Comments on: Hump Day Reading: Pot-smoking mystery pitcher edition http://umpbump.com/press/2008/05/14/hump-day-reading-4/ In-your-face baseball commentary Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:30:20 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Sarah Green http://umpbump.com/press/2008/05/14/hump-day-reading-4/comment-page-1/#comment-55712 Sarah Green Thu, 15 May 2008 05:37:31 +0000 http://umpbump.com/press/hump-day-reading-4/#comment-55712 Actually, you know what I saw the other day that really annoyed me? And I unfortunately have blocked out just who it was who did this...maybe a Twin or an Oriole, since it was no doubt when I was half-watching the Red Sox game (I was also half-watching the Celtics, more out of a sense of obligation to my region than anything else, which is why I can't remember which player or team it was...but anyway). This dude got a single. Just a regular old single. And he got to first base, and he stood there on the bag, and he pointed up at the sky. Now, I am okay with pitchers saying a quick prayer before they take the hill, or a hitter pointing up at the heavens when they've just knocked home a dinger. People pray for stupider reasons, and prayer is a very personal thing. BUT I REALLY DON'T THINK GOD CARES ABOUT SINGLES. I have no doubt that God is a baseball fan, but I am pretty sure He (or She, or It) is too busy to get involved for anything less than extra bases. Actually, you know what I saw the other day that really annoyed me? And I unfortunately have blocked out just who it was who did this…maybe a Twin or an Oriole, since it was no doubt when I was half-watching the Red Sox game (I was also half-watching the Celtics, more out of a sense of obligation to my region than anything else, which is why I can’t remember which player or team it was…but anyway). This dude got a single. Just a regular old single. And he got to first base, and he stood there on the bag, and he pointed up at the sky. Now, I am okay with pitchers saying a quick prayer before they take the hill, or a hitter pointing up at the heavens when they’ve just knocked home a dinger. People pray for stupider reasons, and prayer is a very personal thing. BUT I REALLY DON’T THINK GOD CARES ABOUT SINGLES. I have no doubt that God is a baseball fan, but I am pretty sure He (or She, or It) is too busy to get involved for anything less than extra bases.

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]]> By: melissa http://umpbump.com/press/2008/05/14/hump-day-reading-4/comment-page-1/#comment-55711 melissa Thu, 15 May 2008 05:27:33 +0000 http://umpbump.com/press/hump-day-reading-4/#comment-55711 Unless you trip over your dog, how do you manage to get an injured shoulder from pot smoking? That seems like more of a mystery than the identity of the player. I tend to agree with Nick's thoughts on the fist pumping but Gossage seems a bit hypocritical here. Wasn't he teammates with Reggie Jackson? I have never heard him calling out Reggie for showing up the opposition constantly in an era when most players didn't behave that way. Unfortunately now players have to celebrate over every minor accomplishment, it's rather annoying. Already this season I've seen numerous teams celebrating at home plate when they score the winning run in the bottom of the 9th or in an extra inning game. You would think they had just won game 7 of the World Series. It's one stinking game in April or May stop jumping up and down like 9 year old girls at a Jonas Brothers Concert. Unless you trip over your dog, how do you manage to get an injured shoulder from pot smoking? That seems like more of a mystery than the identity of the player.

I tend to agree with Nick’s thoughts on the fist pumping but Gossage seems a bit hypocritical here. Wasn’t he teammates with Reggie Jackson? I have never heard him calling out Reggie for showing up the opposition constantly in an era when most players didn’t behave that way. Unfortunately now players have to celebrate over every minor accomplishment, it’s rather annoying. Already this season I’ve seen numerous teams celebrating at home plate when they score the winning run in the bottom of the 9th or in an extra inning game. You would think they had just won game 7 of the World Series. It’s one stinking game in April or May stop jumping up and down like 9 year old girls at a Jonas Brothers Concert.

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]]> By: Nick Kapur http://umpbump.com/press/2008/05/14/hump-day-reading-4/comment-page-1/#comment-55710 Nick Kapur Thu, 15 May 2008 04:39:48 +0000 http://umpbump.com/press/hump-day-reading-4/#comment-55710 Gossage is oddly taking a lot of heat for his comments, but I actually side with the Goose on this one. Fine, pump your fist if you just got out of a crucial 9th inning situation or a bases loaded jam or something, but don't just randomly pump your fist if you randomly strike out a guy in the middle of a random inning, and definitely don't pump your fist if that guy hit a big homer off you a few days prior. Even more than "showing up" the opposition, it just makes you look dumb and petty and not cooly in control of your emotions, and shows you aren't able to let go something that happened a few games ago. It definitely reflects poorly on yourself as a player and on your team as a whole. Gossage is oddly taking a lot of heat for his comments, but I actually side with the Goose on this one. Fine, pump your fist if you just got out of a crucial 9th inning situation or a bases loaded jam or something, but don’t just randomly pump your fist if you randomly strike out a guy in the middle of a random inning, and definitely don’t pump your fist if that guy hit a big homer off you a few days prior.

Even more than “showing up” the opposition, it just makes you look dumb and petty and not cooly in control of your emotions, and shows you aren’t able to let go something that happened a few games ago.

It definitely reflects poorly on yourself as a player and on your team as a whole.

