Glanville retires, Abreu disgusts
Published by Becky S June 26th, 2005 in sports
Saturday’s Phillies versus Red Sox outing was bittersweet. Not because the Phillies lost, but because one of my favorite baseball players officially retired. Just as we got to our seats, Doug Glanville, the outfielder with the stunning smile, threw out the first pitch. Glanville has ties to the area and grew up as a Phan, so his home team worked up a minor league contract that allowed him to retire as a Phillie (the Yankees cut Glanville earlier this year).
Even those rowdy Sox fans kept their yaps shut long enough to let Glanville have his farewell moment.
In other news, I can now confirm that Bobby Abreu’s butt does not compare to Pat Burrell’s. I don’t hold Bobby’s inferior posterior against him—after all, Burrell sets a high standard—but after Saturday’s game, I am no longer an Abreu fan.
Somewhere around the fourth or fifth inning, when everyone else was watching a long, fly ball to left field, I looked down from my right field seat and saw something shocking. Bobby Abreu hocked a big, fat lugi into the beautiful, beautiful grass of Citizen’s Bank Park. He obviously thought that no one was looking, but little does he know that bloggers are everywhere, waiting to expose the misdeeds of celebrities. Gross.
Thankfully, the afternoon had a happy ending:
You may be interested to know about the following “firsts” from the Astros’ Minutemaid Park:
Batter - Doug Glanville
Hit - Doug Glanville
Stolen Base - Doug Glanville
How does the phanatic’s ass rank?
That looks like a knock off Phanatic to me, but I am ever suspicious.
Scott, are you implying that I can’t get a date with the real Phanatic?
Type E, the Phanatic and I have an agreement that I will not discuss his ass on the Internet.
very metal, it heartens me to hear that Glanville is a piece of Astros’ history, sort of. Minutemaid Park?
Glanville is a part of Phillies history too. He lost Eric Milton a no-hitter last year because he couldn’t catch a fly ball.
Clearly the Phanatic in Becky’s picture was so impressed with her that he took off his hat and took a brush to the ol’ fur.
I mean, can you imagine the hat hair that he must have?
Great Phanatic picture, Jeff. Also, you are obviously very perceptive.
Clair, I was at that game with you, and that’s not exactly how I remember it.
I’m sure you could get a date with the real Phanatic, however, I still think the Phanatic in the picture is a fake!
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Minutemaid Park used to be Enron Field. If you aren’t familiar with Minutemaid, they’re a Coca-Cola subsidiary that makes gross juices and whatnot. Well, maybe not “gross”, but crummy. Just like the Astros.
Ah, that’s why Minutemaid Park sounds like a foreign term. I’d forgotten that Enron Field would’ve been renamed after the big brouhaha.
Cute photo! I love the phanatic!
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As someone who watched all but ten or fifteen minutes of MLB’s Homerun Derby last night, I demand you retract your derisive/slanderous comments about Bobby Abreu. He was tons of fun to watch/root for, and I didn’t see him hawk anything anywhere all night long.
A retraction? Never!
Crap. Forgot to include my info on that last comment. Please reconsider you refusal, lest I end up having to re-urge you to reconsider. It’s not Burrell got invited to the Homerun Derby, nice butt notwithstanding.