Yes, football fans, Steve Jaeger is still trolling you.
- Even Madonna gets to look good for a couple of hours
- We’ll always have the Cubs to kick around
- It’s nice to see immigrants become multi millionaires
- Brian Wilson’s beard
- Beer, dog, working on my tan
- Billy Loes
- Babe Herman
- Hall of Fame inductees not required to dress like used car salesmen
- Spring training starts five weeks before spring giving us all hope
- Retired baseball players still able to walk and talk ten years after their career ends
- Fans not required to start drinking five hours before game time
- Yogi
- Opportunity to see fans in Philadelphia tazed
- You get to sing Sweet Caroline almost every day
- There’s actually a guy on the roster known as a loogy
- Billy Ripken’s 1989 Fleer baseball card
- Game 6
- “Who’s On First” would never work with football
- Ted Kluszewski’s name is in a song…. And it works.
- You can say Merkle’s Boner and Snodgrass’ Muff and not get in trouble
- The Code
- There’s a ballpark in Coney Island
- Mo Berg
- The Green Light Letter
- The Cape Cod League
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About Steve Jaeger
1. Even Madonna gets to look good for a couple of hours. It’s called the Superbowl halftime show.
Nothing more exciting that a one and done, sudden death game.
2. We’ll always have the Cubs to kick around.
We need both sports to hate the Red Sox in the summer and the cheating “Spy-Gate” Patriots in the winter.
3. It’s nice to see immigrants become multi-millionaires.
True, but that’s not exclusive to base-e-ball. The parents of Jason Pierre-Paul’s (JPP) (of the NY football Giants) emigrated from Haiti in 1983. Haiti – the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere.
4. Brian Wilson’s beard.
Michael Strahan’s gap.
5. Beer, dog, working on my tan.
Superbowl party! The NY Geeeeeee-Men! Yeah, baby!
6. Billy Loes
Satchel Paige.
7. Babe Herman
Josh Gibson.
8. Hall of Fame inductees not required to dress like used car salesmen.
Who cares? Got nothing to do with how much fun it is to watch the game.
9. Spring training starts five weeks before spring giving us all hope.
Ain’t nothing like watching football on Sunday by the fire.
10. Retired baseball players still able to walk and talk ten years after their career ends.
Plenty of football players do too, but you’ve got a point there.
11. Fans not required to start drinking five hours before game time.
What? I don’t drink at all. I know this is definitely tongue-in-cheek but try to learn a little about the game.
12. Yogi.
Good one. Yankee fan. But, I’ll give you the inimitable Cool Papa Bell.
13. Opportunity to see fans in Philadelphia tazed.
The Philadelphia Eagles stadium used to have its own jail.
14. You get to sing Sweet Caroline almost every day.
Every day? Wow, talk about boring.
15. There’s actually a guy on the roster known as a loogy.
Uh, okay.
16. Billy Ripken’s 1989 Fleer baseball card.
Final drive of Superbowl 42.
17. Game 6.
No, game 7. That’s like a football playoff game or NCAA March Madness game. Win or go home.
18. “Who’s On First” would never work with football.
A flea flicker would never work in baseball.
19. Ted Kluszewski’s name is in a song…. And it works.
Wow. C’mon, baseball’s not THIS boring.
20. You can say Merkle’s Boner and Snodgrass’ Muff and not get in trouble.
And that’s fun?
21. The Code.
Who cares? Let’s see some action.
22. There’s a ballpark in Coney Island.
The Brooklyn Cyclones. My brother has season tickets.
23. Mo Berg.
Jackie Robinson
24. The Green Light Letter.
Breaking the color barrier.
25. The Cape Cod League.
The Negro League.
Baseball is not nearly as boring as this list makes it sound. I’ll bookmark it for when I have trouble sleeping.
Eric – the Super Bowl halftime show?? Even the first quarter commercials (the reason most people watch the super bowl) are more exciting than the halftime show.
Its funny how all of these reasons are about the experience much rather the game vs. Sport this argument is (baseball=game… football=sport)
To quote the great Red Barber, only dull people find baseball dull.