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]]> By: rudygamble http://umpbump.com/press/2008/05/14/hump-day-reading-4/comment-page-1/#comment-55709 rudygamble Wed, 14 May 2008 20:32:56 +0000 http://umpbump.com/press/hump-day-reading-4/#comment-55709 Zito would be my guess. Some more ridiculous guesses... 1) Mike Mussina 2) Jamie Moyer 3) Roy Oswalt 4) Tim Wakefield Zito would be my guess.

Some more ridiculous guesses…

1) Mike Mussina
2) Jamie Moyer
3) Roy Oswalt
4) Tim Wakefield

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]]> By: Lyndsay http://umpbump.com/press/2008/05/14/hump-day-reading-4/comment-page-1/#comment-55708 Lyndsay Wed, 14 May 2008 18:00:27 +0000 http://umpbump.com/press/hump-day-reading-4/#comment-55708 of course, carrying a passed-out "date' woman up to his room is the only way I see Gagne scoring with opposite sex at all so...damn this is harder than I thought. is this going to be on the LSATs? of course, carrying a passed-out “date’ woman up to his room is the only way I see Gagne scoring with opposite sex at all so…damn this is harder than I thought. is this going to be on the LSATs?

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]]> By: Lyndsay http://umpbump.com/press/2008/05/14/hump-day-reading-4/comment-page-1/#comment-55707 Lyndsay Wed, 14 May 2008 17:57:45 +0000 http://umpbump.com/press/hump-day-reading-4/#comment-55707 I'm going to go with Barry Zito...with "drunk date" Alyssa Milano...up 3 flights of stairs. he seems like a pothead. Pavano's the easy answer, but he likes speed and coke and car accidents, and I see him leaving his date at the bottom of the stairs. what do I win!?? I’m going to go with Barry Zito…with “drunk date” Alyssa Milano…up 3 flights of stairs. he seems like a pothead. Pavano’s the easy answer, but he likes speed and coke and car accidents, and I see him leaving his date at the bottom of the stairs.

what do I win!??

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]]> By: Sarah Green http://umpbump.com/press/2008/05/14/hump-day-reading-4/comment-page-1/#comment-55706 Sarah Green Wed, 14 May 2008 17:36:47 +0000 http://umpbump.com/press/hump-day-reading-4/#comment-55706 I don't think anyone would care if Joba were a closer or a starter, which are actually the two roles he would be best in. It is a bit odd seeing a middle-innings guy, even a set-up man, give such a display of emotion, but that's just because of custom, not because there's anything inherently wrong with it. And of course, if Joba were on a different team this wouldn't be such a big deal, which Gossage pointed to in his comments. Joba's behavior just isn't "the Yankee way." I think it's because the Yankees are *supposed* to be the best, the cool kids, the winnahs. They're *supposed* to be so superior that notching key strikeouts is simply no big deal to them. Joba's behavior perhaps flies in the face of how the organization sees itself. I do wonder what Joe Torre would be doing in this situation. I don’t think anyone would care if Joba were a closer or a starter, which are actually the two roles he would be best in. It is a bit odd seeing a middle-innings guy, even a set-up man, give such a display of emotion, but that’s just because of custom, not because there’s anything inherently wrong with it.

And of course, if Joba were on a different team this wouldn’t be such a big deal, which Gossage pointed to in his comments. Joba’s behavior just isn’t “the Yankee way.” I think it’s because the Yankees are *supposed* to be the best, the cool kids, the winnahs. They’re *supposed* to be so superior that notching key strikeouts is simply no big deal to them. Joba’s behavior perhaps flies in the face of how the organization sees itself. I do wonder what Joe Torre would be doing in this situation.

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]]> By: Scott Ball http://umpbump.com/press/2008/05/14/hump-day-reading-4/comment-page-1/#comment-55705 Scott Ball Wed, 14 May 2008 17:07:43 +0000 http://umpbump.com/press/hump-day-reading-4/#comment-55705 Goose Gossage is an idiot... people get emotional on the field, it's not like he is trying to show anyone up. I pump my fist after getting a guy to fly out with two down amd the bases loaded in my slow pitch softball game. Goose Gossage is an idiot… people get emotional on the field, it’s not like he is trying to show anyone up. I pump my fist after getting a guy to fly out with two down amd the bases loaded in my slow pitch softball game.

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]]> By: Sarah Green http://umpbump.com/press/2008/05/14/hump-day-reading-4/comment-page-1/#comment-55704 Sarah Green Wed, 14 May 2008 15:16:11 +0000 http://umpbump.com/press/hump-day-reading-4/#comment-55704 What would you prefer, Danny O? Pumpgate? It's de rigeur to add a "-gate" suffix nowadays, so I'm afraid that's nonnegotiable. What would you prefer, Danny O? Pumpgate? It’s de rigeur to add a “-gate” suffix nowadays, so I’m afraid that’s nonnegotiable.

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]]> By: Danny O http://umpbump.com/press/2008/05/14/hump-day-reading-4/comment-page-1/#comment-55703 Danny O Wed, 14 May 2008 15:12:37 +0000 http://umpbump.com/press/hump-day-reading-4/#comment-55703 Can we please all make an effort to not use the term Jobagate? Can we please all make an effort to not use the term Jobagate?

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