Tim Welke’s Blown Call in the Dodgers-Rockies Game Was Absurdly Awful
First base umpire Tim Welke’s version of “out” in yesterday’s Dodgers-Rockies game might very well be the worst blown call I have ever seen. Todd Helton has to be at least two feet off the bag. It’s so embarrassingly bad that it could easily slide into the Naked Gun baseball blooper reel, the one where players get hit by cars and attacked by tigers.
When MLB issues the inevitable apology today, the hope is they keep it short, sweet, and blunt. A simple Bill Walton “terrrrrrrrrrrrrrible” would more than suffice, as would an expanded version of instant replay.
Below are a couple of screengrabs from Larry Brown Sports. They greatly assist in driving home the absurdity:
And of course, the aforementioned blooper reel:
- Jake “The Snake” Roberts Sang “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” at Turner Field [Video]
- Angels Fans Demonstrates Why You Shouldn’t Try to Catch a Baseball With a Full Beer – Beer Explosion!
- Bradley Beal Seems to Have Lost a Little Respect for Derrick Rose Because He Didn’t Try and Play
- Justin Verlander Not Sharp Again, But Detroit Fans Don’t Need to Panic
- A Russell Wilson Song Set to an Old Dolly Parton Hit? Yes, It’s “Russie” [Video]
- orly57 on Bradley Beal Seems to Have Lost a Little Respect for Derrick Rose Because He Didn't Try and Play
- orly57 on Bradley Beal Seems to Have Lost a Little Respect for Derrick Rose Because He Didn't Try and Play
- resolutedefense on Bradley Beal Seems to Have Lost a Little Respect for Derrick Rose Because He Didn't Try and Play
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May 3rd, 2012 at 1:20 PM
The Human Element.
May 3rd, 2012 at 1:20 PM
Human Element for the win
May 3rd, 2012 at 1:21 PM
wow. if only gallaraga could have had the same courtesy
May 3rd, 2012 at 1:22 PM
That Naked Gun blooper reel should be attached to every baseball related post.
May 3rd, 2012 at 1:24 PM
This site doesn’t even comment on the triple OT thriller last night. #1 rated program in DC and #1 cable program in NYC. This ‘sports’ site is a joke.
May 3rd, 2012 at 1:25 PM
A simple Not Bill Walton “give me admin rights to your facebook page” would more than suffice.
How I read it
May 3rd, 2012 at 1:25 PM
Go Flyers and Kings!
May 3rd, 2012 at 1:26 PM
Naked Gun bloopers > Hockey
May 3rd, 2012 at 1:26 PM
just who do you think you are, to come on here and say this is a quote-unquote “Sports Blog”???
get out of here with that nonsense!
May 3rd, 2012 at 1:26 PM
I thought Walton’s call was “hoooooooooooorible.” However kudos on Naked Gun clip.
May 3rd, 2012 at 1:26 PM
I needed that Naked Gun clip. Awesome.
Oh, and before everyone asks, this counts as Yardwork.
May 3rd, 2012 at 1:28 PM
Junior Seau died for nothing…
May 3rd, 2012 at 1:28 PM
This ‘sports’ site is a joke.
1/3, 1/3, 1/3. TBL has been very clear on this.
And Naked Gun clip is always welcome. Good work, Tim.
May 3rd, 2012 at 1:29 PM
“I demand you change your site into what I like.”
May 3rd, 2012 at 1:30 PM
A sport gets posts in proportion to how many people care about it. Thats just business. I spend about 4 hours a day on nhl.com, you should check it out. it’s all hockey all the time.
May 3rd, 2012 at 1:30 PM
True story — when I saw NYC and DC, I was confused because I didn’t think the Wizards made the playoffs.
People who think hockey matters are adorable. Enjoying hockey is great and I’ll never begrudge people who do. But you have to understand why is fifth or sixth on the sports consciousness totem pole, even during the playoffs.
May 3rd, 2012 at 1:30 PM
So Rickie Fowler is tied for first. Power of the rack is at it again.
