“Trying to sneak a pitch past Hank Aaron is like trying to sneak sunrise past a rooster.” Joe Adcock
I heard Joe Magrane say this about someone else, I can’t recall who, on the MLB Network the other day. I was amused.
Mar 19
Jesus could walk on water, you’d think Carlos Gomez could do it on dry land once in awhile.
Mar 18
I had been kicking around the idea of posting random baseball quotes as I come across them, so I’d eventually have an interesting collection of baseball wit available at the click of a “quotes” tag. The idea is to focus on old-timey(ish) baseball cliche and slang that is both entertaining and (at least mildly) under-used these days. And to throw in some truely memorable quotes from players. Well, Julian Tavarez must have been reading my mind, because this one has me ready to introduce a “quotes” tag and never look back.
“Why did I sign with the Nationals?” Tavarez said told a group of reporters. “When you go to a club at 4 in the morning, and you’re just waiting, waiting, a 600-pounder looks like J. Lo. And to me this is Jennifer Lopez right here. It’s 4 in the morning. Too much to drink. So, Nationals: Jennifer Lopez to me.”
Of all the franchies in major league baseball to compare to an early morning, drunken hook-up, the Washington Nationals have to be the most appropriate.
