Background: Whenever a player hurts an arm or a leg, our first question is whether it was the left...

Background: Whenever a player hurts an arm or a leg, our first question is whether it was the left one or right one? I need to give Eli Whiteside one Hall of Fame vote someday because of one moment this spring. Whiteside took a foul tip in the worst possible spot during a minor-league camp game in which Tim Lincecum was pitching. When I walked past his locker later he said, without prompting, "It was the right one."

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OK

That was all pretty damn funny.

Juan Carlos Perez, please start hitting.

by marcello on Apr 7, 2010 11:40 PM PDT reply actions

Well...

We’ve all been there.

by dogdays on Apr 8, 2010 6:13 AM PDT via mobile reply actions

No, no we haven’t…

by Merope on Apr 8, 2010 6:22 AM PDT up reply actions

Yeah, some of us have only ever been hit in the left one.

I don't know about that, to the groin.

by howtheyscored on Apr 8, 2010 8:24 AM PDT up reply actions

A cow kicked me my crouch, thank God I just got home from a baseball game and still had my cup on.

Matt Graham is an anagram for .... why don't you ask the scrabble expert!

by say hey nation on Apr 8, 2010 8:26 AM PDT up reply actions

That seems like it would hurt.

I've given up on adding to my Giants family and am coming to grips with remaining childless.

by giantsfansince1981 on Apr 8, 2010 12:28 PM PDT up reply actions

I don’t understand why the cow didn’t just pick up his crouch and hand it to him.

Utter frustration and futility.
Adopted 'nephew' to the ever avuncular and always awesome Jon Miller

by Johnny Disaster on Apr 8, 2010 1:09 PM PDT up reply actions

Why would a cow kick Eric Crouch?

And why do you have him?

Adopted Giant: Mike Krukow.
Grab Some Pine, Meat
Kevin Frandsen: Better than any SS on the Giants roster
Hoping for BowkerMania to hit AT&T Park in 2010

by Gobroks on Apr 8, 2010 3:40 PM PDT up reply actions

I stand corrected! My bad.

by dogdays on Apr 8, 2010 12:29 PM PDT up reply actions

When I was still playing (I was a catcher) I actually took one that split the cup. Worst. Day. Ever.

by tyrannoman on Apr 8, 2010 10:30 AM PDT reply actions

/shudders

Never got that ‘lucky’ but I caught for a while and got my share of foul tips.

"Well, um, actually a pretty nice little Saturday, we're going to go to Home Depot. Yeah, buy some wallpaper, maybe get some flooring, stuff like that. Maybe Bed, Bath, & Beyond, I don't know, I don't know if we'll have enough time."

by Azantor on Apr 8, 2010 3:58 PM PDT up reply actions