/Team bewbs
May 3rd, 2012 at 1:30 PM
Predictably, there was a ‘no comment’ from the umpires and/or their union. Is a fucking apology not in order?
May 3rd, 2012 at 1:30 PM
I’m going to need to see another angle before I draw any conclusions.
May 3rd, 2012 at 1:31 PM
big fan of the lawerence welke show.
May 3rd, 2012 at 1:31 PM
Donald Denkinger just wishes this had happened in a crucial World Series moment
May 3rd, 2012 at 1:32 PM
why the hell was he standing on that side of the bag? I don’t think I’ve ever seen that before.
May 3rd, 2012 at 1:32 PM
Perhaps it’s similar to when a 2B/SS turns a double play, and the fielder just has to be in the general vicinity.
Or maybe the ump had been drinking.
May 3rd, 2012 at 1:33 PM
I’m going to need to see another angle before I draw any conclusions.
Love how this dipshit argued with Mattingly after the call as well…
May 3rd, 2012 at 1:33 PM
Not applicable to soccer.
May 3rd, 2012 at 1:33 PM
Donald Denkinger just wishes this had happened in a crucial World Series moment
Ol’ Don will always hold a special place in my heart.
May 3rd, 2012 at 1:34 PM
A sport gets posts in proportion to how many people care about it.
Not applicable to soccer.
This site has a large international audience.
May 3rd, 2012 at 1:35 PM
big fan of the lawerence welke show.
bubbles!
May 3rd, 2012 at 1:35 PM
Didn’t 600 million people watch the Man U-City game this week?
May 3rd, 2012 at 1:36 PM
/fixed
May 3rd, 2012 at 1:36 PM
Holly Sonders can not play hockey in that outfit, sorry.
May 3rd, 2012 at 1:36 PM
Boom, roasted!
May 3rd, 2012 at 1:37 PM
Haha.
May 3rd, 2012 at 1:38 PM
How many were from America?
May 3rd, 2012 at 1:39 PM
Didn’t 600 million people watch the Man U-City game this week?
How many were from America?
TBL is GLOBAL brah..
May 3rd, 2012 at 1:39 PM
Maybe 58
May 3rd, 2012 at 1:39 PM
great line by phil making fun of tiger answering a video Q&A from fans instead of talking to the media.
May 3rd, 2012 at 1:39 PM
Didn’t 600 million people watch the Man U-City game this week?
How many were from America?
1.3 million according to ESPN.
May 3rd, 2012 at 1:39 PM
Speaking of not covering hockey
“Listen, I guess if we were rights holder, there probably would be a little more attention paid to it. “
May 3rd, 2012 at 1:41 PM
When’s the next Major?
May 3rd, 2012 at 1:41 PM
Didn’t 600 million people watch the Man U-City game this week?
How many were from America?
1.3 million according to ESPN.
Boom.Roasted.
May 3rd, 2012 at 1:41 PM
Mel Allen. Legend.
May 3rd, 2012 at 1:41 PM
just proves that we’re not as advanced a species as we think.
May 3rd, 2012 at 1:42 PM
Dick Enberg’s face is the highlight of that blooper clip.
May 3rd, 2012 at 1:42 PM
Looks like you and I are getting conflicting reports
May 3rd, 2012 at 1:43 PM
I love that hockey isnt covered. It means that every person who engages you on the topic knows what they are talking about. 99% of NFL/NBA/MLB conversations are unbearable. Just drivel.
May 3rd, 2012 at 1:43 PM
just proves that we’re not as advanced a species as we think.
yesterday’s roundup’d
May 3rd, 2012 at 1:43 PM
Well I blame that on it being on normal white people ESPN
May 3rd, 2012 at 1:44 PM
Maybe 58
1.3 million according to ESPN.
Looks like you and I are getting conflicting reports
Believe me. I’m with your opinion on soccer. I was waiting for a ratings post about that game and it never happened.
May 3rd, 2012 at 1:45 PM
Hockey elitism. How cute.
May 3rd, 2012 at 1:45 PM
But you have to understand why is fifth or sixth on the sports consciousness totem pole, even during the playoffs.
