Word: sandlot
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When Hamilton Porter, the tubby, red-headed catcher from The Sandlot, entered into an insult competition with Phillips, captain of the crosstown rival team, some of the best verbal abuse in the history of sports movies ensued. The argument culminated with the ultimate low blow from Ham: “You play ball like a girl.” Ouch...
...Still, Callahan hasn't let his off-field problems rattle his game. After getting dusted, he stepped back in the batter's box and in the process may have won some sandlot cred with a segment of Nicaraguans not normally reached via traditional suit-and-tie diplomacy...
...would cease production on their line of instant film and cameras by the end of 2008. The thought of not being able to purchase film for my Polaroid camera in 2009 frightens me, and makes me wonder if anything is sacred. Must I now be nostalgic of not only sandlot baseball games, but also “old” technologies made irrelevant by the ruthless advance of digital innovation? Maybe Polaroid figures you can’t “shake it like a Polaroid picture” because of your carpal-tunnel from “Guitar Hero...
...Timlin was solid in saving that night?s game, and I got a good night?s sleep before taking a jog at dawn through the old neighborhoods-West Chelmsford, where I?d played Wiffle ball, back towards the center of town, where I?d played sandlot and then Little League. So many Red Son bumper stickers on the cars in the driveways these days, so many Sox pennants and flags hanging on the porches...
...admit that I’m no Texan, but after this weekend’s sandlot action in Lubbock, I think that we just might be able to add another item to the list...