#TBT to when I was thrown out at Arkansas for arguing balls and strikes...
Once I was tossed, the umpire told me to go “where he could not see me.”
So naturally, I went and stood on home plate.
A home plate umpire dropped his phone so I hung on to it until he blew a call.
I went out to argue and handed him his phone.
“Who’s phone is this?” the umpire asked...
“I figured it was yours. It had a lot of missed calls.”
#ThrownOutThursday (I mean, #ThrowBackThursday.)
Today is the first Opening Day in 55 years where I won’t be in a dugout wearing the uniform...
On the bright side, I can smoke all the cigars I want while watching baseball.
(No more smoke break trips to the bullpen.)
Good luck to everyone this season.
Someone just tried explaining Throwback Thursday to me... so I thought I’d give it a shot.
If I remember correctly, my buddy and I were trying to decide where to eat after the game. #TBT
Welcome home, Coach Polk!
Legendary coach Ron Polk will return to Mississippi State as Special Assistant to the Athletic Director.
#HailState🐶
hailstate.com/news/2020/5/13…
The @NCAA limits baseball roster sizes to 35 players.
We’re the only sport that has such a hindering restriction.
That is why I now wear #35… in protest of the NCAA.
Whenever it was late in a game, we were losing by a lot (which wasn't often), and I was ready for a cigar, I would play my automatic ejection card...
All I had to say was:
"How'd we get a junior high umpire callin' an SEC game?"
Worked every time.
#ThrownOutThursday
Someone told me I had gotten too "soft" on Twitter lately.
Here was my response:
"Oh yeah, well I heard you were a .400 hitter in college...
.100 your Freshman year,
.100 your Sophomore year,
.100 your Junior year,
.100 your Senior year."
You may back-up the same routine throw 100+ times in a season.
Maybe it only saves your team 1-2 runs a year... But every run counts.
It takes no talent to backup throws... Just attitude and effort.
You have a place to be on every single play...
Get there.
Umpire was having a rough game at LSU, so I'd frequently ask: "Where was that last pitch at?"
Guy must've been an English major as he finally replied: "Don't you know you don't end a sentence with a preposition?"
Me: "You're right. Where was that last pitch at, Knucklehead?"
People keep asking how much time I will spend driving to my 34 speaking events over the next 38 days...
Well, instead of hours on the road, I think of it in terms of cigars smoked.
For instance:
Birmingham to Nashville = 2 cigar drive
Birmingham to Memphis = 3 cigar drive
The drag bunt can add 10-15 points to your average over a season, and you don’t have to be a plus runner for it to be effective.
Execution & deception are the keys... Not speed.
Showing bunt from time to time will also bring the corners in, giving you more hitting real estate.