Because a great majority of people have terrible taste?
May 3rd, 2012 at 1:46 PM
Believe me. I’m with your opinion on soccer. I was waiting for a ratings post about that game and it never happened.
/Lights Ty Duffy signal
May 3rd, 2012 at 1:47 PM
Make up your minds hockey fans. You can’t have it both ways!
May 3rd, 2012 at 1:48 PM
Bud Selig wants to know why everyone is making a big deal about that video that looks like cataracts.
May 3rd, 2012 at 1:48 PM
Where is the home plate umpire to tell Tim that Helton was off the bag?
May 3rd, 2012 at 1:48 PM
Lulz
May 3rd, 2012 at 1:49 PM
wow. Todd Helton is still playing?
May 3rd, 2012 at 1:49 PM
Hockey is my third favorite sport, and there are other outlets to find hockey coverage in the internet world. No need to get butthurt over the lack of coverage just because EIC doesn’t care for it. Can’t like everything.
May 3rd, 2012 at 1:50 PM
in general or on this site? worst sports convos on this site involve college football.
May 3rd, 2012 at 1:51 PM
No-hitter.
Elite NFL DE out for the season.
ND QB arrested.
It kind of got lost, man.
May 3rd, 2012 at 1:51 PM
I would be more upset at this umpire not paying enough attention at his job, but I am to busy surfing the internet at work.
May 3rd, 2012 at 1:51 PM
On the edge of my seat with the sports discussion today.
May 3rd, 2012 at 1:51 PM
Robot Umpires & instant replay now.
May 3rd, 2012 at 1:51 PM
Most exciting athlete of the past 20 years man.
May 3rd, 2012 at 1:52 PM
No-hitter.
Elite NFL DE out for the season.
ND QB arrested.
It kind of got lost, man.
One of these things is not like the other…..
/hint: it’s the one about the shitty QB of a crap program
May 3rd, 2012 at 1:52 PM
+a lot
May 3rd, 2012 at 1:52 PM
I think he was actually talking about how the coverage of those sports is so watered down and overcovered that most of it is shit. On ESPN, when you get 2 minutes of hockey coverage, you know it’s gonna be the nuts and bolts.
May 3rd, 2012 at 1:52 PM
Then why do so many people constantly bitch about the overall content on this site? Complain about the lack of sports, complain when sports posts go up and you don’t like subject matter, complain about TBL not covering a story that is being covered ad nauseum on Deadspin, blah blah blah.
May 3rd, 2012 at 1:52 PM
Falsiest false that ever falsed. There was a time when the TBL community was one of the mist intelligent, most entertaining bunch on these here interwebs. While some of the new guys suck balls, there are still a few here who can debate with the best of them.
May 3rd, 2012 at 1:53 PM
May 3rd, 2012 at 1:53 PM
This is actually true.
May 3rd, 2012 at 1:53 PM
Oh, my bad. Notre Dame “doesn’t matter” and is “irrelevant.”
Apologies.
May 3rd, 2012 at 1:54 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tfslY_AvhLw
May 3rd, 2012 at 1:54 PM
JHS: In person. Water cooler talk.
May 3rd, 2012 at 1:54 PM
Still ranks second to Hrbek pulling Gant off the bag at first.
May 3rd, 2012 at 1:54 PM
Now please enjoy this coffee cup penis post..and click the ads!
/TBL
May 3rd, 2012 at 1:54 PM
Notre Dame news will always be big news because Notre Dame invented the needle. The sooner you come to terms with that, the sooner we can have a group sing-a-long by the fire.
May 3rd, 2012 at 1:55 PM
It’s pathetic that Welke got the call wrong. It’s even more pathetic that the umps behind the plate and at 3rd (who both would have had fantastic angles) didn’t overrule the call. Umpires are taught not to get in the way of one another instead of helping their “teammates” get it right.
May 3rd, 2012 at 1:55 PM
that being said, nice job shifting the discussion away from how MLB is stuck in the dark ages.
