The Gehrig Bat non-posure

by Red_Poodle on Jul 5, 2009 12:30 AM EDT

I was reading Hal McCoy's blog:

http://www.daytondailynews.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/dayton/cincinnatireds/entries/2009/07/04/to_pitch_or_not_to_pitch_to_pu.html#comments

He describes how this dude Braude brought an actual Lou Gehrig bat to the clubhouse prior to today's game for the Reds' players to hold and pose with. He then adds that one player didn't pose and replied "Why, it's just a bat?". McCoy refuses to name the player, but he clearly wanted to stir the pot, why else include it?

I get annoyed by shots like that because, well, they start to nag at me, despite my better inclinations to ignore them. Now it's got me wondering who said it (probably because I'm way too tired to be thinking at all).

It's not a huge issue (it's not as though the un-named player failed to save a drowning baby or something), but I think McCoy should say who if it was important enough to bring it up at all. Now, (until I get some sleep lol) I;ll be thinking one of those guys out on teh field dissed Gehrig! I'm going to have to assume that it was Bronson. He would be very afraid of any piece of lumber that hit a homerun right now lol. Or Pujols. He is my new Goldstein.

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More than likely,

Hal McGoo didn’t name him because he couldn’t see who it was. Another possibility is that, while taking a shower one day, he thought of that line “Yeah, like the sword Alexander the Great used was just a big knife” and had to find a way to use it.

He sits alone...Reds are not home.

by Gapper on Jul 5, 2009 2:30 AM EDT reply actions

My guess

BP.

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by BubbaFan on Jul 5, 2009 6:23 AM EDT reply actions

That ALSist

Actually, I’m sure Hal would’ve named Phillips if he was the guilty party.

by ken on Jul 5, 2009 6:34 AM EDT up reply actions

Why?

They just made up. Maybe he didn’t want to start it up again.

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by BubbaFan on Jul 5, 2009 7:32 AM EDT up reply actions

Didn't know he had a feud with BP

What started that?

by Red_Poodle on Jul 5, 2009 7:59 AM EDT up reply actions

It's just business as usual with BP

He can be difficult.

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by BubbaFan on Jul 5, 2009 8:17 AM EDT up reply actions

I know Hal said they made up

But he certain doesn’t shy away from criticizing his new BFF, even for something as meaningless as giving “wise guy” interview answers. So I think the ALSist is somebody else.

by ken on Jul 5, 2009 8:52 AM EDT up reply actions

Thanks for the info

Even though BP can do some…things I like his tenacity. It has helped us alot even if he runs his mouth in interviews and says silly things. I’m just glad no one writes down most of what I say because I would have to apoloigize and or explain it every day lol

by Red_Poodle on Jul 5, 2009 6:09 PM EDT up reply actions

I think Bubba might be right though

because maybe Hal didn’t want to hit BP taht many times in a row? Maybe he wanted to keep their new BFF status?

It relaly isn’t important, but it is better than focusing on that loss today

by Red_Poodle on Jul 5, 2009 6:10 PM EDT up reply actions

I still think it's BP

He probably thinks everyone should be posing for photos holding his bat. ;-)

From what I’ve seen of him, he strikes me as the Nichelle Nichols type. Loves the attention from the fans, and can be very gracious to them. But also measures the lengths of the limos, and pitches a fit if someone else’s is longer.

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by BubbaFan on Jul 5, 2009 9:25 PM EDT up reply actions

limos.

right.

by Charlie Scrabbles on Jul 5, 2009 9:41 PM EDT up reply actions

It's why Donkey had to go.

by ken on Jul 5, 2009 9:56 PM EDT up reply actions

I'd be very happy

if BP were good enough to deserve a bat posing photo (that was some veryodd grammar there)

by Red_Poodle on Jul 5, 2009 10:17 PM EDT up reply actions

bronson still loves boston and nobody from beantown would want to hold a yankee bat.

"I never use a big word when a diminutive one will work." — Pete Mackanin.

by joshuar9476 on Jul 5, 2009 9:10 AM EDT reply actions

I know the guy who owns the only beer bottle Lou Gehrig ever drank from

I’m going to fill it with Burger Beer and have every Red take a communal drink…before each game and at the start of every inning and everytime tHomg says Diamondback….

