RIP Jim Otto

[Twirling Time]

I lived next door to Kent Tekulve for a couple of years when I was in elementary school. He was the first person I interviewed. I learned a valuable lesson about not trusting tape recorders that day. lol

How could you tell? He disappeared the second he turned sideways.

 

[Slacker]

How could you tell? He disappeared the second he turned sideways.

Shame on you for your underhanded post. Shame, I say!

 

[Slacker]

I hated Tekulve. I hated the Pirates. I was a Phillies fan.

And then, God hates me, Tekulve came to the Phillies later on.
I didn't care. I hated him then, too. I hated him then for all four years.

I especially hated that submarine pitch, which is kinda strange because I was a pitcher, too, and I threw sidearm. (Nobody ever showed me how to come over the top or three-quarters, so thanks again for nothin', coach!) ... To me, though, sidearm was fine, but that submarine shirt is the devil's work.

 

[Hermes]

The only good thing about being riddled with anxiety from a young age was I knew to use multiple recording devices from the age of 13. The looks I used to get from interview subjects when I pulled the third cassette recorder out of the bag…

 

[BTExpress]

We had a reporter TODAY who did a 30-minute interview, and his machine just died and wouldn't turn on after he was done. All I could think of was this thread.

 

[outofplace]

The only good thing about being riddled with anxiety from a young age was I knew to use multiple recording devices from the age of 13. The looks I used to get from interview subjects when I pulled the third cassette recorder out of the bag…

I tried that a few times. I usually just took notes along with the recording. What was always funny to me was that the only two times I had an issue were those two incidents involving Tekulve.

 

[justgladtobehere]

I hated Tekulve. I hated the Pirates. I was a Phillies fan.

And then, God hates me, Tekulve came to the Phillies later on.
I didn't care. I hated him then, too. I hated him then for all four years.

I especially hated that submarine pitch, which is kinda strange because I was a pitcher, too, and I threw sidearm. (Nobody ever showed me how to come over the top or three-quarters, so thanks again for nothin', coach!) ... To me, though, sidearm was fine, but that submarine shirt is the devil's work.

MLB needs the return of odd pitchers, the submariners, sidearms, knuckleballers, junkballers who can't hit 90.

 

[BTExpress]

Knuckleballers were fun to watch --- unless one was on your team and suddenly couldn't find the plate.