Human element is embarrassing for MLB. almost as bad as not having videos on youtube.
*snickers*
May 3rd, 2012 at 1:55 PM
THe only valid argument over content of this site is when someone posts a feature and has no idea what the fuck they’re talking about, like they did zero research. I used to bitch about the posts that were boring/repetitive (BCS posts especially) but you know what I did? I left for like a year. I went outside. I jogged. I ate various delicious cheeses. If you don’t like a place, go/do something else.
May 3rd, 2012 at 1:55 PM
Or you know, you can always just not comment on the stories that don’t interest you….there’s always that option.
May 3rd, 2012 at 1:56 PM
I just come here for baby leopard links.
May 3rd, 2012 at 1:56 PM
Glad to see you’re finally coming around on this issue. Now insert “NY Jets” and repeat.
/ Just kidding. Put down that banhammer!
May 3rd, 2012 at 1:57 PM
this guy gets it.
May 3rd, 2012 at 1:57 PM
The sooner you come to terms with that, the sooner we can have a group sing-a-long by the fire.
Can I bring Spencer’s congo drums?
May 3rd, 2012 at 1:57 PM
My version.
May 3rd, 2012 at 1:58 PM
Then why do so many people constantly bitch about the overall content on this site? Complain about the lack of sports, complain when sports posts go up and you don’t like subject matter, complain about TBL not covering a story that is being covered ad nauseum on Deadspin, blah blah blah.
Keeping it 100
May 3rd, 2012 at 1:58 PM
I think most (not all) hockey fans kind of don’t care if the sport is not discussed or covered in every single medium.
I really couldn’t care less about the popularity of the sport relative to other sports in North America or what channel the game is on. Whatever channel the game is on, I’ll subscribe to that channel. There are sites out there that strictly cater to hockey fans. I recommend hitting those up.
May 3rd, 2012 at 1:58 PM
See, I really do matter around here!
/not really
Bengal cat that looks like a leopard
May 3rd, 2012 at 1:58 PM
Never get the hot salsa at Chipolte.
/Invests in Immodium stock
May 3rd, 2012 at 1:58 PM
Unless you have the opportunity to complain in the first comment, then the complaint is definitely in order.
/kidding
//kind of
May 3rd, 2012 at 1:58 PM
Probably the best course of action, hockey folks. I tried the Roundup. Didn’t take. Taxes were the topic of the hour.
Replay use is not a discussion limited to the sport of professional baseball, Jason.
May 3rd, 2012 at 1:59 PM
Also valid content argument – Free the PM Roundup, bring back the PM Roundup, and let us comment on the sponsored posts.
May 3rd, 2012 at 1:59 PM
I ate various delicious cheeses.
Cheese is delicious. Pepper Jack, Extra Sharp Chedder, Bleu, Swiss, Gouda. I could go on.
May 3rd, 2012 at 1:59 PM
Shouldn’t that be “bongo”?
/ Weed ‘n McConaughey’d
May 3rd, 2012 at 1:59 PM
Never stop nature, never stop.
May 3rd, 2012 at 1:59 PM
I usually just don’t comment on a post if I don’t like it.
But I gottay say……I think I’m stealing your cheese idea.
May 3rd, 2012 at 2:00 PM
Human element is embarrassing for MLB. almost as bad as not having videos on youtube.
The youtube thing could be more embarrassing
May 3rd, 2012 at 2:00 PM
I so wanted this during football season and the weekly Buffalo Wild Wings posts.
May 3rd, 2012 at 2:00 PM
Come on, man. I was with you this whole way, until you took the low road here.
May 3rd, 2012 at 2:01 PM
This call was almost as bad as the third strike called on Jimmy Rollins in the 9th against the Braves last night.
/team human element (at least, last night – today – maybe team replay)
Can we just put Chipper Jones in the HOF today?
May 3rd, 2012 at 2:01 PM
/Buys more Immodium stock
May 3rd, 2012 at 2:01 PM
I agree with Cleet. Where the fuck is the home plate umpire to overturn that call? His foot was 2′ from the base. So bad it was funny.
