Caption this

[batmagadanleadoff]

It's another baseball themed "Caption This" contest from The New Yorker. So caption this....

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[Benjamin Grimm]

"When I told my wife I needed a new pair of spikes, this wasn't what I had in mind."

[Zvon]

batmagadanleadoff wrote: [fimg=555]http://legacy.newyorker.com/images/2014/09/01/p465/140901_contest_p465.jpg[/fimg] "In 1922 we won it all. That was the year I pumped Ty Cobb."

[Guest d'Kong76]

batmagadanleadoff wrote: [fimg=555]http://legacy.newyorker.com/images/2014/09/01/p465/140901_contest_p465.jpg[/fimg] "You fart?" "Nah, I think it was the guy in the heels."

[HahnSolo]

"Skip's been listening to Annie Savoy a bit too much, I think."

[Lefty Specialist]

batmagadanleadoff wrote: It's another baseball themed "Caption This" contest from The New Yorker. So caption this.... [fimg=555]http://legacy.newyorker.com/images/2014/09/01/p465/140901_contest_p465.jpg[/fimg] "Boy, these stirrups are killing me."

[Edgy MD]

"Advertising on uniforms, they said. Big money for the union, they said. Then the Mets go out and sign a sponsorship deal with Valentino."

[MFS62]

"When I saw Derek Jeter wearing them, I just knew I had to have a pair".

Later

[Guest d'Kong76]

d'Kong76 wrote: batmagadanleadoff wrote: [fimg=555]http://legacy.newyorker.com/images/2014/09/01/p465/140901_contest_p465.jpg[/fimg] "Thank you! They're from The Joe Torre Collection, available exclusively at Bloomie's"

[smg58]

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"They were attached to my locker with a note that said KNOW YOUR PLACE ROOK!"

[Zvon]

batmagadanleadoff wrote: [fimg=555]http://legacy.newyorker.com/images/2014/09/01/p465/140901_contest_p465.jpg[/fimg] "It isn't the mountains ahead to climb that wear you down. It's the pebble in your pump." ________________Thump Pumperino, manager of the Long Island Legstockings

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

"Bunting here would be the safe move, yep." [spits; scratches genitals] "But how sexy is it?"

[Lefty Specialist]

batmagadanleadoff wrote: [fimg=555]http://legacy.newyorker.com/images/2014/09/01/p465/140901_contest_p465.jpg[/fimg] "Sure, I always slide feet-first. Why do you ask?"

[batmagadanleadoff]

It's another baseball themed "Caption This" contest from The New Yorker. So caption this.... [fimg=555]http://legacy.newyorker.com/images/2014/09/01/p465/140901_contest_p465.jpg[/fimg]

The three finalists:

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[Zvon]

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: "Bunting here would be the safe move, yep." [spits; scratches genitals] "But how sexy is it?"

This wins here and beats all of those. Especially if you imagine Zap Brannigan(Futurama) as the guy.

[Guest d'Kong76]

I dunno, the 'get me my flats' line is pretty good.

[Zvon]

d'Kong76 wrote: I dunno, the 'get me my flats' line is pretty good.

It is. It's the top of those three. And a close 2nd.

I really tried to come up with a caption (I bet we all did) involving a walk to the mound but I couldn't think of a funny way to put it. The "flats" one nails it.

[Zvon]

Lefty Specialist wrote: [fimg=555]http://legacy.newyorker.com/images/2014/09/01/p465/140901_contest_p465.jpg[/fimg] "Boy, these stirrups are killing me."

This ones up there too, in my book.

[Guest cooby]

"When I saw Derek Jeter wearing them, I just knew I had to have a pair". Later

I liked this one

[Fman99]

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"They're ruby red, actually, not just red. They match my giant puffed up labia."