After my earlier post about John Sterling’s player specific home run puns, I decided to try my hand at home-run-call-pun-writing. So without further ado, some home run calls for the 2009 New York Mets (P.S. Writing this was way more fun than I care to admit…):
Archive for May, 2009
Who wants to be a Yankees radio announcer?
Friday, May 29th, 2009 by I Love Nerd York CityTim Flannery and Eric Show: Prop Nerds
Thursday, May 28th, 2009 by I Love Nerd York CityClick the stars to vote: 
(15 votes, average: 3.93 out of 5)
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I love these prop-nerd-cards.
Nothing says baseball like string hammocks, garden statues, and guitars.
Upping the ante is Mr. Flannery:
Did he just happen to have his board at the park that day, or did he plan on having it there for picture day?
A Sterling Performance by John!!!
Wednesday, May 27th, 2009 by I Love Nerd York CityA very clean comedy website compiled a list of the top ten puns of all time. Their number one, all time best pun: A three legged dog walks into a saloon in the Old West. He slides up to the bar and announces: “I’m looking for the man who shot my paw.”
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While discussing baseball with Prof. Nerdtron this weekend, he mentioned that he recently heard John Sterling’s “An A-Bomb…FOR A-ROD!!!” call while driving through NJ Vermont. Being a Massachusetts native, he mistakenly thought this was an off-the-cuff attempt at humor. I explained that while the A-Rod home run call is so well known… (more…)
“Funny” Cards, Volume 3: Hall of Fame Caliber Player Edition
Tuesday, May 26th, 2009 by Nerdicus FinchTim Raines should be in the Hall of Fame and, hopefully, he will be in the not-too-distant future. But making a case for Raines’s enshrinement is not the purpose of this post. Rather, this is the third entry in Nerd Baseball’s “funny” card series and it features Raines’s 1990 Topps card. Isn’t it strange how some baseball card companies used the player’s nickname, while others didn’t? I guess it was an editorial decision. Thankfully, Topps decided to use Raines’s nickname on its 1990 card, otherwise my ten-year-old self would not have been able to come up with yet another incredibly literal “funny” card.
A few notes on this “funny” card:
- I’m surprised by how much the rocks actually look like rocks. Based on some of my other efforts, I’m going to have to assume that I had my sister make the rocks.
- I obviously preferred Scotch tape to glue stick, although the glue stick might have been the better choice for presentation purposes.
- I found this “funny” card in a box of old baseball cards at my parents’ summer home this past weekend. There were several others in the box as well, none of which are funny, and all of which I plan to feature on Nerd Baseball.
Keith Atherton 2
Monday, May 25th, 2009 by I Love Nerd York CityClick the stars to vote: (20 votes, average: 4.55 out of 5)
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I wanted to spread the nerd love around before doubling-up on any player. I really did.
The problem is that I have the Nerd Archives organized alphabetically by last name, and time and time again this card greeted me from the top of the pile. I just couldn’t help myself. It’s almost not fair. When it comes to nerd cards, it’s like Mr. Atherton is playing on a totally different level.
Now it’s up to you to decide: which card is nerdier, this one, or Mr. Atherton’s 1989 Fleer? Make sure to vote by clicking on the stars!
Rick Reilly: Professional Writer, Lamebrain
Sunday, May 24th, 2009 by Nerdzah Ball SoupUber-hack Rick Reilly is at it again. I just can’t help myself. Here is his most recent “column” on ESPN.com. Good grief.
I personally find baseball so crushingly boring I would happily plunge knitting needles into my eyes to avoid another snap zoom of Joe Torre’s nostril hairs.
I should offer to help guide the needles because Reilly is usually so far off the mark he’ll probably stab someone else. Zing!
Al Cowens
Thursday, May 21st, 2009 by I Love Nerd York CityClick the stars to vote: (19 votes, average: 3.79 out of 5)
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A decidedly non-nerdy anecdote from Wikipedia:
A notable feud occurred between Cowens and pitcher Ed Farmer (current White Sox radio announcer). On May 8, 1979 playing for the Royals, Cowens suffered a fractured jaw and missed 21 games during an 8-7 loss to Texas as a result of being hit by a pitch from Farmer. Farmer also hit Royal Frank White in the same game and White sustained a broken hand, missing 33 contests. The next season on June 20‚ 1980 while playing for the Tigers‚ Cowens hit an infield grounder as Farmer pitched at Comiskey Park. While Farmer watched his infielder make the play, Cowens ran to mound and attacked the pitcher from behind instead of running to first base. Cowens was suspended for 7 games and a warrant was issued for his arrest in Illinois‚ forcing him to skip the remainder of the Tigers-White Sox series in Chicago. Farmer agreed to drop the charges in exchange for a handshake‚ and the 2 players brought out the lineup cards before the game on Sep 1, 1980.
Don Carman
Monday, May 18th, 2009 by I Love Nerd York CityClick the stars to vote: (11 votes, average: 3.82 out of 5)
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Interesting Don Carman facts from Wikipedia:
1) All-Stars Craig Biggio, Ken Griffey Jr., Jeffrey Leonard, Pete Rose, Larry Walker, and Matt Williams went a collective 1-for-40 against Mr. Carman in their careers.
2) Following a game in 1990, Mr. Carman grew tired of the repetitive post-game questions he was forced to answer. After creating a handwritten list of 37 standard responses to these questions, he posted them on his locker, and invited reporters to choose which response they wanted. The list included cliches like “I’d rather be lucky than good” and “We’re going to take the season one game at a time.
Ernest Riles
Thursday, May 14th, 2009 by I Love Nerd York CityWhile not a nerd, per se, I just had to share what might be the most inexplicable baseball card in the nerd archives.
Click the stars to vote: (12 votes, average: 2.75 out of 5)
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Seriously. What is going on here?
1) According to wikipedia and baseball-reference, Fleer misspelled Mr. Riles first name (Ernest, not Earnest).
2) He was obviously posing in his batting stance. Whose decision was it to let his head overlap the border, but let the bat get cut off so it looks like he’s in some strange yoga pose?
3) Really? You can’t show his whole body? Is there a precedent for this type of photo cropping?
4) Did someone take a landscape shot of the outfield grass, and then photoshop Mr. Riles into it, except they didn’t know how to resize the second image?
I demand answers. And despite having a career OPS+ of 89, Mr. Riles deserves better.
Excellence in prognostication
Tuesday, May 12th, 2009 by Prof. Nerdtron 3000Recently, one of the contributors here took it upon himself to evaluate fantasy baseball trades. In a trade involving Ryan Zimmerman three weeks ago, here is the commentary that the unnamed Nerd had to say:
Ryan Fucking Zimmerman?!
I’ve had that guy for the last two years, and he fucking sucks!!! (Nerdstradamus) can only hope that Zimmerman’s torrid start to 2009 (.214 batting average, B:K ration of 1:8) continues all year.
Since then? A 29 game hitting streak, the batting average over .360, SLG at almost .630, including two more HR last night. Ryan Zimmerman is a sorry excuse of a nerd (believe me, I looked for some hint of a dorky picture), but hopefully he’ll keep proving the haters wrong.
