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October 01, 2015
SportsFilter: The Thursday Huddle:
A place to discuss the sports stories that aren't making news, share links that aren't quite front-page material, and diagram plays on your hand. Remember to count to five Mississippi before commenting in anger.
posted by Mr Bismarck at 04:05 PM on October 01, 2015
Pure gold, Mr. B.
posted by Howard_T at 09:57 PM on October 01, 2015
Commentator: "Parenting 2015!"
Since those are sorority girls, that makes them in the 18-22 year old range. Since this is the Colorado Rockies broadcast, one of those voices that decided to make fun of the women was probably Drew Goodman. Just looking at his profile, it mentions that he graduated from university in 1985, and has three boys. I wouldn't be surprised if his at least one of his boys in that same age group. So he's actually making fun of a parental group of which he is probably a member.
Also, it looks like those women are taking the selfie photos in between innings. Given how fucking annoying the between-inning "entertainment" can be at ballparks (commercial, commercial, silly scoreboard game, commercial), I'm not sure why it's such a bad thing to entertain themselves like that.
As well, I'm pretty sure that if you got a similar collection of young men together like that, they'd probably be just as pre-occupied with their smart phones as those women were, except that they'd be doing something less obvious like checking their fantasy football lineups and sending texts to their friends.
Finally, you'd think that people whose livelihood (broadcasters) depends on the sport being popular would realize that those photos they are taken are going to go onto social media, and be tagged "at the baseball game". MLB (as every other sport) would DREAM of that sort of fan-driven-advertisement, as can be pointed out by the fact that there is an ad on the screen (that they are reading out loud) that asks people to do just what those women are doing.
In summary, fuck those announcers.
posted by grum@work at 11:08 PM on October 01, 2015
If one must be reincarnated as an inanimate object, rather than preside for many decades as a majestic building, far better to live a short but satisfying life as a humble Iberian stadium baguette, sweetly created, widely desired, occasionally nibbled, firmly grasped.
posted by beaverboard at 08:03 AM on October 02, 2015
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posted by Ufez Jones at 01:18 PM on October 02, 2015
Awesome. And I'm with grum on this: if it had been 1950 you would have seen a thousand guys reading the newspaper.
posted by yerfatma at 02:05 PM on October 02, 2015
In summary, fuck those announcers.
Give him a break, he's been forced to call Rockies games all summer.
Perfect response from the sorority.
posted by tron7 at 02:23 PM on October 02, 2015
If one must be reincarnated as an inanimate object...
I feel like someone has the obligation to address the 800 lb, and apparently very stoned, gorilla in the room.
posted by tahoemoj at 02:34 PM on October 02, 2015
I feel like someone has the obligation to address the 800 lb, and apparently very stoned, gorilla in the room.
It's his roundabout way of saying "Blonde with the breadstick is hot!".
posted by grum@work at 03:03 PM on October 02, 2015
Wow, grum's analytics know no boundaries.
posted by yerfatma at 03:25 PM on October 02, 2015
It's his roundabout way of saying "Blonde with the breadstick is hot!".
Oh, I caught the joke, but that doesn't make it sound any less like a Crispin Glover fever dream.
posted by tahoemoj at 06:47 PM on October 02, 2015
I can't agree with you on this, Grum. The number of selfies those sorority members were taking with their food was eminently mockable and the announcers were not unkind. They sounded like exasperated dads of selfie generation kids.
Also, it looks like those women are taking the selfie photos in between innings.
Nope. A player got a hit and an announcer quipped, "Nobody noticed!"
posted by rcade at 07:03 PM on October 02, 2015