BTW that isnot a cigarette in Lou’s hand…its a uh uh nail file……….

One tequila, two tequila, three tequila, floor.
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by Madville on Jul 5, 2009 10:56 AM EDT reply actions

What happened to my picture of Lou....

WAAAAAAAAH

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by Madville on Jul 5, 2009 10:43 PM EDT up reply actions

you can't link to photos hosted on Tripod

They block it. You saw it before because you were looking at the cached version on your own hard drive. Nobody else saw it. Just the image that means “Don’t steal our bandwidth, loser.”

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by BubbaFan on Jul 5, 2009 11:34 PM EDT up reply actions

Aha! Evil Tripod

Thanks BubbaFan

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by Madville on Jul 6, 2009 10:18 AM EDT up reply actions

While probably this comes down to a player just being grousy

There are some people who simply have a difficult time getting excited about objects, especially if the objects are divorced from their primary context.

I’m sure most baseball players (like most of us) would be interested in holding Lou Gehrig’s bat, but there are certainly men and women out there who just lack whatever it is that makes us fetishize objects that belong(ed) to interesting or important people.

Will you stop it with the vegetables

by Man Mountain on Jul 6, 2009 10:25 AM EDT reply actions

yeah, but

Most of us would still pose with the damned bat, because it’s the polite thing to do, even if you’re not a believer.

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by BubbaFan on Jul 6, 2009 11:50 AM EDT up reply actions

Right--especially given the occassion (I believe there was an ALS awareness thing that day)

the only fetishized item it might be ok to turn down a pic with is Shatner’s toupee. However, since no one has actually had the privilege to get a Shatner toupee, it might actually be the worst thing to turn down—not sure lol

by Red_Poodle on Jul 6, 2009 12:59 PM EDT up reply actions

there was that woman

Who got so mad when Shatner refused to sign an autograph for her kid that she yanked the toupe off his head.

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by BubbaFan on Jul 6, 2009 3:08 PM EDT up reply actions

I did not know about that

That is excellent. I spent a ridiculous amount of time online one day trying to get a shot of Shatner without his hair piece. I failed. Maybe that woman can do it again and snap a cell phone shot. TMZ would pay for it

by Red_Poodle on Jul 6, 2009 5:14 PM EDT up reply actions

And most of the clubhouse did

Will you stop it with the vegetables

by Man Mountain on Jul 6, 2009 3:37 PM EDT up reply actions

yeah

That’s why I think it was BP.

It was for a worthy cause, and it’s not like it was a terrible imposition.

Heck, even if you didn’t want to pose with the bat…there are more polite ways to decline.

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by BubbaFan on Jul 6, 2009 4:11 PM EDT up reply actions

Did I miss something from the article?

What was the cause, other than a former employee parading around the clubhouse with memorabilia? I could understand the scorn if this was a fundraiser or some other public event for ALS. As a private matter in the clubhouse, well, good for Hal for filling his column.

by ken on Jul 6, 2009 9:30 PM EDT up reply actions

I assume it was part of the ALS thing

They brought it to the broadcast booth, too.

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by BubbaFan on Jul 7, 2009 1:18 AM EDT up reply actions

I heard about what happened at the meeting this morning

and I have to tell you it’s exactly what this organization needed! We want to look to the future we’ve got to tear down the past! Babe Ruth was nothing more than a fat old man with little girl legs! And here’s something I just found out recently—he wasn’t really a sultan!

…You don’t think that nerve disease of his was contagious, do you? Better not pose with the bat. He’s too important to this team. BP can’t be flopping and twitching!

by Red Menace on Jul 6, 2009 4:40 PM EDT reply actions 3 recs

well done

by Charlie Scrabbles on Jul 6, 2009 8:31 PM EDT up reply actions

It's Silly...

….Nothing against Gehrig, but the man played for the Yankees. This is like having North Korea’s flag paraded around your clubhouse. Please, stop it with these commemorations. Let the Yankees do this. But hey, at least here’s something Marty won’t have to blame on Adam Dunn anymore.

by tonywf on Jul 8, 2009 6:00 PM EDT reply actions