Don't trip over Alcides Escobar's hose
If you missed it, the following paragraph, written by one Anthony Witrado, appeared in today's Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:
Escobar has all the tools. At 6 feet 1 inch and 182 pounds, he can run, he can obviously defend his position, he has an absolute hose - Hardy likes to call it a "bazooka" - and last season his stick came around when he hit .328 with 76 runs batted in. The Brewers called him up in September and he dressed for the final playoff game.
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Kyle Lobner
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Defends his position
“Yeah, Kendall, short is the toughest. I don’t care what you say about your squatting. Your position sucks.”
That whole paragraph makes me embarrassed to speak English.
The artist formerly known as jihad.
Witrado said
he can obviously defend his position
I just think it was a strange way to say “he is good at defense”. I’m picturing Alcides verbally defending his position.
The artist formerly known as jihad.
ahhh
I had to read the word short with emphasis. It made no sense before I realized that short was short for shortstop.
I guess "Stop" could also be short for shortstop
But then it’d get confused with “Backstop.”
"The reports are that he is getting better. The definition of better is nebulous."
We could go all Yost...
and call the infield positions firsty, seccy, thirdy and stoppy.
by Zeyes on Mar 9, 2009 8:41 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
I think I have it
Witrado is writing in code. He has to use the mangled phrasing to get the code to work and pass on the hidden meaning.
by Getting Yosted on Mar 9, 2009 12:14 PM CDT up reply actions
“he dressed for the final playoff game”
From the story I heard, he showed up for the first few games buck-naked [insert sophomoric ‘hose’ joke here]. As a testament to how quick the kid learns, he soon figured out that he didn’t have anywhere to store his batting gloves, so he decided to try the last game with pants. Now that he’s learned that lesson, he’s unstoppable.
Sadly, it may not have raised any.
"The reports are that he is getting better. The definition of better is nebulous."
by Kyle Lobner on Mar 9, 2009 1:42 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
LOLTardo
Seriously, BattleKow could write that crap. And he’s like 12.
I just sit back and root for the taser
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Escobar and Hardy don’t let it affect their friendship, however, and it doesn’t stop Hardy from encouraging his possible predecessor.
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If you don’t catch it, try to construct a Brewers shortstop timeline based on the information above.
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Who really understands all those silly pre-fixes anyways?
Most of us? Oh, I forgot.
That's the J-S trying to hint about the marital strife
Hardy thinks Mrs. Escobar is hot and is hoping the marriage falls apart.
Also, cheese.
by Jeff Sackmann on Mar 11, 2009 8:26 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
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