"It's Not Over Because of the Ball"
If you're 19, you've probably already seen this video, but it just cracked the news 'sphere today. Which is to say, I saw it on Hot Air a little while ago. If you've ever wondered what it would take for your manliness to be insulted by CBS, we've just found the answer. A guy takes his girlfriend to a baseball game; the batter hits a high but lazy foul popup straight toward them; he stands up and makes as though to catch the ball, but ditches at the last moment; the ball hits his girlfriend. To see the CBS interview of the former couple, go here. This is one of the many YouTube versions:
This is actually an issue that has a lot of resonance for me. My wife and I go to quite a few baseball games, and one thing she has always made crystal clear is that my principal function is to sacrifice my body if a foul ball comes our way. I don't have to catch it--the chance of that is slim, especially without a glove--but I'd sure as heck better let it hit me rather than her. Fortunately I've never been called on to block a foul ball, but I'd hate to contemplate the effects of failure.
In the case of this particular pair, they are a former couple. The young lady assures CBS that the fact that her ex-boyfriend bailed and let the foul ball hit her was not the cause of the breakup--"It's not over because of the ball," she says. Sure. Like anyone will believe that. It's good to know that every now and then, it still pays to be a macho guy; macho enough, anyway, to take one for the girlfriend.
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May '10
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Any guy who wears his hat sideways and a silly little soul patch under his lip, obviously doesn't know the first thing about sacrificing for others... Its all about him.
Jun '10
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Couldn't agree more. As the father of three daughters, sideways hats and soul patches--is that what they're called?--have always been deal-breakers.
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I love that the first words out of the announcer's mouth are "Oh wow, chivalry is dead." I hope the crowd thoroughly booed him.
Jul '10
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Oh it's definitely about the ball. The initial reports indicated they were still together right after this happened.
Jun '10
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I had the good luck to catch a foul ball at Camden Yards. The Baltimore protocol requires that the adult toss the ball to the nearest kid. Booyah Baltimore! Chivalry is not (yet) dead.
Jun '10
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This kind of thing is endemic. My wife in an administrator at a local college and comes home weekly with examples of how - sorry ladies - feminized the young males are becoming. Even I see it to a lesser extent in the Soldiers I train. The one thing I've noticed more than anything else is speech patterns; tone, cadence, everything. Young suburban males of college age are starting to sound more and more like their female peers.
Jun '10
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Casey, your observation is very interesting, and accords with the trend in Hollywood among male stars to be of feminine good looks. Contrasting examples: John Wayne, Charlton Heston, and Errol Flynn of yore versus: Leo DiCaprio, Jude Law, Johnny Depp, Tom Cruise, and Brad Pitt today. Add to this gender confusion the underlying femin-nazi diktat that anything a man can do a woman--with sixty percent of the mans upper-body strength--can do better, and you have some serious gender bending going on. Small wonder that the term metro-sexual is the currency of the day. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm off to find my inner nurturer. Oh! and don't anybody think this involves lipstick and frilly underwear.
Jun '10
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What Casimir means is that he's going to indulge himself with a shot or two of Wyborowa over one ice cube. Just want to make that clear.
Jun '10
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Turned out to be girls night out. Next time bring a guy along.
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Well, this is awkward. Because, in the first place, I agree with what most of you have been saying here. And in the second place, I just this moment got home from Thursday night yoga class.
Go ahead. Mock me. I'll wait.
Done?
Okay, I want to talk about the soul patch, that little rectangle of facial hair morons like the guy who let the foul ball bean his girlfriend wear. It goes just below the lower lip, and is kept trimmed into a compact shape. It is, in fact, a Hitler mustache that's slipped about 3/4 of an inch south.
What amazes me is how important -- how utterly crucial -- that 3/4 of an inch is. Same patch of hair. Same shape. A little to the north, and it's a symbol of the 20th century's most despised monster. A little to the south, it's a symbol of impotent loser-hood.
May '10
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That woman needs to dump the wimpy dude. Seriously! It was only a little ball. What's he going to do when they get mugged? Shove her between himself and the mugger whilst emitting a high pitched squeal? What a loser!
May '10
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The worst bit from Jerky McSoulpatch is not that he bailed out like Barack Obama from a Sarah Palin Facebook post but that, once he had the ball and was no longer in danger, he never checked her arm to see if she was bruised or cut. Go back and watch after he comes back with the ball. he showed it to her a couple times like a proud 3 year-old who just drew his first crayon picture even though she was rubbing her arm on obvious discomfort. Heck, he even hit her injured arm with the ball in an inexpert attempt to show her how she got hurt, like she had no idea how it happened.
It never apparently occurred to him that she couldn't see where she got hit (Go ahead, try to get a good look at the back of your forearm above your elbow without using a mirror) and that the gentlemanly thing to do would be to check for her and maybe show her some sympathy. He's lucky she didn't slap his head crooked.
May '10
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Hmm. Exceedingly cute girl with a major douchebag. Seen that one before. She should consider herself lucky -- the knowledge gained from that foul ball saved her probably 6 months to a year of the realization process.
Jul '10
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Jimmie, that is funny.
Obviously, that was his first ball. Now, if could only find another one.....
Jun '10
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Not sure about Wyborova, but I'm currently enjoying a glass of Zubrowka with apple, three ice cubes. Delicious.