George Will: “Next question. In 1954, Willie Mays — in an emphatic stroke of byzantine whimsy — made his over-the-shoulder catch off Vic Wertz. What was it not unlike?”
Silence
George Will: “Take it? Take it? Anyone take it?”
Mike Schmidt: “Um, the catch in Cincinnati ….”
Buzzer sound
George Will: “Sorry. It was not unlike watching Atlantis rise again from the sea, the bones of its kings new-covered with flesh.’
– Saturday Night Live, Baseball Quiz Show (H/T Joe Posnanski) ◙
Lol...only George Will (even in parody) could possibly have composed that empathic description. "Beisbol been berry berry good to me". lmao!!!
ReplyDelete