mtcal wrote:

thephan wrote:In the Athletic comments under a story about pending FAs that might get traded, someone suggested Hoskins get moved for pitching, then the discussion turned to the idea that he would net, at best, a #4 pitcher. That was something.

wip guy was saying this too so i turned it off.

BigEd76 wrote:Gabe says Nola will stay on the usual 5th day schedule, so he'll pitch Sunday in Miami and potentially game 162

ReadingPhilly wrote:

BigEd76 wrote:Gabe says Nola will stay on the usual 5th day schedule, so he'll pitch Sunday in Miami and potentially game 162

he'll be only the fifth pitcher in the last decade to start 35 games if they stay this course per gelb's subscriber ($) athletic piece.

Yes, instead of a puny little hand-held hot-dog-spewing device, the Phanatic got a whole vehicle, equipped with a sensational truck-mounted six-foot-long launcher, which was disguised as a giant hot dog. Plus it was vastly more high-powered, up to 400 PSI. And that meant, he said, “that we could shoot a hot dog out of the ballpark if the conditions were right.”

So … I asked … have you ever shot a hot dog completely out of the park?

He laughed. Oh, yes, he had.

About a decade ago, during a commercial shoot before a game, he reported, the gang got a little carried away – and propelled three hot dogs over the stands behind first base, just for kicks. It seemed like an entertaining idea at the time.

But later that afternoon, Burgoyne said, he was in his office and noticed a commotion outside. So he popped out and asked: “What’s going on?”

“There’s a bomb scare,” he was told.

So he flipped on his TV, tuned it to the local news, and guess what he found?

“Reporting live,” said the live reporter, “outside Citizens Bank Park, where workers are being evacuated because of three oblong packages found near the First Base Gate.”

“Uh-oh,” thought the last man who’d seen those oblong objects. So Burgoyne went flying down the hall to tell one of his bosses, “They’re not bombs. They’re hot dogs!”

Oops. Too late. Before word could reach the outside world, the bomb squad had detonated three foil-wrapped hot dogs. And order was restored. Well, as much order as a humongous green mascot bird would ever allow to be restored, anyway.

ReadingPhilly wrote:

BigEd76 wrote:Gabe says Nola will stay on the usual 5th day schedule, so he'll pitch Sunday in Miami and potentially game 162

he'll be only the fifth pitcher in the last decade to start 35 games if they stay this course per gelb's subscriber ($) athletic piece.

PTOITWCFTPP wrote:That’s incredible

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