Can I give you a word I love that you just don’t hear anymore?
Zany.
It used to be that all kinds of stuff was described as “zany,” but it seems to have mostly gone out for fancier words like “dysfunctional.”
Now, I bring this up because most sports franchises are pretty standard issue. Oh, some are rich, some poor, some win, some lose, but only one currently, to my mind, descends to the dear old level of zany. That is the Miami Marlins, formerly the Florida Marlins, or, now, as I like to call them, given their location in Little Havana, the Los Zanyos.
...Look, so many famous people are interviewed every day that, by the laws of chance, a certain number are bound to say something they kinda sorta really didn’t mean to put it in that context. OK, fair enough. But: “I love Fidel Castro?” This is like saying, “Bring back polio,” or “Hooray for fire, plague and pestilence.” Talk about terrifying the fish.
Also, for the fifth year in a row the Marlins have a new motto—all of which have been singularly dull. May I suggest for 2013 just, “Here are your zany Miami Marlins.” Or, “Aqui, Cubanos amigos: Los Zanyos.”
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Posted: April 19, 2012 at 06:26 AM |
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1. Leroy Kincaid Posted: April 19, 2012 at 07:30 AM (#4110334)Zany.
Dammit. Give me a chance to answer.
In tv shows or movies from the 70s, they will always be confusing cars backfiring for gunshots. No more. Now we know the sound we just heard is an assassin's bullet.
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Also, with the proliferation of ipods and such, watches have become utterly unnecessary. (Not that I ever wore one.) People are carrying around perfectly sync'd time pieces with them. Even clocks are basically unnecessary now, as there are a number of things in your home (set top box, computer, etc.) that display the correct time.
The only Marlins team I can remember being even close to zany was the two years with Jim Leyland as manager, and as far as individual players contributing to the zaniness of baseball there was Dontrelle Willis and ..... Cliff Floyd? They traditionally do not have that much personality. Josh Johnson must be one of the most anonymous perennial Cy Young candidates ever.
Another one: Mulliniks. And the world is much poorer for it.
runners and other athletes find them handy for timing workouts/laps/etc., especially those triathlon watches with chronometers as a feature ... but otherwise, ya, seems like its easy to go without one with all the other gizmos around.
That's true but I can't imagine a room in my house without a clock (other than the bathroom). A nice clock really looks good on the wall or mantlepiece.
If that's come as a result of him not having a job in the Jays booth this year, fine with me!
Best thing I've read all day. Got me out of my Levon Helm funk.
Whereas I, of course, would no more leave the house without a watch than I would leave it with an iPod, cell phone or any other such implement of depravity.
It's about how you apparently know (more than?) your share of absolute idiots. If you ever find yourself with a chance to push them in front of onrushing vehicles, you might want to seriously consider it, just to safeguard the gene pool.
Well, do you hate people who hate bracelets? These are just bracelets with a clock face on them.
The monitor I'm reading this on is just a TV without a TV, I guess.
Also, the cat sitting on top of my CPU tower is just a dog without any dog parts.
And I'm responding to a post that's really a book, except with several dozen thousand fewer words.
This is fun!
I mean, ties, cufflinks, pocketsquares, and all jewelry basically serve no purpose anymore, but people still wear them. A watch at least serves a purpose.
You know who I bet could repress Ozzie Guillen?
Fidel Castro, that's who.
That one is a puzzler, because neck ties and earrings and other fashion accessories serve so many useful functions...
Aw, applesauce! Who doesn't like to glue their peepers onto a frail's hotsy-totsy chassis? It's the darb!
Um. Didn't you, er, answer your own question here?
The only fashion accessory I care about is a watch ... and good-looking watches are damned hard to find these days (assuming you have taste). I bought myself a lovely, minimalist Skagen with poker winnings in Melbourne -- I highly recommend that.*
* You get killed on exchange rates and fees, especially for cash. Spend it while you're there. If NZ Customs or Inland Revenue are reading this post, of course I declared it!
But I agree with others. I recently won a nice steel watch that is very easy to put on and it is much easier to look at than a cellphone.
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