Showing posts with label Sport. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sport. Show all posts
Gutter Girls
There's one thing that brings the Dolls together like no other...and that's Bowling!!!
Its a sport we can all participate in, be our skills good or bad.
We get to share a few laughs, high five like bros, hoot and holler, and just have fun!
Some of us excel more than others...a hem, Snowflake!
Believe me...that girl can bowl a mean game; not quite a 300, but she really knows how to knock down a few pins.
As many of you know, we frequent The Gutter often. Its our favorite spot to bowl a few strikes, pick up a spare, and mostly throw a few gutter balls.
Not only is The Gutter our fave bowling alley, its also our gang's clubhouse, so of course we're going to stick to the tried and true and offer up our support to this fine establishment when we want to hit the alley.
So with our fondness for the fine sport of bowling, and the lack of real pro-bowling skills, I still wonder when the dolls are gonna toss around the idea of joining a league.
It only makes sense right?
Even if we suck at it, how cool would we be if we laced up our shoes every week and had matching uniforms?
(you know, cause the matching vest, clearly is not enough-haha).
I personally would prefer a set of vintage bowling shirts for my dolls.
It would be awesome to have something like this, only with our logo on the back.
We'd completely be a terror on the lanes, even if our scores didn't intimidate, our dagger glares would do the trick and take care of the rest.
So if we could ever find the spare time (full pun intended...get it? SPARE), I'm almost certain the Dolls would LOVE to be on a bowling league. What do you think? You think we should join???
I don't even need you to answer that...the response is obviously going to be an unanimous YES!
But now, just to get you in the spirit and to get your mind outta the gutter, I leave you with a few fun facts that I find interesting, considering the Dolls love this sport, and we're in NY!
1.) Did you know its called a "BROOKLYN" when you get a strike after hitting the lefthand side of the head pin
(for a right handed bowler)
2.) The first indoor bowling alley was built in NYC in 1840,
it was called "Knickerbockers"
3.) By the 1800s, NY was appointed the "
Unofficial Capital of Bowling"
4.) On September 9, 1895 (coincidence 9/9 is also Snowflake's birthday??? hmmmm), the first standardize rules on bowling were formed in New York.
5.) Some guy named "Keith" is the current top score at the Gutter; a whoppin' 289!
So kids, why not test your hand at being one cool alley cat? Lace up those stinky shoes, put your fingers into a grimy ball, score yourself a Turkey, and we'll hopefully see you at the lanes!
And of course, just HAVE FUN BOWLING!!!!
Jim Joyce's Disputed Call
Jim Joyce regrets his now-controversial call from what would have been the 21st perfect game in MLB history and the 3rd on of the 2001 season.Armando Galarraga of the Detroit Tigers lost his bid for a perfect game Wednesday night with two outs in the ninth inning on a call that first base umpire Jim Joyce later admitted he blew.
First baseman Miguel Cabrera cleanly fielded Jason Donald’s grounder to his right and made an accurate throw to Galarraga covering the bag. The ball was there in time, and all of Comerica Park was ready to celebrate the 3-0 win over Cleveland, until Joyce emphatically signaled safe.
By displaying the incompetence of the "human element" of baseball in a gut-wrenchingly vivid fashion, Joyce cost Tigers pitcher Armando Galarraga what would have been the third perfect game of 2010, and only the 21st ever, by executing one of the most egregiously blown calls since the infamous Don Denkinger safe call at first base in the 1985 World Series.
With two outs in the ninth, Galarraga found himself one out away from a perfect game. When 1st baseman Miguel Cabrera fielded a Jason Donald sharp grounder and tossed the ball to the pitcher on the bag, clearly ahead of the throw, celebration was about to ensue. But the euphoria quickly turned to complete dismay as Jim Joyce missed what he dubbed "the biggest call of his career."
Yes, Joyce has apologized. He feels terrible about costing Galarraga what would have likely been the high point of the pitchers' career. Bud Selig — using his sweeping powers as commissioner — could even overturn the call and award Armando the honor he rightly earned. But none of that changes what happened on the field. Nothing retroactive can return to the young pitcher the place in baseball history that was stolen from him. The only good that can come from this baseball atrocity is the possibility of it serving as a wakeup call to finally force the hand of Selig on instant replay. The purist be damned. There was nothing pure about what happened at Comerica Park on Wednesday night.
“I just cost that kid a perfect game,” Joyce said. “I thought he beat the throw. I was convinced he beat the throw, until I saw the replay.”
“It was the biggest call of my career,” said Joyce, who became a full-time major league umpire in 1989.
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