The Scotsman and Baseball

[cosworth151]

A Scotsman moves to  Canada and attends his first baseball game.The first batter  approaches the batters' box, takes a few swings and then hits a double.  Everyone is on their feet screaming "Run!!!"

The next batter hits a  single. The Scotsman listens as the crowd again cheers "RUN!! RUN!!"

The Scotsman  is enjoying the game and begins screaming with the fans.The fifth  batter comes up and four balls go by.  The Umpire calls:  "Walk." The batter starts his slow trot  to first base.  The Scot stands up and screams, "Run ye  lazy bastard rrrun!"  The people around him begin laughing.

Embarrassed, the Scot sits back down.

A friendly fan  notes the man's embarrassment, leans over and explains, "He can't run -- he has four balls."

The Scot stands up and  screams: "Walk with pride, Laddie!"

[Jericoke]

A Scotsman moves to  Canada and attends his first baseball game.The first batter  approaches the batters' box, takes a few swings and then hits a double.  Everyone is on their feet screaming "Run!!!"

The next batter hits a  single. The Scotsman listens as the crowd again cheers "RUN!! RUN!!"

The Scotsman  is enjoying the game and begins screaming with the fans.The fifth  batter comes up and four balls go by.  The Umpire calls:  "Walk." The batter starts his slow trot  to first base.  The Scot stands up and screams, "Run ye  lazy bastard rrrun!"  The people around him begin laughing.

Embarrassed, the Scot sits back down.

A friendly fan  notes the man's embarrassment, leans over and explains, "He can't run -- he has four balls."

The Scot stands up and  screams: "Walk with pride, Laddie!"

Not funny.  There's more people at a Grand Prix in Turkey than a baseball game in Canada.

[cosworth151]

That's the way Claw forwarded it to me. Besides, I thought you were a Blue Jays fan.

[Jericoke]

That's the way Claw forwarded it to me. Besides, I thought you were a Blue Jays fan.

Yeah, but not enough of a fan to pay money to watch them lose.

There's a lot of that kind of fan in Toronto.  They've had their lowest attendance ever this season.  Same kind of numbers the Expos had before leaving Montreal.

[Dare]

The Expos left Montreal

[Jericoke]

The Expos left Montreal

Yes, now they stink as the Washington Nationals

[cosworth151]

As a Cleveland fan, I can sympathise. The Tribe made history this year. They became the first team ever to trade away the current Cy Young winner two seasons in a row - C. C. Sabathia and Cliff Lee. In both cases, they got a handful of minor league losers.

For our friends across the pond, the Cy Young Award is given to the best pitcher in the league every year.

[Dare]

The Expos left Montreal

Yes, now they stink as the Washington Nationals

There's a team in Washington?Is it the city or state?

I stopped following baseball because of the steroid scandals
and the players egos

[Scott]

There's a team in Washington?Is it the city or state?

DC

[Scott]

Not funny. 

It too...it's hilarious - Canadian baseball issues aside. 

I hope the Blue Jays don't leave Toronto - that would be too bad.  I fear the Skydome (or whatever sponsor's name it has now) will become little more than a concert venue (not a great one) and another hall for the Conference Centre.

[Dare]

There's a team in Washington?Is it the city or state?

DC

That's what I was afraid of.The city's so dangerous that
the politicians won't live there.

If you don't have excitement at the game you probably will
trying to get to your car

[cosworth151]

They are just carrying on the grand tradition of the old Washington Senators - annual cellar dwellers!

Here's were we tie this back into racing:

The Washington Senators were traditionally awful. The Yankees were perpetual winners. In 1955, a Broadway musical was written about it, called Damn Yankees. It became a movie in 1958. The plot, based on Faust, was that a hard core Senators fan sells his sole to the Devil to have them beat the Yankees. The Devil is assisted by a temptress named Lola, who sings the song, Whatever Lola Wants, Lola Gets.

About this time, Eric Broadley started building race cars. At first, he called them "Broadley Special." Then, he heard a song that summed up how he felt about the car. That song - Whatever Lola Wants, Lola Gets.

That's when he changed the name of his cars to Lola!

[John S]

First class segway Cos.   Have you ever considered a career in the broadcast media?

[cosworth151]

Thanks, John. 

That would be great, but I don't think Hobbs, Varsha & company need fear for their jobs. 

[Jericoke]

The Expos left Montreal

Yes, now they stink as the Washington Nationals

There's a team in Washington?Is it the city or state?

I stopped following baseball because of the steroid scandals
and the players egos

I stopped following because of the strike in 1994.  So did the rest of Canada