BEST JOB EVER .... EVER!
I'm getting this info second or third hand, but it's come from several different and reliable sources so I will assume it is at least 90% authentic and go ahead and tell you the story. (not that it had to be even close to 90% authentic for me to tell it)
So for you non sports fans, Sammy Sosa hit his 600th career homerun the other night. Again, for you non sports fans ... that's pretty good. He's only the 5th player in the history of the game to have achieved this number of homers. Whether he was on steroids in the late nineties or not ... it's still pretty impressive. He signed a one year minor league deal with the Rangers and since he only needed 16 homers this year to reach this mark it was pretty much a given that he would do it in a Rangers uniform. So apparently since spring training the guys in the bullpen, headed by reliever C.J. Wilson have been hatching the following plan on the off chance the home run landed in their bullpen in right center field ... which it did.
For a long time I've been of the belief that being a major league bullpen catcher is in fact the greatest job on the planet. You don't make much money but compared to the average person you probably make a decent salary. Enough to live on for sure. The thing is you get to go to every baseball game during the season. You get to play catch with major league pitchers and just when you're down on yourself about not having nearly as much money as the actual players around you, you remember that you're friends with most of them and if they ever invite you out with them or on vacation they will most likely pick up the tab just to have you along for the ride ... that is assuming you're cool enough for them to want to hang with you and when I think about this job I see myself doing it and I know I'm cool enough ... so go with it. So anyways, back to the story of the 600th homerun. The ball actually landed in the Rangers' bullpen and seemed to be picked up by reliever Akinori Otsuka. Apparently after he got the ball he slyly rolled the ball over to the bullpen catcher. The catcher did not know what the other guys were trying to do so he picked the ball up and handed to a security guard. Once in the hands of the security guard the bullpen catcher was the official retriever of the ball. It was his to do with what he wanted. He could put it on eBay and see how much money he could get for it. He could display it on his mantle at home. He could simply give it back to Sammy (which was probably expected). Anything he wanted. Apparently this guy drives some sort of old beat up Cadillac. Actually according to him it's not that bad of a car, but you can imagine it's nothing like the ones his coworkers drive. So a day or two after Sammy hit the homer, the bullpen collectively announced they were holding the ball hostage until Sammy bought the bullpen catcher a new car. This is genius. Absolute genius. Of course the guy would have given it back if Sammy really insisted. It was just a joke. And you asked me, it's a pretty funny joke. I haven't heard if the guy got his new car yet ... but if he does it will in fact confirm my thoughts bullpen catcher is the greatest job ever. I haven't seen any postings for one on monster.com but if anyone runs across one, let me know. So congratulations to Sammy and congratulations to unnamed bullpen catcher. It was a hell of a week.
So for you non sports fans, Sammy Sosa hit his 600th career homerun the other night. Again, for you non sports fans ... that's pretty good. He's only the 5th player in the history of the game to have achieved this number of homers. Whether he was on steroids in the late nineties or not ... it's still pretty impressive. He signed a one year minor league deal with the Rangers and since he only needed 16 homers this year to reach this mark it was pretty much a given that he would do it in a Rangers uniform. So apparently since spring training the guys in the bullpen, headed by reliever C.J. Wilson have been hatching the following plan on the off chance the home run landed in their bullpen in right center field ... which it did.
For a long time I've been of the belief that being a major league bullpen catcher is in fact the greatest job on the planet. You don't make much money but compared to the average person you probably make a decent salary. Enough to live on for sure. The thing is you get to go to every baseball game during the season. You get to play catch with major league pitchers and just when you're down on yourself about not having nearly as much money as the actual players around you, you remember that you're friends with most of them and if they ever invite you out with them or on vacation they will most likely pick up the tab just to have you along for the ride ... that is assuming you're cool enough for them to want to hang with you and when I think about this job I see myself doing it and I know I'm cool enough ... so go with it. So anyways, back to the story of the 600th homerun. The ball actually landed in the Rangers' bullpen and seemed to be picked up by reliever Akinori Otsuka. Apparently after he got the ball he slyly rolled the ball over to the bullpen catcher. The catcher did not know what the other guys were trying to do so he picked the ball up and handed to a security guard. Once in the hands of the security guard the bullpen catcher was the official retriever of the ball. It was his to do with what he wanted. He could put it on eBay and see how much money he could get for it. He could display it on his mantle at home. He could simply give it back to Sammy (which was probably expected). Anything he wanted. Apparently this guy drives some sort of old beat up Cadillac. Actually according to him it's not that bad of a car, but you can imagine it's nothing like the ones his coworkers drive. So a day or two after Sammy hit the homer, the bullpen collectively announced they were holding the ball hostage until Sammy bought the bullpen catcher a new car. This is genius. Absolute genius. Of course the guy would have given it back if Sammy really insisted. It was just a joke. And you asked me, it's a pretty funny joke. I haven't heard if the guy got his new car yet ... but if he does it will in fact confirm my thoughts bullpen catcher is the greatest job ever. I haven't seen any postings for one on monster.com but if anyone runs across one, let me know. So congratulations to Sammy and congratulations to unnamed bullpen catcher. It was a hell of a week.
posted by Craig at 10:05 PM
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Bullpen catcher or consultant.
Paid to give your opinion about stuff. I can bs with the best of 'em. I think I want to consult people.
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