Spence, since I missed the golf post … are you (or anyone else) going to the US Open?
Post whatever you like, God knows I don’t watch hockey, but using that string of posts as an excuse for the lack of a hockey post is funny. The no-hitter was pre-Roundup and the other two were immediately after. The hockey post must have gotten lost in two hot women posts, a birth, a car wreck, and mocking MLB (injuries and calls).
May 3rd, 2012 at 2:01 PM
It’s not your fault Lady Of The Luck doesn’t matter and is irrelevant, no need to climb a scissor lift about it.
May 3rd, 2012 at 2:01 PM
is that how you’re describing Seau’s death? harsh.
/knows he wasn’t a DE
//knows JMac probably thinks he was
May 3rd, 2012 at 2:02 PM
i just think it would be more than fair to show the sponsors what kind of ROI their investment is getting on this blog.
the sad thing is, some of the sponsored posts have more interesting topics for discussion than the non sponsored posts.
May 3rd, 2012 at 2:03 PM
Drunken goat and zanorano cheese are probably my favorites, right next to regular bleu.
May 3rd, 2012 at 2:03 PM
I had so much material when Chicken Legs came out, but alas.
May 3rd, 2012 at 2:03 PM
MLB.com has a video section. You can check it out right here. If you pay for MLB.tv (you know, how basketball fans pay for League Pass or football fans pay for Sunday Ticket… but those services don’t allow you to replay any game at any time) you can a routine groundout, a double to the gap or even a home run in any inning any time you want.
May 3rd, 2012 at 2:03 PM
You need to spend some time in the quality cheese aisle, bro.
May 3rd, 2012 at 2:04 PM
Hey now, the day The Big Lead doesnt have a post mocking MLB is the day that signals the start of the end times.
May 3rd, 2012 at 2:05 PM
Used to think that banning was the most popular discussion topic in the comments section here. What I watch > what you watch still gets to stand on the highest part of the podium and have its anthem played though.
May 3rd, 2012 at 2:07 PM
I just want to embed some vids, brah. MLB made Logan Morrison’s bus tour around Manhattan immediately embeddable. I really appreciated that, but not really.
May 3rd, 2012 at 2:07 PM
Fucking asinine.
May 3rd, 2012 at 2:07 PM
Kraft Singles and Velveeta. where it’s at.
/Trey
May 3rd, 2012 at 2:08 PM
It really is, beekeeper Ben. It really is.
May 3rd, 2012 at 2:08 PM
Now Im laughing because the next post is about soccer. Theyre mocking us!
May 3rd, 2012 at 2:08 PM
Pepper Jack, Extra Sharp Chedder, Bleu, Swiss, Gouda. I could go on.
You need to spend some time in the quality cheese aisle, bro.
Or maybe try a cheese store and not the supermarket?
May 3rd, 2012 at 2:09 PM
Almost as captivating as the “my city rulez, your city sux” joust.
May 3rd, 2012 at 2:09 PM
But what if I’m a blogger who wants to embed videos?
Where have all the Jose3030s gone?
May 3rd, 2012 at 2:10 PM
“People talking about their fantasy teams” can go jump off a fucking cliff. That shit is NEVER interesting.
May 3rd, 2012 at 2:10 PM
Which is dumb because we are mostly all Americans here. Let’s stick together damnit.
May 3rd, 2012 at 2:11 PM
Have you guys ever tried contacting someone at MLB Advanced Media about this? I know Mr. Hot Mustard [copyright irishmafia 2006] likes to complain about it on Twitter a lot and even puts a mention @MLB but I bet if someone from a sports blog as widely read as this one, Deadspin, Big League Stew or Sports Illustrated contacted the folks at MLBAM, they’d find a way to monetize those embeddable videos for you.
MLB likes to make money. The NBA, NFL and even my beloved NHL are missing out on chances to make lots of money off their video content. I know Jason McIntyre likes to make money. He built this website to do that and it does a very good job. The staff here must understand what MLB is trying to do with their policy on media rights.
