Comments on: Quit Crying and Play Ball http://angiewiatrowski.nationalsportsreview.com/2008/07/10/quit-crying-and-play-ball/ Just another NationalSportsReview.com weblog Fri, 21 Nov 2008 01:00:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Angie Wiatrowski http://angiewiatrowski.nationalsportsreview.com/2008/07/10/quit-crying-and-play-ball/#comment-50 Angie Wiatrowski Fri, 11 Jul 2008 16:43:21 +0000 http://angiewiatrowski.nationalsportsreview.com/2008/07/10/quit-crying-and-play-ball/#comment-50 That's hysterical, i think Cabrera has something like that coming at him. I wouldn't be surprised if he started showing up late, he disappears right after the games That’s hysterical, i think Cabrera has something like that coming at him. I wouldn’t be surprised if he started showing up late, he disappears right after the games

]]> By: Den Cotton http://angiewiatrowski.nationalsportsreview.com/2008/07/10/quit-crying-and-play-ball/#comment-49 Den Cotton Fri, 11 Jul 2008 15:37:35 +0000 http://angiewiatrowski.nationalsportsreview.com/2008/07/10/quit-crying-and-play-ball/#comment-49 I think that's what makes sports -- baseball in particular -- so much fun; some silliness, childishness even. When I was a broadcaster, you wouldn't believe some of the trivial things players and coaches would complain about, either games or broadcasts. I think one of the most memorable and entertaining times in my life was broadcasting Frontier League Baseball just because of all the goofy stuff that would happen. I remember a couple guys who were notoriously late, and the players would get pissed off while waiting on the bus. Finally, some guys on the team told the bus driver to leave them at the hotel during a road trip near St. Louis. So the bus driver says, "There's an old Indian sayin'... f**k 'em!" And you could see the two guys running behind the bus... it was great. That summer just totally endorsed every idiotic moment in Bull Durham and Major League. And it just makes for great stories -- like Cabrera's antics. I think that’s what makes sports — baseball in particular — so much fun; some silliness, childishness even.

When I was a broadcaster, you wouldn’t believe some of the trivial things players and coaches would complain about, either games or broadcasts. I think one of the most memorable and entertaining times in my life was broadcasting Frontier League Baseball just because of all the goofy stuff that would happen. I remember a couple guys who were notoriously late, and the players would get pissed off while waiting on the bus. Finally, some guys on the team told the bus driver to leave them at the hotel during a road trip near St. Louis. So the bus driver says, “There’s an old Indian sayin’… f**k ‘em!” And you could see the two guys running behind the bus… it was great.

That summer just totally endorsed every idiotic moment in Bull Durham and Major League. And it just makes for great stories — like Cabrera’s antics.

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