04/20/24
June 22, 2006
Flappage: explained.
posted by mr_crash_davis to baseball at 06:18 PM - 9 comments
The dumbass look only works if your hat brim is approximately 15 degrees off-center of your face as well.
posted by mjkredliner at 11:12 PM on June 22, 2006
So Tim Raines was a crackhead? I wonder if he ran the bases while coked up (Ol' Tyrone Biggums ass muffa.)
posted by curtangle at 12:15 AM on June 23, 2006
Supposedly he developed his head first slide so as not to break the vials in his pockets (according to Ken Burns' Baseball). Guess he didn't feel comfortable leaving them in his locker.
posted by yerfatma at 06:08 AM on June 23, 2006
Guess he didn't feel comfortable leaving them in his locker. Come on man, you know a crackhead never feels secure if he don't have his shit on him at all times.
posted by The_Black_Hand at 06:20 AM on June 23, 2006
We always called them blinkers, if your pocket is out your blinker was on.
posted by tron7 at 10:03 AM on June 23, 2006
We always called them blinkers I have a mouse in my pocket.
posted by tron7 at 10:11 AM on June 23, 2006
Yup, blinkers is the correct nomenclature in our league...signaling your intention to swing a bat and make three left turns. Glad they included the Rico Carty wallet story, it's one of my favorite nuggets from Ball Four.
posted by vito90 at 12:45 PM on June 23, 2006
This link from the FPP, is classic. The stories about Mickey McDermott setting his pants on fire, and the exchange about the dropped gun are hilarious. The increase in flappage is probably due to the continued growth of body armor. Those elbow guards are hard to get in and out of there, man.
posted by BullpenPro at 01:44 PM on June 23, 2006
Manny's been doing this for years. The message he's sending is, "I didn't know not to do that." Probably picked it up from Carl Everett along with the dumbass habit of tucking their pant legs into their cleats. Underneath.