May 3rd, 2012 at 2:12 PM
There’s usually like 10 vids or so per game right? It would be cool if they made one vid per game embeddable.
May 3rd, 2012 at 2:12 PM
“People talking about their fantasy teams” can go jump off a fucking cliff. That shit is NEVER interesting.
I’m in 6 fantasy baseball leagues and I still fully endorse this statement.
May 3rd, 2012 at 2:12 PM
It is called a Fromagerie you peasant slubberdegullion.
/Adjusts monocle
May 3rd, 2012 at 2:12 PM
Guilty. At least it’s sports though, sista.
May 3rd, 2012 at 2:13 PM
I thought you could embed MLB videos from their site? I know I’ve seen that done before.
May 3rd, 2012 at 2:14 PM
jeebus…we agree on something.
May 3rd, 2012 at 2:15 PM
“Let me tell you about this bad beat I had playing poker….”
/jump in front of a truck
May 3rd, 2012 at 2:15 PM
slubberdegullion
French for dipnoodle?
May 3rd, 2012 at 2:15 PM
If USA Today Sports Media group had to pay an annual fee to embed videos from MLBAM on this website and USA Today’s, I bet they’d do it. You guys want me to draft a letter for you to MLB? I’d be happy to do it. Guarantee they respond to your query. They’re pretty progressive in terms of digital media content and distribution.
May 3rd, 2012 at 2:15 PM
“People talking about their fantasy teams”
Ugh, if I am not in the league I dont care. Back when online poker was big, the “You gotta hear about this hand….” story was just as bad — probably worse.
May 3rd, 2012 at 2:15 PM
Usually after a few days you can embed.
May 3rd, 2012 at 2:16 PM
In other news, Joe Blanton just pitched a three-hit shutout against the Braves.
/makes up for yesterday in many many ways
//fantasy
May 3rd, 2012 at 2:16 PM
There’s an EMBED button right on the video pages. I’m not familiar with Bloggerese, but can’t you use that to put it on the page you want?
http://mlb.mlb.com/video/play.jsp?content_id=21113159&topic_id=17807232
May 3rd, 2012 at 2:16 PM
/Shoots self in chest
May 3rd, 2012 at 2:18 PM
Your fantasy team is NOT A SPORT.
Someone gave an injured elephant a prosthetic leg!
May 3rd, 2012 at 2:18 PM
Duffy making a snide remark about not being able to find a Red Sox clip that was that the first thing you saw on the team’s home page is one of my favorite blogger moments ever
May 3rd, 2012 at 2:19 PM
Kings English you rotund blackguard.
/Polishes opera glasses
May 3rd, 2012 at 2:19 PM
Is this worth discussing? Probably not.
Not a sport. But carry on because I know they make some people in the comments here happy.
May 3rd, 2012 at 2:20 PM
Would you say it’s 1/3 sports?
May 3rd, 2012 at 2:20 PM
Not a sport until someone sets out to bring that motherfucker down for its precious, precious ivory
May 3rd, 2012 at 2:20 PM
Apology accepted.
May 3rd, 2012 at 2:21 PM
I’m often surprised at how haphazard his research is on a lot of things lately. He used to be pretty thorough. There’s often errors in his posts now. The capacity of a stadium being a fairly easy and recent one.
May 3rd, 2012 at 2:22 PM
Wait we were having an argument against people not talking about sports in the comments?
May 3rd, 2012 at 2:23 PM
Kings English = 1/2 bottle in
May 3rd, 2012 at 2:24 PM
In 2 hours and 2 minutes!!!
May 3rd, 2012 at 2:24 PM
I thought the post were sports/dong related, but anything went it the comment.
May 3rd, 2012 at 2:25 PM
I don’t care what anyone says. Sports are really neat and fun.
May 3rd, 2012 at 2:27 PM
Any whiskey suggestions for mint juleps on Saturday?
May 3rd, 2012 at 2:29 PM
well said.
except for the BCS part – we knew we were onto something with a playoff
May 3rd, 2012 at 2:29 PM
But will “Intern Mike” slap the TBL watermark on the MLB vids once they become available?
