Saturday, April 22, 2006

 

Thought of This Tonight at Work

There is only one remaining active major league baseball player from Simpsons episode 8F13 - "Homer at the Bat". Only Ken Griffey Jr. who contracted gigantism from brain and nerve tonic remains active as of this date. Other players on the SNPP company softball team who are now retired and thier reason for missing the big game against the Shelbyville nuclear plant:

RF - Daryl Strawberry - Didn't miss the game because of his great attitude
LF - Jose Canseco - Helping a woman remove belongings from her buring house
3B - Wade Boggs - Argument with Barney over greatest British Prime Minister
SS - Ozzie Smith - Fallen off of the face of the earth
2B - Steve Sax - Facing consecutive life terms in prison
1B - Don Mattingly - Sideburns too long
C - Mike Scioscia - Contracted radiation sickness from working at SNPP
P - Roger Clemens - Hypnotized, thinks he's a chicken

Apparently the Simpsons writers were real baseball geeks and wrote this episode as an excuse to meet some of their idols. They did a really great job of picking their team. Of the players, 2 are already Hall of Famers (Smith and Boggs) and two will be when they are eligable (Griffey and Clemens). Mattingly deserves to be in and Scioscia, a fine catcher in his day will undoubtedly prove to be an even better manager. Canseco and Stawberry has most likely damaged their reputations beyond repair. I always liked Steve Sax, but he's just not HOF material. Nice career and he once hit Keith Olberman's mom with an errant throw to first base.

As an added bonus, I actually got a correct response on Jeopardy! based completely on information I learned from this episode. I knew that William Pitt "the elder" was a PM of England only because I'd seen this episode. Watch cartoons and watch your IQ soar!

BOJ

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