Forget the Ballgame. Just Take Me Out.
August 24, 2009 As of today, the Red Sox and the Rangers are tied for the AL Wild Card lead. ("Uh-huh, and...?") St. Louis catcher Jason LaRue got a hit off of Billingsley in the ninth inning, and pinch-hitter Joe Thurston doubled down the right field line to set up the top of the Cardinals' lineup. (Y'all following this?)
Then the Mets did something, the Cubs did something, and I began to zone out, wishing I had some Twizzlers and thinking how dumb it is that LOST has such a long hiatus.
But I'm aware that many folks are rabid baseball fans, so today's post is for you! (See? I do care.)
I've often thought the game could use a little girling up. I mean, why don't they use giant roses for bases? Or incorporate a little pink and robin's egg blue? Next time you're at a game, be sure to ask.
Also be sure to suggest - loudly and to anyone in earshot - that the whole diamond setup is stupid. Wonky ovals are way better.Now flag down the sweaty guy with the tray o' beers, fork over your seven dollars for another one, and check out the pop fly ball that's heading straight for your head. In your inebriated state, it might look something like this:
Fortunately, though, anyone who's recently suffered a stunning blow to the head qualifies as an honorary Wreckerator! So quick, before your senses return, decorate a cake!
Excellent. I particularly like the random "w" - or is that a sideways 3?Ashley P., Dawn B., Dan M. and Lori R., "your out!"
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Reader Comments (145)
The "stitches" on the third one look like my map pencil representation of the Mason-Dixon line in elementary school.
I just hope that the players at Wonky Oval Stadium remember to tag 13th base before the run home. Also, I don't think letting a chicken walk through blood and step all over your cake is a sanitary decorating technique.
Josh
http://thedmt.blogspot.com
The third one looks like a chicken walked in some red barn paint and then ran all over that cake!
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Actually, I thought it said "in", but it does look like a 3.
Not to spoil the fun, but I think the randon "3" or "W" is a bleeding "IN."
Let me guess -- Saturday's breastfeeding cake and today's first baseball cake were made by the same person...
** Your and you're mean different things!**
**When will these people learn?! **
(Morning Jen)
Wait, those baseballs in the last one appear to be bleeding! Oh, the humanity!!
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I'm sure this will have been pointed out by the time my comment appears, but on the last cake where's the 2? Or is the lack of ability to count to three while not excluding two just further proof of the wreckerator's head trauma? (OK, maybe it's under the label. Maybe. But then again probably not.)
As a baseball fan I want to thank you for today's post.
Word verification: crath, which is how the wreckerator with a concussion now says "craft"
My question on the last cake is, "My out? My out what?"
And the groundskeeper for that field on the second cake has clearly given up in oh, so many ways. First, there's that wonky "diamond", and those brown patches indicate that he's been neglecting the turf. Also, there's only two somewhat randomly-placed bases on the field (I'm assuming that's what those two mysterious white patches in front of the "3" and under the "Y" are).
Perhaps it's just an association because of its proximity to the "out", but when I saw the random W, I thought it said "in".
I really like the poop brown field on cake #1, and the "your out" on cake #3. Funny, I thought it was MY out. . .
Fun Post! But I think that 'random W' is actually an 'IN'.
I think, on that last one, that the "W" is "IN." At least, that's how I read it.
WV: juslex: That online word game is no Scrabble--it's juslex.
On the last cake, I think that says "IN" not a W or a 3...
I think the W or sideways 3 is actually supposed to say IN....
Cute though. Now I really wish I had pics of the terrible cake that was made for my nephew's t-ball team...
It's nonsense I tell ya
It's actually "IN" I believe (ump's calls?)
"Your out." Yeah, it's MY out, give it back. "You're" in need of remedial grammar lessons.
I love baseball. I *adore* my Cardinals. And having CW do a baseball post that mentions my Cardinals is a win on top of a win on top of a win!
I thought the 3 (W?) was the word "IN". Not sure why it would be there either, though.
As of today, the Red Sox and the Rangers are tied for the AL Wild Card lead. ("Uh-huh, and...?")
Actually, the Red Sox are still up by one game.
Well that's just great...it's like these wreckerators are doing their damnedest to kill a wonderful American past time. They obviously don't understand the joy of the sport...