May 3rd, 2012 at 2:29 PM
My favorite thing about the White Sox, they might not be very good but at least the games get over quick (they’re big fans of pitching fast and swinging early and often)
May 3rd, 2012 at 2:30 PM
Makers has a mint julep flavored whiskey specifically for juleps that they only release for 3 weeks during the year. Week before Derby, Derby week and week after.
May 3rd, 2012 at 2:30 PM
Bacon and peanut butter sandwiches for everyone!
May 3rd, 2012 at 2:30 PM
A blake Griffin dunk 2 days later rules.
So does a game-winning TD.
May 3rd, 2012 at 2:32 PM
Initially, then it disappears if it’s a video from a game that occurred the previous day.
May 3rd, 2012 at 2:32 PM
“no comment.”
May 3rd, 2012 at 2:32 PM
Is there some fundamental reason why linking to a video is so much worse than embedding? To hear TBL tell it pageviews aren’t a big deal around here so who cares if readers go off-site
May 3rd, 2012 at 2:32 PM
This never rules.
May 3rd, 2012 at 2:35 PM
Check your Twitter, mantis. Got a fantasy question I’ll keep out of the comments regarding Chooch.
May 3rd, 2012 at 2:36 PM
Actually, they are allowing the Weaver to embed.
May 3rd, 2012 at 2:36 PM
This your statement or your hypothesis as to what MLB will tell me? Or am I just wasting my time in general, Jason?
May 3rd, 2012 at 2:37 PM
Makers has a mint julep flavored whiskey specifically for juleps that they only release for 3 weeks during the year. Week before Derby, Derby week and week after.
Hell yes. Thanks.
May 3rd, 2012 at 2:37 PM
There are advantages of being owned by a Fortune 500 company.
May 3rd, 2012 at 2:38 PM
Forty Creek.
Bulleit won’t break your bank and mixes well.
May 3rd, 2012 at 2:38 PM
Options, if you will.
May 3rd, 2012 at 2:40 PM
honestly, i prefer it when videos aren’t embedded…id rather open a new tab just for the video.
May 3rd, 2012 at 2:42 PM
I don’t care what anyone says. Sports are really neat and fun.
/Shots fired
May 3rd, 2012 at 2:42 PM
This is especially true for gifs, which just slow down load times to a standstill.
May 3rd, 2012 at 2:43 PM
Bulleit won’t break your bank and mixes well.
Bulleit Rye is a game changer for cheap-ish brown liquor
May 3rd, 2012 at 2:43 PM
Joking aside, my point is that if TBL approaches MLB and says, “I’m EIC of thebiglead.com” vs saying, “I’m EIC of thebiglead.com of the USA Today Sports Media” he instantly has name recognition.
And if he can sell the embedding for not just his site, but all of USA Today, not only would MLB be more likely be to agree to such a large opportunity, but then he would have a monopoly on baseball videos that nobody else in the internet would have.
May 3rd, 2012 at 2:44 PM
Juleps are sweet by their nature, i’d go with a bourbon with a higher rye content, like Bulleit($) or Woodford($$) (Maker’s and other wheated bourbons are too sweet for my tastes). Woodford is the official bourbon of theKentucky Derby, too. They have special 1L bottles this time of year.
May 3rd, 2012 at 2:45 PM
Hold up. Isn’t USA Today and MLB Advance Media in some sort of partnership?
May 3rd, 2012 at 2:45 PM
I tried, St. Bear. Got a “no comment.” Even offered to do the leg work with no compensation necessary. Jason isn’t interested in promoting baseball for money.
May 3rd, 2012 at 2:46 PM
Well this post looks like a dumpster fire.
May 3rd, 2012 at 2:47 PM
In fact, USA Today and MLB Advanceed Media are partnering in something
May 3rd, 2012 at 2:48 PM
Woah. Yup!
May 3rd, 2012 at 2:49 PM
Woodford Reserve
May 3rd, 2012 at 2:49 PM
The plot thickens!
