McNeil traded to Sacramento

[Edgy MD]

That is beautiful.

 

He was quite something.

Ritchie Blackmore once said when he first heard

Ronnie James sing it made the hair on is neck stand

at attention.

Anyway, we now return to the McNutuy thread...

 

I didn't like that song back in the day. The synth line sounded goofy even for a record from the era of goofy synth lines.

Funny how the other guys in the band don't even appear until the vid is 3/4 over. Does Vinny Appice even get in there?

[whippoorwill]

I realize that there is a good chance I am dead before he reaches the majors (assuming he does).

 

Yup©, I thought the exact same thing hahaha...

 

You're thinking about my impending doom too?! Good God, I am decrepit.

Yesterday afternoon, I went outside to fix my back yard gate, and I'm out there, bending into the corner, ratchet-wrenching away, changing bolts and re-hanging the gate, thinking I'm a badass, and the neighbor lady and her busybody grade-school daughter came over because they saw me crouched over in the corner of the yard and thought I had died.

You are blessed with good neighbors

How’s the oven doing?

[Edgy MD]

The oven is brilliant but frightening. It has always had a spring on its right hinge, but not on its left. Now it has springs on both sides. It holds the heat a lot better, but it is constantly looking to snap shut on our forearms.

Sadly, returning my oven to a state of usability has not helped me prevent the loss of Jeff McNeil, so my theory has fallen apart.

[ashie62]

I needed the laughs above

This has been the Hunger Games holiday season here

[ashie62]

BILLY

Hey, Jeff. I’ve been thinking... I want you to ... .

JEFF

You gonna teach me something?

BILLY

Excuse me?

JEFF

I’ve never seen a president of baseball operations talk to players.

BILLY

You’ve never seen a PoBO who was a player.

JEFF

Huh.

BILLY

Is there a problem?

JEFF

It’s okay, man. I know your stupid horseshit. It’s a patter, it’s rap, it’s for effect. That’s okay. But it’s for them, it’s not for me.

BILLY

You’re special?

JEFF

You’re ****ing paying me 15.75 million bucks so I guess I ****ing am a little.

BILLY

As a matter of fact, I’m not "****ing" paying you 15.75 million bucks, Jeff. The Mets are paying over one third of your salary. That’s what the New York Mets think of you. They’re paying you five and three quarters million dollars to play against them.

JEFF

Where the **** you going with this, Billy?

BILLY

You’re almost 34, Jeff. Almost as old as Brad Pitt when he first shot this scene. Let’s be honest with each other about what we each want. I want to milk the last ounce of baseball you have left in you, and you want to stay in The Show. So let’s do ...

JEFF

This is ****ing Sacramento, Billy. It only technically counts as The Show.

BILLY

I was saying ... you want to stay in The Show. So let’s do ...

JEFF

When we're on the road, I guess that counts as The Show.

BILLY

So let’s ...

JEFF

The part of the show that everybody is ****ing rooting against, but sure, it's "The Show."

BILLY

Are you done?

JEFF

Just "being honest," as you say, Bill.

BILLY

Where was I? ... I’m not paying you to be the red-ass you used to be, I’m paying you to be the red-ass you are now. You’re foul. You're profane. You understand that the world is a filthy cesspool of outrages piled upon outrages. I need you to set an example for the younger guys. Take a leadership role. Teach them your filthy, filthy, prophetic profanity. The ****ing **********! this. And the Biggest ******** I've ever seen! that. You could really help us here.

JEFF

Wherever the **** "here" is.

BILLY

We’re cool?

JEFF

Eat my *******, Bily.

BILLY

All right.

 

This is gold