June 30, 2005

What the Foulke?: "(The fans) aren't going to make it any harder for me to look in the mirror,'' Foulke said, "or more embarrassing for me to walk into this clubhouse and look into the faces of my teammates, then I am to walk out and see Johnny from Burger King booing me."

posted by justgary to baseball at 03:55 PM - 3 comments

Color me overcritical, but if you're going to toss your own writing out there into the ether for untold dozens of people to read, perhaps you should spellcheck. Of course, that's just me, I was a Journalism major...back when spelling counted. As far as Foulke is concerned, just another hot-headed relief pitcher. Hardly the first time one of these tightly-wound fellas has opened his mouth and nearly fallen in. When they win the World Series again this year, all will be forgiven and he'll be dealt in the off-season. Now let me make sure I've spelled everything correctly before I post this, 'cause that would just be too ironic for me to deal with...

posted by The_Black_Hand at 05:20 PM on June 30, 2005

It makes me yearn for the days when Kevin Millar just said "They should boo me, I'm poop soup."

posted by jerseygirl at 05:23 PM on June 30, 2005

"Ultimately, "Johnny from Burger King" pays his salary." In what alternate world does the writer reside? Johnny from Burger King barely covers the trainer these days. John, who owns Burger King, pays his salary. And he's too busy chatting up his server in his skybox to bother to boo.

posted by ?! at 09:55 PM on June 30, 2005

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