Why is the bullpen not connected to the regular dugout?
It's because they need enough room for an actual pitching situation, a mound and a catcher, etc.
Book: Where's the doctor? Not back yet?
Zoe: (beat) We don't make him hurry for the little stuff. He'll be along.
Book: He could hurry... a little.
'Safe'
Natter 64: Yes, we still need you
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Amy - Nov 04, 2009 4:29:03 pm PST #17203 of 30001
Because books.
DavidS - Nov 04, 2009 4:30:53 pm PST #17204 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Why is the bullpen not connected to the regular dugout? I would think the pitchers would feel sort of lonely/left out of the team. Because they sit with the rest of the team when they are pitching, right?
Traditionally the bullpen area where they warm up is built into the stadium so that it's further away from the dugout. And so the pitchers in the bullpen need to be close to those pitching rubbers and bases to get warm quickly.
As a matter of culture, bullpen pitchers prefer to be alone. They tend to be a bit squirrely as a bunch, and their jobs are usually high pressure so they have their own little sub-culture within baseball. Lots of practical jokes and stuff to keep them distracted and loose, whereas the dugout tends to focused and intense.
eta: xpost!
Also: mfy
Hil R. - Nov 04, 2009 4:33:50 pm PST #17205 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I keep seeing this commercial. It's a Levi's commercial, with images of attractive young people running around and doing stuff outside, while a narrator recites, "Pioneers! O Pioneers!" I do not understand.
Stephanie - Nov 04, 2009 4:36:09 pm PST #17206 of 30001
Trust my rage
Interesting. I never watch baseball (don't like cats either) but Im enjoying the WS.
Eta: oh, maybe I can get Suzi to go to a game with me next spring. That would be worth it.
Amy - Nov 04, 2009 4:58:07 pm PST #17207 of 30001
Because books.
Going to a baseball game is always fun, Stephanie.
Also, this is getting ugly. Wow.
JenP - Nov 04, 2009 4:58:09 pm PST #17208 of 30001
M.F.Y.
Cashmere - Nov 04, 2009 5:03:08 pm PST #17209 of 30001
Now tagless for your comfort.
Head up on Criminal Minds next week: Gavin Rossdale will be a vampire in next week's episode.
amych - Nov 04, 2009 5:04:34 pm PST #17210 of 30001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
M.F.Y.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
aurelia - Nov 04, 2009 5:05:53 pm PST #17211 of 30001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
Had dinner with aurelia, and it was good.
It was good. Both dinner and seeing shrift.
I am now home entertaining attention-starved cats.
aurelia - Nov 04, 2009 5:09:18 pm PST #17212 of 30001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
M.F.Y.
Oh! That's probably why my upstairs neighbor is being so loud. The howling was a new thing for him.