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Sunday, March 14, 2010

Dear Tommy John Letters: Spring Pranking

I’m more than happy to get the opportunity to face hitters, but their is one downside to their arrival: with the additional players, the hotel internet has slowed from a crawl to… something that’s even slower than a crawl. It’s not always easy to come up with productive uses of our free time, but one player has actually used the faulty internet connection to his advantage.
This unnamed player has developed an elaborate script for a prank call that has yielded some pretty funny responses.
He begins by calling a random player on his hotel phone line. He then explains that the slow internet is a result of a virus that has infected the network and possibly his computer. The only way to cure the network is to find the computer that is seeding the virus and remove it. Finally, he explains that he is calling this particular room because their computers have been flagged as threats due to recent activity. He then rattles off 5 or 6 very provocatively named pornography sites that may be the source of the problem.
The player always denies any wrongdoing - and because the caller knows nothing of the player’s actual internet usage, it is probably a safe assumption that he is being truthful (at least with regards to the 5 or 6 named sites). So, the caller quickly concedes that player’s roommate is probably the culprit. If the roommate is available, he then asks to speak with him and goes through the entire conversation all over again.
Now you have two guys (who usually don’t not know each other very well), each thinking that their roommate is visiting some pretty disturbing sounding websites. They are asked to bring their computers down to the front desk for a virus scan. The funny thing is, they are so desperate to prove their innocence that they usually comply. That’s where the are greeted by the caller and they are let in on the joke.
Good stuff.

Tripon Posted: March 14, 2010 at 03:59 AM | 13 comment(s) | Login to Bookmark
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   1. bobm Posted: March 14, 2010 at 01:23 PM (#3478870)
Jim Bouton's got nothing to worry about.

He then rattles off 5 or 6 very provocatively named pornography sites ... Now you have two guys (who usually don’t not know each other very well), each thinking that their roommate is visiting some pretty disturbing sounding websites. They are asked to bring their computers down to the front desk for a virus scan. The funny thing is, they are so desperate to prove their innocence that they usually comply.


This is pretty sad. These are baseball players (with access to groupies), not bloggers sitting in their mothers' basements.
   2. Tripon Posted: March 14, 2010 at 01:25 PM (#3478871)
They're minor league ball players who aren't likely bonus babies. Not exactly the type groupies would gravitate to.
   3. Swedish Chef Posted: March 14, 2010 at 01:35 PM (#3478876)
This is pretty sad. These are baseball players (with access to groupies)

I bet they watch sports too, even though they're athletes.
   4. Tripon Posted: March 14, 2010 at 02:15 PM (#3478894)
The type of porn Jeff Kent would watch: Guys washing his truck.
   5. bobm Posted: March 14, 2010 at 02:29 PM (#3478902)
The type of porn Oliver Perez would watch: Guys throwing strikes.
   6. Avoid running at all times.-S. Paige Posted: March 14, 2010 at 03:03 PM (#3478922)
The type of porn a primate would watch.
   7. Good cripple hitter Posted: March 14, 2010 at 05:05 PM (#3478967)
The type of porn a primate would watch.


That's either an Albright or chimp-on-chimp action, so I'm not clicking that. Instead, I give you the (real) type of porn a primate would watch:

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   8. Avoid running at all times.-S. Paige Posted: March 15, 2010 at 12:21 AM (#3479138)
That's exactly what it's in the link I posted, only in picture form.
   9. bbc is prejudice bout men Posted: March 15, 2010 at 02:07 AM (#3479166)
7. Good cripple hitter Posted: March 14, 2010 at 01:05 PM (#3478967)

The type of porn a primate would watch.


A Day With Brad Ausmus: Brad Ausmus goes surfing! Brad Ausmus discusses the art of pitching at the Olive Garden! Brad Ausmus poses for the Dodgers Calendar wearing nothing but his three Gold Gloves!



- oh yes YES YESSSSSSSSSSSSS
moan
drool

i was wrong when i said pr0n was boring. wrong wrong RONGGGGG
   10. Tripon Posted: March 15, 2010 at 03:08 AM (#3479197)
Do I have to watch the Ausmus porn?
   11. bbc is prejudice bout men Posted: March 15, 2010 at 03:16 AM (#3479205)
tripon

not unless you like being in the company of luscious hotties, all turned on and no off switch in sight
   12. rLr Is King Of The Romans And Above Grammar Posted: March 15, 2010 at 03:16 AM (#3479206)
Do I have to watch the Ausmus porn?

You could always costar.
   13. bbc is prejudice bout men Posted: March 15, 2010 at 03:22 AM (#3479209)
rLr Is King Of The Romans And Above Grammar Posted: March 14, 2010 at 11:16 PM (#3479206)

Do I have to watch the Ausmus porn?

You could always costar.


- as long as you look as good wearing a coffee mug as grady moresize does...
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