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When did the surfer/frat-boy slang term broham come into existence? I feel as if I may have heard it back in 1987 when I spent a summer in California, but I'm not sure. Anyway, I wonder if utility infielder Jack Brohamer would have been more well-known if the term had been around in his day.
As it was, Brohamer came and went without leaving much of a trace. He played for a few years in Cleveland, his only departure from anonimity coming in his role as the unwitting Archduke Franz Ferdinand of the 10-Cent Beer Night riot (as mentioned previously on Cardboard Gods, Len Randle's hard slide into Brohamer at second base in Texas led to a beaning of Randle, which led to a fight and the pelting of Indians players by Texas fans, which led to a night for the ages on the Rangers' next trip to Cleveland). He went on to play two years for the White Sox, the most stunning legacy from that era the fact that in 1976 Brohamer was intentionally walked 9 times (the player who most often followed him in the lineup was named Bucky Dent), then played for the Boston Red Sox for a couple years before returning to Cleveland for one more brief and inconsequential go-round.
The closest he ever got to the playoffs was when he started at third base for the Red Sox in the 1978 one-game divisional play-in game against the Yankees. Brohamer had been having an excellent season as a part-time player for most of the year, his batting average over .300 as late as July 9, then after a slump climbing back to .270 by August 28, when the Red Sox held a 7½-game lead over the second-place Yankees. From that point on, however, Brohamer, forced into playing nearly every day by injuries to second baseman Jerry Remy and third baseman Butch Hobson, collected just 10 hits in 69 at bats for a sickly .145 batting average.
But nobody blames Jack Brohamer for the collapse. In some ways I've always aspired to this level of culpability in my life. I don't want to be held responsible. I don't want anyone cursing my name. Better to just stick to the sidelines, the shadows, and let someone else get the glory or take the fall. Better to just Brohamer it.
Meanwhile, I live vicariously through game-playing strangers, drawing as close as possible to them in my imagination in their times of triumph, and distancing them as much as possible from me with curses and even hatred when they stumble.
With that in mind, here are the lineups for today's Game Three of the deadlocked American League Championship Series (7:10 ET, FOX), courtesy of Ameile Benjamin's Boston Globe blog:
Red Sox
1. Dustin Pedroia, 2B
2. Kevin Youkilis, 1B
3. David Ortiz, DH
4. Manny Ramirez, LF
5. Mike Lowell, 3B
6. J.D. Drew, RF
7. Jason Varitek, C
8. Coco Crisp, CF
9. Julio Lugo, SS
SP - Daisuke Matsuzaka
Indians
1. Grady Sizemore, CF
2. Asdrubal Cabrera, 2B
3. Travis Hafner, DH
4. Victor Martinez, C
5. Ryan Garko, 1B
6. Jhonny Peralta, SS
7. Kenny Lofton, LF
8. Trot Nixon, RF
9. Casey Blake, 3B
SP - Jake Westbrook
Which I think is hard to do because I didn't know there were any hospitals in that burg. The city is but 1.2 square miles.
But Maywood does have a pro basketball team.
http://abalive.com/teams/teampage.cgi?teamid=OC
3 : Could it be possible that the term originated with Maywood's native son?
Also, on another subject, I let the practice of mentioning new comments on older posts slide a little of late because, well, that's how I roll, but I did want to point out new comments from prodigal Cardboard God commenter Catfish326 on posts for Greg Minton, the 1977 Cubs, and the Rick Miller-hosted Angels-Red Sox Game 1 chat (that last comment an interesting point about the astounding defensive capabilities of the 1975 Red Sox outfield). Also, CMcFood continues his tracking of pictures of the Oakland Coliseum in a post on Bobby Bonds (located in the "Behold the Unsortable" sidebar).
Cudahy is probably the only city in L.A. County that is worse than Maywood.
I better check the coffee I'm drinking to make sure it's not dosed.
12 Yeah, but while Gagne would care what we think, Drew probably doesn't. JD Drew, a.k.a. the "Shrug"
Even Lofton's pop gun would have had a good chance at getting Manny at the plate.
They just showed some white dudes in the crowd in headresses and full "Indian" face paint. What's the difference between that and a bunch of white dudes in blackface?
Huh.
So there's that.
Red Sox fans have my permission to loathe Julio Lugo.
You just had to remind me.
Why do the white-glag-waving Indians fans keep trying to signal their surrender?
How does Eric Wedge (or anyone) maintain that "I last shaved two days ago" look? Every time I see him he looks like he shaved two days ago.
It's Fox, so they send Hugh Laurie's personal stylist to work on him.
You're risking a pitcher's arm!
However, there was a fifth hit in the inning and it was a grand slam.
http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CHN/CHN200706030.shtml
On that note, Papi's creaky knees and Schilling looking old and tired and Manny's slightly down year and Varitek's ever-quieter bat have me thinking this could be the Red Sox' last good chance at a World Series for a while.
You guys have a few good young ball players I'm sure the BoSox will be o.k.
What would Barney Miller have been without its opening tune?
I don't have that power. Ken can do it.
I was gonna say #3 starter but I thought you were gonna get offended so I stand pat on it. :o)
It's right here:
http://tinyurl.com/2nl75n
It was in Belgium.
And I thought only Steve Lyons thought that way but I guess they played the game so who am I to refute it.
In otherwords, they were a lot of Juan Pierres back in the 1970s.
He had a lifetime OPS+ of 77.
In 1961, Richardson batted leadoff most of the year. He had an OBP of .295.
The Yankees still won 109 games.
Nor did anyone seem to care that Lou Brock fielded like Lonnie Smith.
"Every scout in the [majors] is out there tonight, with contracts in their pockets, and they're looking for talent. For winners. OOOOOOOOOH. All my years of publicity. All the fashion shows and radiothons for nothing... They come here tonight... to scout the [Red Sox]... the toughest team in the [American] League. Not this. Buncha... pussies."
"Every scout in the [majors] is out there tonight, with contracts in their pockets, and they're looking for talent. For winners. OOOOOOOOOH. All my years of publicity. All the fashion shows and radiothons for nothing... They come here tonight... to scout the [Red Sox]... the toughest team in the [American] League. Not this. Buncha... pussies."
Jake Westwood
You spend too much time on the UCLA campus.
The only downside of a Cleveland-Colorado World Series is that there would be numerous mentions of my archenemy: John Elway.
Is Pedroia ever going to get another hit?
How did we go from the third most runs in the league to Papi, Bad Man, and the seven dwarfs?
I don't want the baseball season to be over yet.
Marty ball, Dan Reeves, Bill Bellichek, Ernest Byner, "The Drive."
They need to advertise or people will forget about them and the market share won't grow.
If the number of Budweiser drinkers remains constant, the company would go out of business.
In about 100 years.
LOL!
That's what my email says.
It wouldn't lie to me.
108 : Interesting...
I'm sure you just delete them right out of your life right Bob, man, I hate that!.
Time to go picture-in-picture for a while.
He's got red hair. Go figure!
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