IT'S NO USE CRYING OVER SPILT MILK, BUT . . .Byline: DENNIS McCARTHY Dennis McCarthy may refer to:
The baseball season is mercifully over for the ``Boys of Baywatch.'' The Atlanta Braves The Atlanta Braves are a professional baseball team based in Atlanta, Georgia. The Braves are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball's National League. From to the present, the Braves have played in Turner Field. plowed through the Boys of Baywatch - a k a the Dodgers - 5-2 at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium • • [ on Saturday on their way to the National League Championship Series. The Dodgers will now limp home, stopping by the old ravine to clean out their lockers and gather up the tools of their trade - their hair-dryers and mousse, their after-shave cologne and jewelry, their Pamela Lee Anderson autographed pinup pin·up n. 1. a. A picture, especially of a sexually attractive person, that is displayed on a wall. b. A person considered a suitable model for such a picture. 2. posters. They'll load up the back seats of their red Ferraris, and drive off toward Malibu for a little rest and recreation - autograph a few hundred balls and pictures in their spare time for dealers to sell the kiddies at $50 a pop and up. Come Monday, the Boys of Baywatch will be on the phone with their agents, looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. loopholes in their contracts so they can grab more of Peter O'Malley's money next season because the million or two a year he's paying them now just doesn't cut it anymore. Even a .220 hitter has expenses. And somewhere out there, Peter's father, Walter, and the forefathers forefathers npl → antepasados mpl forefathers npl → ancêtres mpl forefathers npl → Vorfahren of the Boys of Baywatch - the Boys of Summer - are spinning in their graves, trying to figure out how the heirs to one of the toughest, meanest, ``let's get down and dirty'' baseball franchises in history turned into a bunch of whiners and wimps. How the mighty Dodgers rolled over at the end of the season and in the playoffs faster than my dog when he wants his belly scratched. How they played like they had a plane to catch, a girl to see, a cold beer sitting on a bar somewhere. How they folded, choked, and gave up. Yeah, I know, it's no use crying over spilt spilt v. A past tense and a past participle of spill1. milk, but, what the hell, let's try anyway. Doctors say it helps to get this stuff out of your system, and not let it fester fester /fes·ter/ (fes´ter) to suppurate superficially. fes·ter v. 1. To ulcerate. 2. To form pus; putrefy. n. An ulcer. into an ulcer or something. The way I figure it, all this bitterness stems from one of the curses of growing old - remembering when. My kid's not bitter about the way the Dodgers folded in the stretch because he's got no ``when'' to remember. Me, I've got 50 years of the stuff. Dangerous thing, remembering when. Especially when you're sitting in the Dodger Stadium • • [ parking lot Thursday night after another choke job, stuck in traffic for nearly two hours because the brain trusts who built the place didn't put in enough exits. You'd think the TV announcers who rap Dodger fans would have it figured out by now. People leave Dodger Stadium early because they don't want to sit in the parking lot until midnight, not because they want a cafe latte ca`fe´ lat´te n. 1. A type of espresso coffee topped with foamy steamed milk, and usually served in a tall glass or mug; also called latte ltname>. at Starbucks. Anyway, I'm sitting there Thursday night inhaling engine fumes fumes odorous gases and other volatile materials; inhalation of irritating fumes causes coughing and, if sufficiently severe, irreversible pulmonary edema. , and remembering when Dodgers like Sal Maglie, Carl Furillo, Roy Campanella and Jackie Robinson played this game like they were a squad of Marines storming the beach. Remembering how Maglie got his nickname, the Barber, because he'd stand out there on the mound, unshaven and looking mean as a pit bull, just daring a batter to dig in to cover by digging; as, to dig in manure s>. To entrench oneself so as to give stronger resistance; - used of warfare or negotiating situations. See also: Dig Dig on him. When one was stupid enough to try, the Barber would give him a shave - a real close shave. Today, Dodger pitchers live life dangerously on the outside corner. Remembering when Campy would block home plate, daring the runner rounding third to make it home. Campy caused more migraines than a good divorce lawyer. Remembering when Jackie would come out of a slide ready to knock the shortstop's head off for coming down extra hard on the tag because he didn't like the color of Jackie's skin. How Jackie would make 'em pay with his bat. Remembering a quiet, humble man named Furillo who carried a rifle for an arm out in right for the Dodgers. How one night when his career was long over, and he was working the midnight shift as a security guard at a factory, we talked about how it was. How most of the players hung out together after the games, and how many of them rode the subway to the games, sitting right next to the fans who would be cheering them on in a few hours. How the money wasn't much, but it was enough to live comfortably. How they all just felt lucky to put on the uniform every day, and go to work playing a kid's game. How, win or lose, they never held anything back. Even when you beat them, you knew you were just in one hell of a fight. How the Boys of Summer played the game like a squad of Marines storming the beach. Somehow, I don't think the Boys of Baywatch are playing the same game. MEMO: Dennis McCarthy's column appears Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday. |
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