SB Nation User Blog: ralphie81

Felix took action after reading Jeff's "Portrait of a Lost Cause" post yesterday.

ralphie81 — Wed, 13 May 2009 16:00:44 -0000

Felix took action after reading Jeff's "Portrait of a Lost Cause" post yesterday.

I Forgot How Dumb Fans Can Be

ralphie81 — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 05:29:29 -0000

You may have too, so for those of you that couldn't make it down to Spring Training, let this be a warning to those that may get caught off guard by what fans may utter around you at the ballpark come April. The addition of Griffey, as most here may assume, did not help this at all.

Case in point: at the first ball hit in Griffey's direction during Saturday's game against the A's (his second start in LF), a guy behind me exclaimed as Griffey tracked down the ball (which probably wouldn't have been caught by anyone) "he's not hustling at all". All of his friends started chiming in their various forms of agreement. Newsflash, Sherlock. Griffey was last in a Mariner uniform 10 years ago. If you do the math, that makes him 10 years older. Add in the 3 million injuries and you should be surprised he's not in a wheelchair. One can only hope that this will just help convince people what we already know: Griffey doesn't belong in the outfield.

A few innings later, after Griffey walked (not intentionally), a woman offered her opinion that walks should positively affect batting average. "It is so dumb that Ichiro and these guys who get intentionally walked don't get the chance to raise their batting average," she moaned. Uh, first of all, that's what OBP is for. Additionally, walking keeps your batting average high, because otherwise you're more likely to lower it than raise it.

To top it off, a girl in the row in front of me wildly waved her cellphone in the air and shouted "I'm right behind third plate!!!"

Rizzs' Griffey Rap Video from 1990

ralphie81 — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 23:27:17 -0000

Rizzs' Griffey Rap Video from 1990

"I Can Hit This"...no, it's not about a teen with low self esteem considering his options at a party, it's a parody of "Can't Touch This", with vocals by none other than Rick Rizzs. I don't think I can ever view him in the same light again. Take a look, if you dare.

This was in the Father's Day video on mlb.com (sent to me via email). Something about the sad,...

ralphie81 — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 23:37:43 -0000

This was in the Father's Day video on mlb.com (sent to me via email). Something about the sad, distant look in Richie's eye combined with the spelling error made it rather humorous to me.

Richie Screenshot?

ralphie81 — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 17:16:05 -0000

Did anyone get a screen capture of Richie Sexson's frustration after he struck out on the low outside pitch with the bases loaded and the game on the line on Tuesday? Seems like that would be fitting for many a situation. Not just for Richie of course, but for Wilkerson, Morse, JImerson, Bloomquist, Cairo, Ibanez, Beltre, Lopez, Betancourt...even Ichiro. (Can anyone tell I'm trying to get to the 75 word minimum?)