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batmagadanleadoff
Aug 30 2014 01:59 AM

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]

Benjamin Grimm
Aug 30 2014 04:19 AM
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"When I told my wife I needed a new pair of spikes, this wasn't what I had in mind."

Zvon
Aug 30 2014 02:17 PM
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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."

d'Kong76
Aug 30 2014 02:24 PM
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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
Aug 30 2014 02:57 PM
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"Skip's been listening to Annie Savoy a bit too much, I think."

Lefty Specialist
Aug 30 2014 05:36 PM
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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
Aug 30 2014 08:56 PM
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"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
Aug 31 2014 11:13 AM
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"When I saw Derek Jeter wearing them, I just knew I had to have a pair".

Later

d'Kong76
Aug 31 2014 11:24 AM
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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
Aug 31 2014 11:39 AM
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"They were attached to my locker with a note that said KNOW YOUR PLACE ROOK!"

Zvon
Aug 31 2014 12:26 PM
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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

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr
Sep 01 2014 12:58 AM
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"Bunting here would be the safe move, yep." [Spits; scratches genitals] "But how sexy is it?"

Lefty Specialist
Sep 01 2014 07:00 AM
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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
Sep 14 2014 10:57 PM
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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:

[fimg=633]https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5585/15243942485_8fbf313074_o.jpg[/fimg]

Zvon
Sep 16 2014 08:36 AM
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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.

d'Kong76
Sep 16 2014 09:04 AM
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I dunno, the 'get me my flats' line is pretty good.

Zvon
Sep 16 2014 10:28 AM
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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
Sep 16 2014 10:30 AM
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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.

cooby
Sep 16 2014 06:02 PM
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"When I saw Derek Jeter wearing them, I just knew I had to have a pair".

Later

I liked this one :)

Fman99
Sep 16 2014 07:12 PM
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"They're ruby red, actually, not just red. They match my giant puffed up labia."