Tuesday, March 04, 2008

Awful Injuries

Talk about burying the lede. In the ninth paragraph of a story on Soriano's broken finger, the Cubs official website unleashes this bewildering passage:

The Cubs have had a variety of injuries this spring. So far, infielder Mark DeRosa was hospitalized with an irregular heartbeat, pitcher Jose Ascanio had a bruised face after getting punched in a robbery attempt, and outfielder Felix Pie missed a couple of days early because of a twisted testicle.


This begs a few questions. One, how did Pie twist said testicle? Two, why isn't this a story in and of itself? You didn't think people would notice this sentence? Third, why does he insist that the pronounciation is "PEE-yay" instead of, well, "pie". Because I almost had a new favorite player.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Baker, I'm glad to your pre-PC/Bar blogging style. Post like this just make the day brighter.

Anonymous said...

Apparently I can't type...that is supposed to say "I'm glad you are back to your..."

Anonymous said...

One might twist said testicle all day, but only to a certain point. He apparently danced with the devil in the pale moonlight.