDT reply actions
Reading between the lines
I think “cut of his jib” actually meant “cut-off jeans”.
"When the going gets tough... TheGrandHatching pops in later." -- WG
by TheGrandHatching on Jul 22, 2009 10:46 AM PDT up reply actions
The Colbert comment reminds me of...
the time Dave Winfield was being interviewed by ESPN before this season. He was saying how the moment he “knew he arrived” was when he hit a homer off of Bob Gibson and the next time he was up in the game Gibson threw a pitch at his head. But according to the box scores Winfield hit the home run in the 7th inning and didn’t get up again.
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Joe Morgan was recently caught "misremembering" a game as well...
He said that some pitcher had a no-hitter going in the 7th or 8th and Hank Aaron came up to bat. So Morgan, according to Morgan, goes to the mound to talk to his pitcher and suggest that it wouldn’t be the worst thing in the world if walked Aaron to preserve the no-hitter. The pitcher basically tells him to shut his face and then proceeds to strike Aaron out.
Problem was that in the only game in which this particular pitcher had thrown against the Braves that matched the situation that Morgan had described, Morgan didn’t actually play — he was on the bench. He later re-remembered the story and claimed that he spoke with the pitcher in the dugout, not on the mound — which makes even less sense than a 2B telling a pitcher to walk a hitter in the middle of an inning.
by theodore donald kerabatsos on Jul 22, 2009 9:01 AM PDT up reply actions
William James (1890):
False memories are by no means rare occurrences in most of us. Most people, probably, are in doubt about certain matters ascribed to their past. They may have seen them, may have said them, done them, or they may only have dreamed or imagined they did so. The most frequent source of false memory is the accounts we give to others of our experiences. Such accounts we almost always make both more simple and more interesting than the truth. We quote what we should have said or done rather than what we really said or did; and in the first telling we may be fully aware of the distinction. But ere long the fiction expels the reality from memory and reigns in its stead alone. This is one great source of the fallibility of testimony meant to be quite honest. It is next to impossible to get a story of this sort accurate in all its details, although it is the inessential details that suffer most change. (pp. 373-374)
"When the going gets tough... TheGrandHatching pops in later." -- WG
by TheGrandHatching on Jul 22, 2009 9:16 AM PDT up reply actions
Interesting...
Apparently, cortisol administration impairs your memory of emotionally-charged items (Rimmele et al., 2003), suggesting that Joe Morgan was hopped up on cortisone, crying like a little school girl, and fantasizing about his teammates while benched with an injury.
It’s science, folks.
"When the going gets tough... TheGrandHatching pops in later." -- WG
by TheGrandHatching on Jul 22, 2009 10:38 AM PDT up reply actions
Morgan
Misrememberred who he hit is first proffessional HR off of in the minors. Apparently he nevered played for the team he said he did.
I miss firejoemorgan.com
"Over? Did you say "over"? Nothing is over until we decide it is! Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor? Hell no!"
This spammer showed up with some young chick as their picture
the message is obviously spam and TGH and others were like “Welcome!”
exciting day around here
Fire Bud Black!
by Sam (sdsuaztec4) on Jul 22, 2009 9:18 AM PDT up reply actions
Hey!
This ain’t no peep show! Can I get a little privacy here?
"When the going gets tough... TheGrandHatching pops in later." -- WG
by TheGrandHatching on Jul 22, 2009 9:21 AM PDT up reply actions
Enjoyed reading your impressions on your trip to the ballgame
well done..especially love this recollection (and I am not sure why), “The guy at the concession window told me what a good guy I was…”.
I had a veggie dog last night
I have nothing good to say about it. The “hot dog” part wasn’t terrible in taste, but it looked like a leather case thinly disguised as a hot dog. The wheat bun was technically food, but not really. It reminded me of floral foam in texture.
Ok, I have one good thing to say about it. My body didn’t hate me for having eaten a hot dog.
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Yeah I had another one too
It was so dry and tasteless, I only ate about half of it, but as you say at least I didn’t eat a hot dog.
Gotta back you up on Pad Squad Carrie's arm, too
The girl can hurl. KT might wanna have a look. And see if she can pitch, too.
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by Axion on Jul 22, 2009 10:22 AM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
And you weren't
chasing away everyone as you expelled noxious gas for the next 2 hours.
Best part of last night's game?
Blanks HR.
It woke up the crowd a little.
Chicks Dig a Low ERA Bullpen.
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