Ground Rule Double Drives Minor League Manager Up A Wall
This took place at yesterday’s Durham – Norfolk minor league baseball game. A Norfolk hitter drove the ball deep into the outfield and past the padding on the fence. The ball is retrieved by an umpire and the ruling on the field is changed to a ground rule double. From there, Norfolk manager Gary Allenson does a slow-burn tantrum that stretches on for about 5 minutes as he climbs the wall in the outfield trying to find more balls. Allenson had this to say about his performance:
“That’s why I climbed the wall: maybe I could find a ball out there, too. Maybe there are five balls out there. Maybe I’ll find a ball that’s a little wet and I’ll rub it up and it’ll be dry.”
Alas, there were no balls to be found that day. Allenson headed to the showers empty-handed.
[IndyWeek.com, vid via @JimmyTraina, Headline via my noggin]
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June 13th, 2011 at 2:20 PM
No minor league manager can ever hold a candle to the guy who was on his knees pretending to lob grenades a few years ago. That was an all-timer. He was like the Babe Ruth of getting tossed.
June 13th, 2011 at 2:21 PM
I’m confused. Did the ball go over the wall or through the wall?
June 13th, 2011 at 2:24 PM
If you’re a minor league club with a manager prone to these sorts of things, I say you incorporate it into the rest of the wacky promotions. Once he starts going bananas bring out the t-shirt canons, play music, have the mascot doing wheelies in center field on a motorcycle. That would be a great show.
June 13th, 2011 at 2:24 PM
Every year a minor league manager goes bat shit crazy. None of them ever get to bigs, what’s their motivation? To get on ESPN? Internet? Get fired?
June 13th, 2011 at 2:24 PM
On replay, it looks like the ball went over the wall, but not over the yellow bars which appear to mark homerun territory. So it seems like the ump got it right.
June 13th, 2011 at 2:25 PM
Here you are, Badger.
June 13th, 2011 at 2:28 PM
why is there a hole in the wall?
June 13th, 2011 at 2:29 PM
Ha… thanks NDub… I forgot he used the rosin-bag as the grenade. That guy is legend.
June 13th, 2011 at 2:29 PM
lame.
June 13th, 2011 at 2:30 PM
Its not a hole, its a gap between the first wall and the homerun railing
June 13th, 2011 at 2:33 PM
This is awesome.
Joffrey being slapped for 10 minutes while Achilles Last Stand plays.
June 13th, 2011 at 2:35 PM
I’m coaching a high school baseball team this summer. I hope I get a chance to do this soon.
June 13th, 2011 at 2:35 PM
why is there a hole in the wall?
Clearly you’ve never been into a restroom at a truck-stop in the middle of Kentucky.
June 13th, 2011 at 2:35 PM
No minor league manager can ever hold a candle to the guy who was on his knees pretending to lob grenades a few years ago. That was an all-timer. He was like the Babe Ruth of getting tossed.
I came in this thread to say this exact same thing. Just a virtuoso performance.
June 13th, 2011 at 2:36 PM
I also liked Lou Pinella’s hat throw and kick. Good for a major league one.
June 13th, 2011 at 2:38 PM
Still the best (Earl Weaver) NSFW.
June 13th, 2011 at 2:40 PM
hire me to be a dip consultant.
June 13th, 2011 at 2:43 PM
hire me to be a dip consultant.
Kick the can dude — short term it sucks, long term it’s worth it.
June 13th, 2011 at 2:43 PM
Someone really overthought that design, with a wall, a fence, a gap, apparently a trap door, a terrace and a wrought-iron fence with a yellow line on it. That could happen once a week. I’m all for quirky ballpark features and individual grounds rules, but at this point, Riverfront, Three Rivers and The Vet would be unique. Camden Yards, this is your fault.
Manager was right to get tossed; umps didn’t see it, but went out of the way to verify it. Agree the correct call was made, but would be fine if they missed it since they didn’t visually catch the error.
Again, stupid fence configuration.
June 13th, 2011 at 2:44 PM
Nice. It’s been an interesting experience actually. The kids are pretty good (behavior and skill) and we have played the gamut of opponents already – from don’t deserve to be on the ball field at all to psychos with crazy coaches and even crazier parents screaming at every close call even though there is no trophy involved in this league.
June 13th, 2011 at 2:44 PM
probably right. then again…
/spits
June 13th, 2011 at 2:45 PM
Veggie dip is good. I make a pretty mean taco dip. My friend has an amazing spinach artichoke dip and she makes crostini to go with it.
June 13th, 2011 at 2:46 PM
@rittyrich — is this American Legion ball? Or some type of equivilent?
June 13th, 2011 at 2:46 PM
oh hell yea…coaching is a fucking blast. makes you feel like george patton, especially when you squash a team chock full of retards like patton crushed those canoli-eating italians riding around on their vespas.
June 13th, 2011 at 2:47 PM
OMG, these types of photos are my favorite!
June 13th, 2011 at 2:48 PM
makes you feel like george patton
I personally enjoy breaking out the disappointment speech – “I’m not mad, I’m just disappointed…”
June 13th, 2011 at 2:49 PM
probably right. then again…
This is no ‘probably’ it’s an absolutley. I went cold turkey on a can-a-day habit. First week was awful — weird dreams, shakes, very irritable. Now I’m smooth sailing after about 8 months. It’s well worth it. But then again dipping makes just about anything better, so I see your side as well.
@SG — I do like a good Buff Chick dip.
June 13th, 2011 at 2:51 PM
Onion dip owns all other dips
June 13th, 2011 at 2:51 PM
OMG, these types of photos are my favorite!
Think of any woman that you know personally, and candidly take 50 pictures of them without makeup on in about a 5 minute span. You are bound to have a terrible picture.
June 13th, 2011 at 2:51 PM
i like teaching kids how to cheat.
around the house wouldn’t be a problem neither would driving…where i cannot quit dipping is when im golfing. it’s brutal.
June 13th, 2011 at 2:53 PM
around the house wouldn’t be a problem neither would driving…where i cannot quit dipping is when im golfing. it’s brutal.
Golfing was OK b\c of the time frame for my quitting. But when I played last weekend I was jonesin. Drinking and dipping was a favorite of mine. My video game play has plummetted since I quit and I miss the long drive with a gatorade bottle in my right hand.
June 13th, 2011 at 2:53 PM
No, it’s a collections of high school teams scattered all over who got together and formed a summer schedule through May-June-July. Most teams have a few players who play on elite traveling teams, but most don’t, and they formed a schedule amongst themselves. It’s a little bit more laid back with a couple more serious tournaments scattered in.
June 13th, 2011 at 2:54 PM
Katie Holmes is just really pretty.. a shame she’s trapped in that dungeon
June 13th, 2011 at 2:55 PM
It’s not cheating but we have already stolen signs from two teams. I’m especially good at that. I’m hoping they continue to use those when school ball starts back up.
June 13th, 2011 at 2:56 PM
I made up some crap about how my high school team was really good but we didn’t take summer ball seriously so my last 2 years we got throttled. It wasn’t true because the reason we got throttled was because my team sucked ass.
June 13th, 2011 at 3:00 PM
There are more if you click on the “uh not so much” link in the article. I would kill for Kari Russell’s skin.
June 13th, 2011 at 3:01 PM
OMG, these types of photos are my favorite!
That Madonna photo nearly made me vomit up my lunch. God she became hideous.
June 13th, 2011 at 3:02 PM
I would kill for Kari Russell’s skin.
/Buffalo Bill’d?