Forget Paulie? Please…
It’s funny, I was just thinking this exact same thing while watching a Yanks Spring Training game the other day. The story is just for fun but still… poor Morgan Ensberg. I mean, plenty of time has passed and the Yankees surely don’t have a whole lot of numbers left available in comparison to, say, the Colorado Rockies…. but did they really think nobody in New York would notice?
Wearing No. 21 in pinstripes in New York without being one pretty spectacular baseball player is only going to bring you trouble. A made-up quote from this made-up story still makes a pretty valid point:
“I personally know at least five crazy O’Neill fans that keep a water cooler in their cubicle for the sole purpose of smashing it with their fists every time they make a relatively minor, harmless mistake,” said Sal Santangelo, a Manhattan-based financier. “I also know some guys that wear batting helmets to meetings, and every time something goes awry they rip it off their head and throw it down the hallway, all while pretending to bump chests with an invisible ump. It’s a dedicated following to say the least.”
On a happier note, I was happy to hear Paulie in the booth with Michael Kay on YES, joking with former teammate David Cone and already talking about eating sandwiches and showing up late to broadcasts. It’s going to be a good year.
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