May 3rd, 2012 at 2:49 PM
Oooo, are we talking about booze? We had two and a half handles of Famous Grouse left over from our wedding reception. A month and a half later and only part of one handle is left. Free booze goes quickly.
May 3rd, 2012 at 2:50 PM
Woodford Reserve
I tried Woodford for the first time two years ago. I find it to be too sugary.
May 3rd, 2012 at 2:51 PM
Quite true, Joe Posanski left for this venture. Interesting to see what happens. Perhaps there’s more here than we think hence TBL’s “No comment”.
May 3rd, 2012 at 2:52 PM
CJ/STB
You guys are way behind. Did you not see the Posnanski news we broke?
May 3rd, 2012 at 2:53 PM
The go to hell
May 3rd, 2012 at 2:54 PM
The go to hell
I didn’t say you weren’t allowed to like it. I don’t care for it though. Belleit is my bourbon of choice.
May 3rd, 2012 at 2:54 PM
Stubborn Grouse > Famous Grouse
/K. Roth Binew Dies
May 3rd, 2012 at 2:54 PM
Sugary isn’t a word I’d use to describe Woodford. I’d go with balanced, though i think they do have a heavier char on the barrel which could lead to the sugary description. What bourbon do you usually drink?
May 3rd, 2012 at 2:55 PM
I keep this.
May 3rd, 2012 at 2:56 PM
You welcome
May 3rd, 2012 at 2:57 PM
So this means what we are talking about is even easier to accomplish since your foot is already in the door.
May 3rd, 2012 at 2:57 PM
I go with “perfection”
Vodka
May 3rd, 2012 at 3:00 PM
Oh, i got my barrel on order. Should be ready in 2015.
May 3rd, 2012 at 3:04 PM
Sugary isn’t a word I’d use to describe Woodford. I’d go with balanced, though i think they do have a heavier char on the barrel which could lead to the sugary description. What bourbon do you usually drink?
Bulleitt. Knob Creek. Basil Hayden. All personal favorites.
May 3rd, 2012 at 3:04 PM
Isn’t hockey essentially soccer on ice with punching allowed? They are both terminal to watch.
May 3rd, 2012 at 3:04 PM
no comment
May 3rd, 2012 at 3:14 PM
No pigeon holing then. Bulliet and Buffalo Trace are my $20 bottles. Bulliet is in-your-face with the rye, which i like. Knob Creek is ok, but at that $$, i’m a Woodford fan. I was never able to get into Basil, too sweet and not strong enough (proof) for me. Different strokes and all… Have you tried Weller 107? That’s what I go for when I want a wheated whiskey.
May 3rd, 2012 at 3:15 PM
Oh, and Pendleton > Crown Royal
May 3rd, 2012 at 3:21 PM
Pendleton > Crown Royal > Barry Bonds
/ 1991 MVP’d
May 3rd, 2012 at 3:28 PM
i am into Old Pogue right now bourbon folks
May 3rd, 2012 at 3:29 PM
meant to link, had to fight off ice goblins
http://www.oldpogue.com/
May 3rd, 2012 at 3:32 PM
Old Pogue is on my try soon list. Same distillery makes Willet, my new favorite (not the one in the pot still bottle).
May 3rd, 2012 at 3:34 PM
Along with Murph.
May 3rd, 2012 at 3:35 PM
This is the funniest thing I have seen on TBL today.
May 3rd, 2012 at 3:36 PM
Two t’s in Willett, dammit.
May 3rd, 2012 at 3:40 PM
No offense, but fuck mint juleps. A waste of good whiskey.
/ Team Fuck Mojitos as well
May 3rd, 2012 at 3:42 PM
Did he revise his Paterno book to focus on the pederasts? Otherise, yawn.
May 3rd, 2012 at 3:43 PM
nada, you are correct about the julep. i like mojitos.
ice makes a nice mixer w/bourbon
May 3rd, 2012 at 3:45 PM
You are a man of taste, vez.
Now let’s shut this stread down, as we are wont to do with so many others.
May 3rd, 2012 at 3:46 PM
i’m gone