I don’t want to hear anyone bad-mouthing this young man for showing his Cubs fandom at spring training by wearing a cropped women’s top. Yes, Wrigley Field is located close to Boystown, but there’s no need for anyone to call his sexuality into question. There could be any number of explanations, and you shouldn’t need to insult this gentleman just to feel better about yourself. Like, maybe that was his sister’s favorite top, and she died and now it has lots of sentimental value. Maybe he lost a bet. Maybe it’s just a really comfortable shirt.
…or maybe you’re just jealous of those abs, you catty little bitch.
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Awful Announcing found this clip of Herb Deshaies, father of Astros’ announcer Jim Deshaies, putting the moves on a currently-unnamed sideline reporter. It’s not very often that mere mortals succeed where Joe Namath fails. And I don’t know if it’s because of her nervousness from being on-air or the allure of that bright bucket hat, but she just goes with it. And his son Jim calls him a masher, instead of saying, “If you did more of that at home then you and Mom might still be together.” I think that shows just how much little Jimmy’s grown up.
Artie Lang was on Letterman earlier this week and recounted the time he and “the great Norm MacDonald” spent with Bob Uecker in spring training. Uecker’s 1920s speakeasy vocabulary was the source of great amusement to everyone, and Lange topped off his visit with the second-worst Harry Caray impression ever. It sounds like he’s doing an impression of Will Ferrell doing an impression of Harry Caray. I’m certain that The Great Norm MacDonald could have done so much better.
Just as birds, fish, and women are drawn to shiny objects, I can’t resist the high-resolution photo galleries that Boston.com regularly rolls out. This one of spring training photos shows that really good photography can make meaningless games and stretching exercises look… well, I wouldn’t go so far as to call it “interesting.” But there’s at least a chance that some of these will be the coolest/most artistic/whimsical photographs you see today. Safe-for-work photographs, I mean.
