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Last night's Jays V Yankees game

smarcheesmarchee Windsor, Ontario Posts: 14,539
edited August 2009 in All Encompassing Trip
Anyone else watch this baseball game last night.

There were 2 guys behind home plate, to the left of the plate, who were dressed like MLB umpires including umpire masks, who kept them on when the Yankees were up at bat and emulated the home plate umpire; whenever he made a strike sign with his arm, they got up and did that, and whenever there was a foul ball and he would throw a ball to the pitcher they would emulate him and get up out of their seats, pretend to take ball from behind their backs and throw to the pitcher.

They were highly entertaining and I give props to their dedication
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  • Champagne BreakfastChampagne Breakfast Posts: 1,526
    yea those guys been around this year quite a bit. they are 2 toronto dudes that actually used to umpire rec baseball or still do. they travel to other cities when the blue jays are in town. i was surprised at first they never got thrown out but they have now caught on and become this mini traveling gig.
    Do you know the ESPN show E60,...they just did a segment on these guys. I think it aired this week. The washington nationals also had them do a seventh inning stretch act with their mascot when toronto played in dc.

    My amazement is....the amount of money these dudes must spend to always get those seats behind the plate!!
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  • uglybabouglybabo Posts: 527
    At the Rogers Centre the tickets are given to them I believe.

    Personally, I feel sorry for the people who purchase seats behind them.
  • tvismyfriendtvismyfriend Posts: 2,118
    They're the only reason anybody would want to watch a Blue Jays game.
  • uglybabouglybabo Posts: 527
    For Jays fans this is a really funny article:

    Blue Jays GM Confirms There Never Really Was A 'Roy Halladay'

    "Roy Halladay is just the latest in a long string of completely fictitious Blue Jay greats, a list that includes Dave Stieb, Jesse Barfield, and Joe Carter, whose home run to win the 1993 World Series was actually just a two-run single in the seventh inning by Paul Molitor."

    http://www.theonion.com/content/news/bl ... here_never
  • pineapplesandwaves.pineapplesandwaves. GTA Posts: 1,808
    uglybabo wrote:
    Personally, I feel sorry for the people who purchase seats behind them.

    I usually get a chuckle out of them when watching the game, but like you, I feel bad for those sitting behind them. I know I wouldn't want to be directly behind them.

    Funny article.
  • MayDay10MayDay10 Posts: 11,784
    Haha

    Sounds hilarious. I have to make sure I czech them out
  • tvismyfriendtvismyfriend Posts: 2,118
    You should be able to pick them out in the crowd.

    http://toronto.bluejays.mlb.com/news/ar ... p&c_id=tor
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