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Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Probably by the ACC.
The New Mexico State University baseball team says its “hitter” mannequin has been stolen.
NMSU announced Tuesday that the team reported the mannequin stolen after a player noticed that it was missing.
The six-foot tall black mannequin wearing a gray New York Yankee uniform is modeled after a baseball player holding a bat and standing at home plate. The equipment, paired with a “catcher” mannequin that was not taken, is used for pitching practice.
The hitter mannequin is valued at approximately $4,000. However, because the pitching practice mannequins are only sold in pairs, the NMSU baseball team will be forced to replace both pieces of equipment at a cost of $16,000.
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1. vortex of dissipation Posted: September 20, 2011 at 08:02 PM (#3931095)I assume it is for teaching the pitchers how to drill batters in the ass.
Holy crap, people will buy anything. I understand you need some kind of "stand in" there but you can't get something cheaper?
Well, they can't use the real thing, can they? He got burned to a crisp.
Canseco would probably do it for $500 and a case of PBR.
Don't they have freshmen on the NMSU team?
Seriously.
I'm trying to imagine this phone conversation.
NMSU Athletic Director: Hello, Acme Mannequins? I need a Pitching Practice Batter, Model 407A, price $4,000.
Acme Mannequin Guy (looking over shoulder at enormous warehouse full of assorted batting and catching mannequins in various poses and states of disrepair): Um, you gotta buy the pitcher and catcher together.
NMSU Athletic Director: Seriously? I have to pay 8,000 ####ing dollars for two mannequins when I only need one?
Acme Mannequin Guy: Um, did I say pitcher and catcher? I meant you have to buy two pairs together.
NMSU Athletic Director: Two sets? I have to pay 16,000 ####ing dollars for four mannequins when I only need one ####ing mannequin?
Acme Mannequin Guy: Yeah, they're um ... shrinkwrapped.
WINNER!!!
I figured I was the only NMSU Aggie Alum on this site. There aren't many of us that can hold a conversation. And by the way, I always preferred Go Burger to Chope's.
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