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Usenet Posted 21 years ago
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Clarification of a "Baseball Joke", please
(Note cross-posts and follow-up)
My partner was given a desk calendar as a little Christmas gift, where each day's page bears a description of some seemingly stupid activity that has been carried out in the past (the title is "Well, Duh", which seems to establish its Leftpondian origins).
The page for yesterday (17th) has us both stymied as to just what might be so amusing and/or stupid(1) about it.
Here it is, /verbatim/:
Stupid Sports
Baseball players will often change their uniform number if it's not working for them. But San Francisco Giants short- stop Johnny Lemaster had a different idea. When fans got down on him for not hitting in or out of the clutch, Lemaster said he was going to change the name on the back of his uniform from Lemaster to Boo. That didn't go over well with team management.
We fail to see the joke; can anyone enlighten us, please?
(1) Well, nothing more stupid than the idea of grown men playing what is essentially Rounders.
Brian {Hamilton Kelly} (Email Removed) "Je n'ai fait celle-ci plus longue que parce que je n'ai pas eu le loisir de la faire plus courte."
Blaise Pascal, /Lettres Provinciales/, 1657
My partner was given a desk calendar as a little Christmas gift, where each day's page bears a description of some seemingly stupid activity that has been carried out in the past (the title is "Well, Duh", which seems to establish its Leftpondian origins).
The page for yesterday (17th) has us both stymied as to just what might be so amusing and/or stupid(1) about it.
Here it is, /verbatim/:
Stupid Sports
Baseball players will often change their uniform number if it's not working for them. But San Francisco Giants short- stop Johnny Lemaster had a different idea. When fans got down on him for not hitting in or out of the clutch, Lemaster said he was going to change the name on the back of his uniform from Lemaster to Boo. That didn't go over well with team management.
We fail to see the joke; can anyone enlighten us, please?
(1) Well, nothing more stupid than the idea of grown men playing what is essentially Rounders.
Brian {Hamilton Kelly} (Email Removed) "Je n'ai fait celle-ci plus longue que parce que je n'ai pas eu le loisir de la faire plus courte."
Blaise Pascal, /Lettres Provinciales/, 1657
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[nq:1](Note cross-posts and follow-up) My partner was given a desk calendar as a little Christmas gift,where each day's page bears ... Boo. That didn't go over well with team management.
- [nq:1](Note cross-posts and follow-up) My partner was given a desk calendar as a little Christmas gift,where each day's page bears ...
- Boo.
- That didn't go over well with team management.
- " (not the hide-and-go seek "boo" but a drawn out version) when he comes on the field.
- So if he changed his name to Boo, they would be yelling his name, instead of deriding him.
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[nq:1](Note cross-posts and follow-up) My partner was given a desk calendar as a little Christmas gift,where each day's page bears ... Boo. That didn't go over well with team management. We fail to see the joke; can anyone enlighten us, please?[/nq]
When fans "get down" on a player, they yell "Boo!" (not the hide-and-go seek "boo" but a drawn out version) when he comes on the field. So if he c
When fans "get down" on a player, they yell "Boo!" (not the hide-and-go seek "boo" but a drawn out version) when he comes on the field. So if he c
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The joke is not specifically baseball-centric. Every athlete wants the fans to scream his name, cheering (applauding) him as soon as they see him. It seems, however, that fans observing Lemaster yelled, "Boo!" which is the word yelled at someone who is not pleasing the fans (I believe y'all whistle to show disapproval and disappointment?). He thought he'd change his name so that he could claim the
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[nq:1](Note cross-posts and follow-up) My partner was given a desk calendar as a little Christmas gift, where each day's page ... Boo. That didn't go over well with team management. We fail to see the joke; can anyone enlighten us, please?[/nq]
Because when the fans express their disapproval, they boo. By "naming" himself Boo, he would change the disapproval to encouragement..thousands of fans
Because when the fans express their disapproval, they boo. By "naming" himself Boo, he would change the disapproval to encouragement..thousands of fans
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[nq:1](Note cross-posts and follow-up)[/nq]
AUE reinserted, because it feels odd to post just to a group I never read.
[nq:1]My partner was given a desk calendar as a little Christmas gift, where each day's page bears a description of ... Boo. That didn't go over well with team management. We fail to see the joke; can anyone enlighten us, please?[/nq]
The fans are booing him. If he cha
AUE reinserted, because it feels odd to post just to a group I never read.
[nq:1]My partner was given a desk calendar as a little Christmas gift, where each day's page bears a description of ... Boo. That didn't go over well with team management. We fail to see the joke; can anyone enlighten us, please?[/nq]
The fans are booing him. If he cha
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[nq:1](Note cross-posts and follow-up) My partner was given a desk calendar as a little Christmas gift,where each day's page bears ... can anyone enlighten us, please? (1) Well, nothing more stupid than the idea of grown men playingwhat is essentially Rounders.[/nq]
Hey, I can welly this one over the square-leg boundary without lifting a foot! Rounders fans cheer the player's name, right? So h
Hey, I can welly this one over the square-leg boundary without lifting a foot! Rounders fans cheer the player's name, right? So h
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[nq:1](Note cross-posts and follow-up) My partner was given a desk calendar as a little Christmas gift, where each day's page ... Boo. That didn't go over well with team management. We fail to see the joke; can anyone enlighten us, please?[/nq]
When a player is not doing well, the fans may be inclined to voice their displeasure with choruses of "Boo!" By substituting "Boo" for his name on the
When a player is not doing well, the fans may be inclined to voice their displeasure with choruses of "Boo!" By substituting "Boo" for his name on the
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[nq:1](Note cross-posts and follow-up) My partner was given a desk calendar as a little Christmas gift, where each day's page ... for his name on the back of his uniform, Johnny could kid himself that the fans were calling his name.[/nq]
(Years ago, the Baltimore Orioles had a large first baseman by the name of Boog Powell. The fans would chant his name ("Boog") when he came to bat, and the ra
(Years ago, the Baltimore Orioles had a large first baseman by the name of Boog Powell. The fans would chant his name ("Boog") when he came to bat, and the ra
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[nq:2](1) Well, nothing more stupid than the idea of grown men playing what is essentially Rounders.[/nq]
[nq:1]For certain values of "essentially". I still recall being blownaway (at age 11 or so) by skill with which those grown men played their children's game, the first time I saw a major league game inperson.[/nq]
And we shouldn't lose sight of that serious money game, in parts of the
[nq:1]For certain values of "essentially". I still recall being blownaway (at age 11 or so) by skill with which those grown men played their children's game, the first time I saw a major league game inperson.[/nq]
And we shouldn't lose sight of that serious money game, in parts of the
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[nq:1](Years ago, the Baltimore Orioles had a large first baseman by the name of Boog Powell. The fans would chant ... television announcer would invariably advise the listening audience that what they were hearing were not "boo"s, but Mr. Powell's name.)[/nq]
Surely that's like dog's going "woof"? Cf. Terry Pratchett's Discworld.
Andrew Gwilliam
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Surely that's like dog's going "woof"? Cf. Terry Pratchett's Discworld.
Andrew Gwilliam
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Doesn't have to change his name if he's Tony Blair at a school.
John Dean
Oxford
John Dean
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