Comments for Thoughts from a Basement Athlete

Comment on Athletic Delusion by Dave

Dave — Sat, 29 May 2010 19:04:35 +0000

You are the conventional sportsman’s, Bill Heavey.
Sports Illustrated, turns its lonely eyes to you.

Comment on Athletic Delusion by bryan

bryan — Tue, 25 May 2010 02:51:01 +0000

i’ve never seen an 84.

well, that’s not true i guess. but i usually see it around hole 16.

Comment on Athletic Delusion by basementathlete

basementathlete — Mon, 24 May 2010 23:51:45 +0000

84 on a par 74. Not well enough to play in the U.S. Open…

I had never seen a par 74 however…

Comment on Athletic Delusion by bryan

bryan — Mon, 24 May 2010 22:18:42 +0000

how’d you hit ‘em?

Comment on Athletic Delusion by Michael Bauman

Michael Bauman — Fri, 21 May 2010 11:44:42 +0000

“Forget an October, Red Sox game”

No problem. There aren’t that many to forget.

But banish delusion from the bathlete? It can’t be done. Delusion is to the bathlete what it is to the Trekkie: namely, the main ingredient. You might as well try to ban Bill Clinton from the trailer park.

Comment on Sharks & Lamps – Roman Numeral One by Michael Bauman

Michael Bauman — Mon, 17 May 2010 12:33:49 +0000

Richie Ashburn was the greatest color commentator of all time.

I remember him talking to Tim McCarver and Harry Kallas at a Phillies game with Gary Matthews at bat. Richie said, “I’ve been watching how Matthews has sized this pitcher up all night. The next pitch is going to be high inside, and he’s going to hit a home run to left center.”

He did.

“You know, friends,” Richie said, “you just gotta have a feel for this game.”

Yeah, he’s in the Hall of Fame.

Comment on Fair-Weather Fun by Bob Smith

Bob Smith — Sat, 15 May 2010 16:20:09 +0000

Remember that time the Bruins choked? lol.

Comment on Fair-Weather Fun by Michael Bauman

Michael Bauman — Sat, 15 May 2010 10:58:38 +0000

Admitting to not being a real Bruins fan is not a confession. It’s bragging.

Comment on Are you a Basement Athlete? by basementathlete

basementathlete — Fri, 14 May 2010 21:18:06 +0000

Mike, the pool we play in the basement is crazy. I love that we play with the kids stick half the time.

Madden is a confusing one. My purest basement athletics senses would want to say no, but I can’t deny that it certainly breeds the competitiveness that Bathletes so enjoy.

Comment on Are you a Basement Athlete? by Michael Bauman

Michael Bauman — Fri, 14 May 2010 19:47:36 +0000

Horse shoes counts only if you play it in the basement — on the pool table, and keep records for two or more seasons (and can throw equally well with either hand — or with just one if you throw overhand).

Adam is right — if Victorian women play ever played your game it means you’re a sissy, not a bathlete.

Men used to be men (It was before my time)