Calling it
Act I
[Tuesday, Ian and Will sit in a first-base-side mezzanine box at RFK Memorial Stadium. On the field, Pittsburgh Pirates shortstop Jack Wilson approaches the plate.]
Will:
HOME RUN JACK!
Ian:
What’s that?
Will:
It’s from Hook.
Ian:
Oh, excellent.
Will:
HOME RUN JACK! [Looks at the scoreboard.] Ah, two home runs this year. He’s due.
Ian:
Nah, he’s not really amped to hit a solo home run right now.
Will:
Sure he is.
[Wilson hits a home run.]
Act II
[Wednesday, Ian and Will are in the same box. With two runners on base, Pirates first baseman Adam LaRoche comes to the plate.]
Ian:
Look, he’s calling his shot.
Will:
No he isn’t.
Ian:
Yeah, look, he’s calling it. Center field!
Will:
It’s just a pause in his warm-up swing. Look: swing, pause. See?
Ian:
He’s calling it.
[LaRoche homers to center.]
The end.
max wrote:
I take it the pirates still didn’t win either of those games. By the way, I picked up in the Hook reference immediately.
Posted on 07-Jun-07 at 3:09 pm | Permalink
Will wrote:
They won the first, 7-6, and lost the second, 6-5. The loss was especially painful because it came from a wild pitch in the bottom of the ninth with the bases loaded.
Posted on 07-Jun-07 at 3:09 pm | Permalink
max wrote:
Well at least you know the management really respects the city by investing in the team.
Posted on 07-Jun-07 at 5:05 pm | Permalink
b wrote:
RUN HOME JACK! RUN HOME JACK!
…noo, NO! you’ve got it all wrong!
SWIIIIIIIIIITCH!
Posted on 14-Jun-07 at 1:24 pm | Permalink