The player stationed in the field between the second and third bases. He is young for his age. A lackadaisical fellow. Indifferent to the sufferings of others. He's flat on his back after a long succession of failures. A rose in full bloom? A player of great promise? This story is the work of an active imagination. They gradually began to back away from their earlier opinion. Let's not talk of bygones. From a practical view, the situation presents several problems. A waste of talent. It is useless to reason with him. Can't hit a slider. A bad spark plug. He is the limit of irresponsibility. He is inept at mechanical tasks. What do you make of it? In this business you either have it or you don't. The truth is out at last. He's the kind of person you pity but want to keep at arm's length. Away with him! It can be done with ease.
13 recs | 45 comments
Where did "can't hit a slider" come from?
Graham MacAree - June 5, 2009
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/hit
Jeff Sullivan - June 5, 2009
Perhaps someone should teach you to learn how to use the link button
Poochie - June 5, 2009
What would you do if you didn't have this website?
The amount of time on your hands would be overwhelming.
mark sobba - June 5, 2009
Drugs
Jeff Sullivan - June 5, 2009
Whoops.
Matthew - June 5, 2009
Yeah good thing you dodged that bullet....
OlSalty - June 5, 2009
"He's young for his age"?
…
sammy - June 5, 2009
Probably "immature"
CapSea - June 5, 2009
I suppose that works.
Without the context, it just sounds idiotically redundant.
sammy - June 5, 2009
This was the intended meaning
Jeff Sullivan - June 5, 2009
I wanted to go through this and figure out the original words you searched for.
But then I didn’t.
CapSea - June 5, 2009
Same here
johnbai - June 5, 2009
You can just type the phrases into Google
Jeff Sullivan - June 5, 2009
Let it be known that I probably went through about 300 words
Jeff Sullivan - June 5, 2009
You are dedicated to your craft sir
pdb - June 5, 2009
How many of them were monkey?
Matthew - June 5, 2009
Either 0 or 1.
Vatinius - June 5, 2009
Try to find the example sentence in here that I spent ten minutes thinking about
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/being
Jeff Sullivan - June 5, 2009
Either
or
Vatinius - June 5, 2009
I suppose either qualifies but the correct answer is #1
Jeff Sullivan - June 5, 2009
He catches for the Yankees.
PositivePaul - June 5, 2009
This is the most fucking amazing thing you've ever written.
You need to do these for the entire team.
Vatinius - June 5, 2009
Oh God I would kill myself
Jeff Sullivan - June 5, 2009
Technically I didn't even write this!
Jeff Sullivan - June 5, 2009
Depends on your definition of "written."
You took prefabricated segments of the English language and strung them together into a paragraph with the intent of carrying a specific meaning to an audience of readers.
When you “write” something you don’t usually invent all the words as you go along, so just because these prefabricated segments were sentences instead of individual words shouldn’t really matter.
Vatinius - June 5, 2009
Does it count as plagiarism
If it all comes from the dictionary?
tootthekazoo - June 5, 2009
He cited his source
abender20 - June 5, 2009
I'm sure it would still bef fresh 25 players in.
Poochie - June 5, 2009
This is beautiful and I would like to congratulate you on reaching new depths of boredom-induced wizardry.
abender20 - June 5, 2009
Wasn't boredom!
Jeff Sullivan - June 5, 2009
Go on
abender20 - June 5, 2009
I looked something up on Dictionary.com last night and the idea just came to me out of nowhere
Jeff Sullivan - June 5, 2009
Must have been all the LSD
abender20 - June 5, 2009
I love off days
Jeff Sullivan - June 5, 2009
Yuniesky Betancourt Scouting Report Using Only Sentences From Urbandictionary.com
A fool, a coward or an easily deceived person. A person who has un-planned sexual encounters with numerous people who they are not dating and do not intend to date. A range you would likely see used in a rent house or apartment owned by a cheap-ass landlord. A person playing a role of a clown but surprising everybody with smart and thoughtful comments and analyzes in different situations where the person finds it suitable. Staying with a hot chick even though you know you want to break up with her soon, just to showcase her to another hot chick you plan on replacing the old one with.
Two Rs and Two Ls - June 5, 2009
The last sentence saved this.
abender20 - June 5, 2009
Shouldn't nacho hat be in there somewhere?
d0nkey - June 5, 2009
Only if you are referring to definition number 3.
CapSea - June 5, 2009
I think I'd prefer this sentence, in reference to Yuni:
“Though made famous when worn by Homer Simpson on an episode of The Simpsons, it does not seem to exist in real life. "
Two Rs and Two Ls - June 5, 2009
I was just amused that when I searched for "no range," I ended up on "ghetto range,"
which I think is appropriate.
Two Rs and Two Ls - June 5, 2009
Oh my god, my team's shortstop has ghetto range. This is such a proud moment for me as a fan
Kermit. - June 5, 2009
Fantastic.
royalcurve - June 5, 2009
This is featured on Rob Neyer's blog as the funniest thing of 2009.
EnglishMariner - June 8, 2009
I disagree with his assessment but appreciate the traffic
Jeff Sullivan - June 8, 2009
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