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)
*bangs head* O...M...G *stabs whoever did the last cake*
I have banned people from application to my RP forum for making the mistake that wreckerator made on the last cake. "You are out" = You're, not your!
I really like the "your out" You HAVE to get the spelling right on a cake.
Just LOVE your blog :)
I made a baseball cake for my brother that was way cooler.... and I was only 12.
good, thanks!
http://lllrab.com/fruit-fl37/index.html
I instantly read that "W" as "IN"-- now I'm frightened! I can read wreck!
It is stupid. Come back, LOST!
the 'w' is the word "IN".
Doesn't it say "IN"?
The amount of Wal-Mart cakes on this site is horrible.
In cake three, the baseballs look like they have bloody tendrils. Why? No one can say for sure. But it reminded me of a '50's movie titled "The Crawling Eye" (also known a "The Trollenburg Terror".) It was featured on Mystery Science Theatre 3000, of beloved memory.
The cake is funnier than the movie but the MST version was funnier than either.
--cpeter13
The first one looks very much like a more abstract version of the life preserver breastfeeding cake. Like someone saw the first cake without knowing what it was and described it over the phone to someone else.
in that last one, "you're" is misspelled as well
Ok.. just confirmed it. My 9 year old can spell both your and you're. AND... he knows what each of them means and can use them in a sentence! It's official... Wreckerators did not pass third grade!
OK people, even if it does say "in", what kind of sense does that make? You're not out, you're in! Wha??
i thought it said "IN"...
rachel
Unless my depth perception fails me, the bloody chicken footprint ball is actually one of the giant cookies that has been smothered in icing. I am starting to feel like these are gaining ground on the dreaded CCC.
Don't forgot to mention on that last cake the glaring grammar mistake of "your out" as opposed to "you're out"
How about the size ratio of giant balls to tiny pink bases on the girly cake? Is someone overcompensating? Did anyone notice the giant pile of poo in the lower right corner of the girly field? Now I know girls won't play ball in a poo infested field. They do have standards.
I'm sorry. I'm Canadian. I don't understand how anyone can screw up baseball and hockey...at all.
Yup, the comment board is absolutely infested with knonles (and if you know what a knonle is, you were also hanging out on HPANA about 3 or 4 years ago...). 3, W, "in", whatever. Baseball makes very little sense anyway, although admittedly still slightly more than cricket. Slightly. *twitches at 'your' instead of 'you're'*
WV: triso - The sad thing about some wreckerators is that they triso hard...
3 in the corner pocket. Isn't this fun? Another break for the gene pool.
WV: Myedoff --> oh, he's a cousin of mine.
Did anybody else think that third cake said "Happy Birthday Moron"?
Maybe I just had morons on my mind viewing these monstrosities.
Oh, and I think the "3" is really the word "in."
Jen, I think the wonky "W" is actually "IN." thanks for the baseball post!
oh Jen, sorry for the double posting. but while we're talking baseball, can I make a request for a Sunday Sweets of baseball cakes? or sports cakes in general? thanks!
I personally love that the baseball is really a basketball designed to LOOK like a baseball. (I'm not a sports nut. In fact, I don't know when ANY sports season is in--except for maybe skiing and that awesome-to-watch outdoors lumberjack tournament.)
that's not a 3, it's IN I suppose.
I definitely thought it said "3" as well. Not to disappoint anybody, but to all of you believing it says "in"...well "in" makes about as much sense as "3" or "W".
I also have to ask:
What on Earth does "WV" stand for? I see it on several posts with some sort of wordplay although I make no connection.
On a non-cakey note I'd like to concur that Lost's hiatus is indeed ridiculous. Although at the same time I don't want the end to come any quicker so I'm in a quandary
I don't know anything about baseball, really, but I do know that I'd never pay $14.97 for that last wreck.
I think that "w" might be an "in."
And in related news, the song "Hot Shot City" is particularly good.
MAYBE THE RED LIGHTENING BOLT AND THE THREE SYMBOLIZES STRIKE 3!
I thought the W was for "win." Announcers sometimes say "He got the W."
not only the "w"...is it my out or your out? oh wait, it's "you ARE out" ::slaps forehead with open palm::
I see strikes 1 and 3...is the misuse of 'your' strike 2?
i too thought the random "w" said in... it did not confuse me at all.
To many posts to read, but the "W" could be a reference to the Cubs. When they win fan's traditionally fly a White flag with a blue "W" on it, plus they fly the flags at Wrigley Field also. NOT that I condone that cake in any way, shape, or form...but it gives a possible meaning to the random "W"
Could the pink & blue diamond cake be in honor of the breast cancer and prostate cancer days at the games? They use pink bats on the BC days and blue ones on the PC days. It's a nice gesture, but the cake is still a disaster!!
Strike 1, 2, 3... your out $14.97.
beers cost $13
You should send this one to http://www.apostropheabuse.com/
I def though it looked like IN when i first looked at the cake! This site is amazing.
Katie
I think that random 'W' is supposed to say 'in' but I'm not exactly positive that it's an actual baseball term. Like "You're in!" Right? Instead of "You're out!" I'm sorry, but even when I type this it still sounds normal in my head.....
The stitches DO look like a chicken stepped in something red (paint? blood?) and walked across the cake. or maybe it was an attempt at flight patterns with directional arrows. Has this decorator never SEEN a baseball?
also, 3 v. W v. "in." I thought it said "in." If it was supposed to be a 3, why is it sideways? If it's supposed to be an "in" what the heck does that mean? it's "out" or "safe"! Again, these decorators need to brush up on their sports. And I don't mean airbrush!
Gotta love that wonky oval. where the heck are the bases? There's only 2. Cracked icing, baby blue trim. It looks like the batter is getting ready to defend himself in a tousle on the golf course! Nice how they wrote Birthday write over the base and Kevin's name straddles the base line/curve.
Why does everyone keep wanting to say the "3" is an "in." What sense would that even make. The ump does not say someone is "in" - they might be "safe" but not "in."
Love that random "w"! I mean why ? lol xxx