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October 16, 2020
SportsFilter: The Friday Huddle:
A place to discuss the sports stories that aren't making news, share links that aren't quite front-page material, and diagram plays on your hand. Remember to count to five Mississippi before commenting in anger.
Taiwanese baseball highlight:
That's the most cold-blooded thing I've ever seen on a baseball field. I love it.
posted by grum@work at 10:14 AM on October 16, 2020
Miss me? Know what I miss? This:
posted by yerfatma at 10:59 AM on October 16, 2020
Come on, Phil Simms would never break the law!
posted by billsaysthis at 11:03 AM on October 16, 2020
Taiwanese baseball highlight
I had something similar happen in a middle school game a few years ago. The batter crushed one over the fence in right field. The problem was that when he made contact with the ball,his foot was on the ground completely outside the batter's box. I am screaming at the top of my lungs, "the batter is out", meanwhile the home run trot continues. The kid touches the plate, I inform him of his sin, and he stands there with a shocked impression on his face. By this time I'm showing his coach the footprint, there's no argument, and the game goes on. Next time this kid comes to bat he is extra careful with his feet. Sure enough, he gets a cookie in the middle of his strike zone and drives it to the same place. He crosses the plate and gives me this look that says, "There! Take that one away".
posted by Howard_T at 01:20 PM on October 16, 2020
Starting a Go Fund Me page for owlhouse, yerfatma and other SpoFites being held incommunicado against their will in an undisclosed location.
posted by beaverboard at 06:36 PM on October 16, 2020
Just came back to post that link and found grum had beat me to it. Nice to see an ex-Red Sox player do well.
posted by yerfatma at 06:59 PM on October 16, 2020
Why wait till after the election? The court packing has already begun.