TC the Terrible

Metro policeman on the Green Line platform last night:

“People move it on to the middle of the train. Let’s pack the car right Nats fans. You not cherry-blossomers. You people know to do this. You live here.”

And before that as the crowd began to build on the platform:

Metro cop – “Sir, you can’t stop there. Keep moving to the other end of the platform.”
Cardinals fan – “Why do I have to move?”
Metro cop – “Because I want you to.”

The Cards fan kept moving. Thus proving that even a drunk will do what he’s told if the person doing the talking has a billy club and pistol.

Another banner night last night as the Nats pulled off a major victory.  THE BOY was pumped because Lannan pitched a full game shut out.  Lannan was the first major league player to sign an autograph for him, so now he’s a fan for life.   That’s all it really takes, one semi-star being nice to a kid on Sunday afternoon, to create a loyal fan.  Of course winning a few more games would help too, but that’s another story entirely.

THE WOMAN was well pleased because we had seat deep down the third base line.  Why you ask?  Because she’s got a crush on Josh Willingham the semi-decent left fielder acquired from the Marlins not that long ago. Hope she’s not crushed by the photo below.

A few days ago I asked my loyal readers to weigh in on what to do with the Barry Bonds baseball. You guys responded and pushed the vote over the top. An overwhelming majority of you (at least as many as voted for Bill Clinton back in the day) thought that branding the baseball with a big red astertik. Which is being more polite than the ‘roid boy deserves. If cramming the ball up Bond’s ass had been a choice I can only imagine how the vote would have gone.

All in all the Hall of Fame is glad to have the ball.

“This ball wouldn’t be coming to Cooperstown if Marc hadn’t bought it from the fan who caught it and then let the fans have their say,” Hall of Fame President Dale Petroskey told The Associated Press. “We’re delighted to have the ball. It’s a historic piece of baseball history.”

But just to cover their collective ass, the HOF lawyers got the right words into print. In case Bonds ever choose to sue.

Petroskey said accepting the ball did not mean the Hall in Cooperstown, N.Y., endorses the viewpoint that Barry Bonds used drugs.

Ten million people voted to put the brand on the ball. According to my un-named source over four million of those came from this site alone. Not shabby, but I wonder why the rest of you didn’t take the time to vote.