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posted on March 13, 2013 at 11:50 AM by Esoteric throws a 'hard slider' to hall of fame, obituaries, seattle mariners | 24 comment(s)

I’m genuinely gutted. Sullivan was hands-down my favorite baseball writer on the internet.

For a guy who makes his living as a professional writer, I don’t know a whole lot about quality writing. This is one of the reasons I don’t like to self-identify as a writer, not that “blogger” is any better. But I do know that, when reporting news, you’re supposed to lead with the substance. This is why they call it the “lead”, or the “lede” if you want to seem smarter. With that in mind, my lede: this ...

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1. Davo Mastroianni posted on March 09, 2012 at 05:56 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

"When we were getting him into the ambulance (this morning) he had MLB (Network) TV on."

I think that's the way we'd all like to go out.

2. Charlie O posted on March 09, 2012 at 06:06 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

I'd rather go out playing but having it on TV is an acceptable substitute.

3. The Long Arm of Rudy Law posted on March 09, 2012 at 06:49 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Assuming it's too late do die playing MLB, I want to be killed by the walk-off grand slam by Paul Konerko VI that ends the World Series the next time the White Sox win it.

4. FancyPantsHandle glistening with foreign substance posted on March 09, 2012 at 06:54 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

"When we were getting him into the ambulance (this morning) he had MLB (Network) TV on."

I think that's the way we'd all like to go out.

I'd rather go out playing but having it on TV is an acceptable substitute.

To hell with that! If I get to choose how I am going out, it will be having sex with 3 hot chicks at the smae time!

5. phredbird

posted on March 09, 2012 at 07:08 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

To hell with that! If I get to choose how I am going out, it will be having sex with 3 hot chicks at the smae time!

... with MLB on TV at the same time!

6. Gonfalon Bubble posted on March 09, 2012 at 07:14 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Why settle for three hot chicks? Triple 'em! They're my prime nine... what's yours?

7. Bob Meta-Meusel posted on March 09, 2012 at 07:20 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

To hell with that! If I get to choose how I am going out, it will be having sex with 3 hot chicks at the smae time!

... with MLB on TV at the same time!

Well, that'll make thinking about baseball easier.

8. jingoist posted on March 09, 2012 at 07:31 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Phrebird, Gonfalon and Fancy Pants:
If you have 1, 3 or 9 "hot chicks" at your disposal you certainly can't be concentrating on the baseball game and still be performing whatever you hope to perform.
Unless of course you gentlemen are Ubermen!

9. vortex of dissipation posted on March 09, 2012 at 07:37 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

I met him at a party
And he told me how to drive him home
He said he liked to do it backwards
I said, "That's just fine with me
That way we can #### and watch TV"

10. boteman posted on March 10, 2012 at 01:38 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

Why settle for three hot chicks? Triple 'em! They're my prime nine... what's yours?

While you're doing multiplication I figure somebody would go all the way to the magic 72 vestal virgins...

AND MLB on TV at the same time. That's The One True Way into baseball heaven.

R.I.P. Harry.

11. depletion posted on March 10, 2012 at 11:47 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

A good ump for a long time. Condolences to Harry's family and friends.

Listening to the Mets win the World Series on the radio in my Ferrari while getting ####n and hitting a cement wall at 180 mph.

12. RMc don't hate anyone Asian posted on March 10, 2012 at 01:26 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

I want to die quickly and without pain, like my grandfather did.
Not screaming in agony, like the other people in the car Gramps was driving.

13. Pasta-diving Jeter (jmac66) posted on March 10, 2012 at 02:23 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Interesting Wendelstedt anecdote here,. (for the record, Harry vehemently denied that it ever happened)

14. puck posted on March 10, 2012 at 03:44 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

I got distracted at that link by another link to SI "Classic spring training shots."

15. Benji Gil Gamesh Rises posted on March 10, 2012 at 03:56 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

... with MLB on TV at the same time!

...and eating a hot dog (or pastrami).

16. Perry posted on March 10, 2012 at 10:32 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

I want to die quickly and without pain, like my grandfather did.
Not screaming in agony, like the other people in the car Gramps was driving.

Sigh... some people just can't tell jokes properly. It's "I want to die peacefully, in my sleep, like my grandfather. Not screaming in fear, like the passengers in his car."

17. Perry posted on March 10, 2012 at 10:38 PM # hit 0 | hit 0

Interesting Wendelstedt anecdote here,. (for the record, Harry vehemently denied that it ever happened)

An excerpt from a pretty decent book, in which the author Lee Gutkind spent a season traveling with Harry's crew. I think it was called The Best Seat In Baseball, But You Have to Stand. There's a funnier Wendelstedt story in it involving a beautiful woman in the stands in Montreal.

18. Ron J posted on March 11, 2012 at 04:52 AM # hit 0 | hit 0

#16 My grandpa was driving a bus!

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