I watch it for the cheerleaders. Cheers,
frank On 9 September, 2015 9:14:35 AM EDT, "P.J. Alling" <[email protected]> wrote: >I don't watch baseball for the excitement, I watch it for the >annoyance. > >On 9/7/2015 12:03 AM, Ken Waller wrote: >> Yep, that's baseball. >> >> 15 minutes of excitement compacted into 3 hours. >> >> Kenneth Waller >> http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Knarf" <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: PESO - Mr. Dickey Throws a K >> >> >>> On a baseball scorecard "K" denotes a strikeout. >>> >>> Everything you wanted to know about scorecards: >>> >>> https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball_scorekeeping >>> >>> As it turns out, in this case it should be a backwards "K" as the >>> batter did not swing and took a called third strike ("went down >>> looking", in baseballspeak). >>> >>> Yes much of the game takes place in the infield. One of the >>> difficulties of playing outfield (I know from experience) is being >>> ready when the ball is hit your way; one can go many innings without > >>> making a play. >>> >>> Thanks for the comment! >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> frank >>> >>> On 6 September, 2015 4:03:04 PM EDT, Bob W-PDML >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> What does 'throw a K' mean? >>>> >>>> It's a nice photo. The sport seems a bit crowded, tucked into that >>>> little corner of the field. >>>> >>>> B >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> On 6 Sep 2015, at 20:59, Knarf <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> Kind of echoes my thoughts when I looked at the photo, Paul. >Except >>>> my favourite bit is the batter, body anticipating the pitch. The >ump's >>>> body position was pretty cool, too >>>>> >>>>> Thanks for the comment! >>>>> >>>>> Cheers, >>>>> >>>>> frank >>>>> >>>>>> On 4 September, 2015 11:43:03 PM EDT, Paul <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>>>> Great pix! Shows the essence of baseball - the pitcher after the >>>> ball >>>>>> is gone, the ball in mid-flight, the batter and catcher waiting >for >>>> the >>>>>> >>>>>> ball to arrive and...best of all, the ump poised to make the >call. >>>>>> >>>>>> -p >>>>>> >>>>>>> On 9/4/2015 9:29 PM, Knarf wrote: >>>>>>> So Wednesday night our company got a corporate box at The Dome >to >>>>>> watch the Blue Jays and the Cleveland First Nations ("Indians" is >>>>>> sooooo offensive) so I jumped at the chance. Never been to a box >>>>>> before; it was pretty cool. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Free beer. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> To be more accurate, "beer that someone else paid for". >Whatever, I >>>>>> liked it. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Didn't bring a long lens, so with the kit zoom I'm okay with >this >>>>>> photo. Here's ace knuckleballer R.A. Dickey throwing a strike: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>> >http://knarfdummyblog.blogspot.ca/2015/09/mr-dickey-throws-k.html?m=1 >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On a baseball scorecard a strike out is marked "K", and this >pitch >>>>>> was an inning-ending strike, hence the title. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Jays won. Maintained their lead over the hated Yankees. I got >free >>>>>> beer. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> It was a good night. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Cheers, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> frank >> >> -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