What I'd like to know is, where are the fugly cricket cakes? Doesn't this sport deserve to be commemmorated in a like fashion? Or do wreckerators only reside in the US? I like to think they can wreckerate just as well in metric!
I'm sure by the time comments get posted everyone and their brother will mention it, but just in case, that "W" looks like the word "IN" to me.
I didn't see W or 3, but rather "IN". In what I'm not sure, though.
I suppose you have given up on folks substituting "your" for "you're". It is only 'your' out if you made/own it, the umpire is actually yelling (announcing) 'you're out' as in you are out of here.
I love your blog!
I think it's a sideways 3...as in strike 3. Love that the "out" belongs to you!
I think that's supposed to be "in" - like "fair ball."
I do believe the 'w' in the last cake actually says 'in'!
Although it took me several fuzzy eyed minutes to work it out...
On that last one, what did they write the words with? Pipe cleaners?
Angie (from over at www.HalfAssedKitchen.com)
mmm... twizzlers.
Interesting how the "in" talk has stopped everyone from discussing the three tailed sperm balls.
I think it really is a W, for "Win." "In" isn't an actual call in baseball, but a win gets called a W all the time.
*screams and throws things*
Some of these cakes make a compelling argument for the devolution of the human race. People are obviously losing their ability to use tools, like an icing bag! Back to the caves, all! Last one to grab a man by the hair and drag him into the cave loses! *snatches up several goth boys and starts sprinting*
no, srsly. Either bakeries don't want to pay halfway decent wages, so they hire bottom of the barrel people, or the hiring managers are taking hard drugs before doing interviews. My brain hurts!
VW: hallyte
Leave the hallyte on at night, please. There are monsters in the dark.
Actually, I think in the second cake they are playing baseball on a football.
My $.02 worth - I didn't see W, 3, or "in," I saw "moovles" - I think those red lines are squiggles meant to indicate the ball is in flight (off this horrible excuse for a cake, no doubt).
I can't believe that no one noticed that it should be "YOU'RE" instead of "your". It's hard to be possessivly out.
-MR
GO STL CARDS!!!! WOOOHOOO! Boo to cruddy cake decorating.
*ableban
I wish we were able(to)ban these decorators from getting near a cake ever again.
I think it's a 3 as well. Which makes me wonder if there's a 2 under the price tag there.
Hey, at least you got the important part of the baseball update... the Cardinals! hehehe. Though, none of those cakes are worthy of being in the same post as the Redbirds.
WV: predi: That first cake is *hand gesture* predi... and the others are the exact opposite.
being the grammar snob that i am, that "your" really gets my hackers up.
being the girly girl that i am, i love the femininity of the first cake.
being the texan that i am, GO RANGERS! :-)
How can there be a baseball post without mention of the unassisted TRIPLE PLAY to end the Phillies-Mets game yesterday??
W or 3 makes more sense than IN but I also saw IN and just assumed they started to write "inning" and got bored... "W" would equal a win for someone... "3" could be their favorite baseball player (or the age of the wreckorater)... but "IN" ... i dunno...
Ok now I'm just so confused... on that last cake... my eyes are pretty bad but I'm totally reading "14 Marble Beer Cake Buttercreme White" Beer cake?? that explains EVERYTHING
grammar problems Your out... out where? Again I ask does anyone really *pay money* for these?
On the last one, I saw "in" not "W". As in fair ball, but W works too, for win. I may be a Cubs fan, but I still remember what a win flag looks like. (Sighs wistfully.)
I guess people really will NEVER learn to read the previous comments before posting their ideas. I saw "in" instead of a W or a 3 too, but after reading only FOUR comments down, I realized it had already been said.
Come on people!!!
Oh and by the way, it's not in, 3 OR w....it's definitely Epcot.
On the last one, I saw "in" not "W". As in fair ball, but W works too, for win. I may be a Cubs fan, but I still remember what a win flag looks like. (Sighs wistfully.)
One the last cake, I see the 1 with the play ball, note the clear break that easily separates the 1 from the y ;-), then 2 is under strike, and the w/in squiggle is the 3
Betcha the missing #2 in the last cake is beneath the bakery sticker.
Thank you for my morning laugh!
Why does LOST have such a long hiatus??