Slow Pitch Softball On ESPN2 Was The Most Exhilarating Thing I’ve Ever Watched
Bottom of the 7th. You’re down 38-36. 2 outs. You’re also a 40 year old man with a beer gut, a dead end job, a nagging wife and 3 kids. Under the lights, on national TV. The rules state you only get to hit 10 home runs as a team, after that every HR is an out. Pressure’s on for a base knock.
You rip it to dead center. One run will score! Two runs will sco…NO! Tony the Plumber didn’t slide! He didn’t slide! He’s tagged on the beer belly at the plate! The Futures win, 38-37! The Futures win! Ghosts of Jeremy Giambi and the Jeter flip will haunt Team USA forever!
I am not even remotely kidding when I say I’d watch slow pitch softball religiously if it was aired regularly.
PS – Just did a little research and found out the most home runs in one slow pitch softball season belongs to Mike Macenko, 2nd baseman of the Steele Silver Bullets, in 1987. 844 home runs in a 350 game season. That is just absolutely tremendous. The fact that it still stands 25 years later is a testament to just how prolific Mike Macenko was.
Joe Carter’s brother Larry is one of the all time greats. Gotta be a funny Thankgiving dinner, one is a MLB HOFer and the other plays softball.
How were there more runs than hits? Were people really being walked, or hit?
37 runs 37 hits for USA; 39 runs 38 hits Futures if I remember correctly.
I’m too drunk to taste this chicken.
350 game season is absolutely bananas.
just looked up the roster and apparently team USA’s assistant coach’s name is Randy Raper. His last name is fucking Raper. I love this sport.
He followed his 844 HRs in 1987 by swatting 830 HRs with 1667 RBIs in 1988.
Sliding would not have helped.
Men’s Softball might be gayer than soccer.
I’d rather watch Sanjay Gupta spell “immunotelectrophoretically.” It would be a much more impressive display of athleticism.
Head coach of the women’s national team got his start as a men’s slow pitch player. FACT.
love the guy who scored first telling him to slide- nah I’ll pass man! And it looks like he missed the plate anyways.
Appearantly no testing in this game. These guys are dripping with fake testosterone, I thought the pitcher was gna kill the umpire after he didn’t get a strike call. GET A JOB!
Appearantly no testing in this game. These guys are dripping with fake testosterone, I thought the pitcher was gna kill the umpire after he didn’t get a strike call. GET A JOB!
they have jobs. and the best of the best get paid 30K – 100K+ to play in a dozen tournaments over summer. your ignorance is comical
How has no one commented on the fact the pitcher had a helmet on?
if he doesn’t wear a helmet and someone hits a missle at his face and he can’t react fast enough then he’s dead. if you walked out there you’d wear a helmet, shin guards under pants and a cup too otherwise you’re open for death. he actually got drilled in the lower quad by a rocket later in the game because it was hit so damn hard