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Friday, February 11, 2005
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5:15 PM
by Tommy
Do you remember the Simpsons episode where Mr. Burns gets a bunch of major league players as ringers for the company softball team?
Let's take a look and see where those ringers are now. (In italics, I put what happened to them on the show.) Mike Scioscia, who got acute radiation poisoning by working in the power plant: He will be entering his 6th year as manager of the 2002 World Series champion Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. Don Mattingly, who was kicked off the team for keeping his (non-existent) sideburns: This will be his 2nd year as hitting coach for the New York Yankees. Steve Sax, a NYC native who was arrested for all of Springfield's unsolved crimes and faced six consecutive life sentences: Randomly appeared on a TV show once, but has not made many headlines since he retired. Wade Boggs, who was punched out by Barney at Moe's for arguing that Pitt the Elder was England's greatest prime minister: (Barney said Lord Palmerston.) Was elected into the baseball Hall of Fame this year. Ozzie Smith, who fell into a bottomless pit at Springfield's Mystery Spot: Was elected into the baseball Hall of Fame in 2002. Is the host of This Week In Baseball. Jose Canseco, who was busy saving everything from a baby to a player-piano from a burning house: Currently making headlines with his latest book, which accuses several players of using steriods in the 90s. Ken Griffey Jr, who overdosed on nerve tonic and got gigantism of the head: Has been injury-plagued this entire decade and is trying to re-surface as a star again. Darryl Strawberry, who started instead of Homer: Served jail time for drug possession. Has also been treated for colon and stomach cancer but has not shown signs of disease. Roger Clemens, who was hypnotized to think he was a chicken: Can you believe this guy? While everyone else on this list is retired or washed up, he won his 7th Cy Young award last year and will be pitching this year at age 42. "Well, Mr. Burns had done it The power plant had won it With Roger Clemens clucking all the while Mike Scioscia's tragic illness made us smile While Wade Boggs lay unconscious on the barroom tile We're talking softball From Maine to San Diego We're talking softball Mattingly and Canseco Ken Griffey's grotesquely swollen jaw Steve Sax and his run-in with the law We're talking Ho-mer, Ozzie, and the Straw" 0 Comments:Post a Comment |