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The Pirates and Mets were rained out on Monday, giving Pittsburgh fans a little extra time to pull their Tom Gorzelanny bobblehead dolls out of their boxes and examine them closely for the first time. Fans received the bobble on Saturday as the Pirates took on the Phillies at PNC Park. Examining the craftsmanship, we see that it certainly is a handsome item, and ... hey ... is he flipping us off? Hey!
The single digit protruding from his glove certainly looks like Gorzelanny may be sending a message to the umpire, the Phillies, the entire NL, or perhaps to Pirates' fans, who may be getting frustrated with the team's 10-15, last-place start. Pirates spokesman Jim Trdinich tries to explain. Meanwhile, I would invest in one or two of the dolls over at eBay, before the price goes up. It would be a nice companion piece to this in your collection.
• Zito To Watch Games From The Outfield For A Spell. With the Giants' Barry Zito being demoted to the bullpen on Monday, it's going to be a while probably until we're able to see that "I just got rocked" expression that we've all come to know and love from our favorite $126 million starter. Fortunately, Big League Stew over at Yahoo has quite a collection of those precious moments, which they share with you here. As Stew points out, at $18 million per season, Zito is the most expensive reliever in the majors, beating out Mariano Rivera by $3 million. He is also only the third pitcher ever to start 0-6. The sad thing is that the Giants would be having a strong season if Zito were decent; at 12-15 they're hardly the '62 Mets that everyone had predicted. On Monday Matt Cain broke his 10-game winless streak, 4-0 over the Rockies; SF's fourth win in six games.
• Red Bull Gives Him Wings. Something about being back in Oakland has rendered Frank Thomas lighter than air; as nimble as a forest creature. On Monday he tripled for the first time in six years (oxygen! Medic! Cough!), collecting three hits against former teammate Jon Garland, as the Athletics took the AL West lead from the Angels with a 14-2 win.
• 'The Game Has Been Called Due To The Drought'. The Orioles could have pulled ahead in the East, but instead there is a three-way tie for first. That's due to Monday's Baltimore-Chicago game ending after 11 innings, 3-3, due to inclement weather. The game will resume at the beginning of the 12th inning later this season, but no date was set. All the statistics from Monday count, including homers by Chicago's Juan Uribe and Baltimore's Ramon Hernandez.
• Arizona Mathematically Clinches NL West. Will rest starters for playoffs beginning Wednesday.
Comments
The Pirates have been flipping off Pittsburgh for 15 years..
The middle finger??
The god damn middle finger??
You can't say god damn on the air!!
Eh, nobody in Pittsburgh is going to the games anyways.
Still not as bad as the Pedro bobble head the Mets will be giving away this year. I heard he has his cock out.
Billy Ripken thinks that he's quite the FUCK FACE.
Gorzelanny's middle finger clearly reads "Fuck Face".
Byung Hyun Kim is not impressed.
Wait, you mean 3 weeks was too quick to assume Frank Thomas couldn't hit anymore?
@Civil Negligence:
+1
@MattinglysSideburns: Well played.
@Get Him A Body Bag, Yeah!: Goddammit.
had a coors light last night for the first time in a VERY long time. Damn you Deadspin for flashing that shitty beer at me enough to make me order one. I'm not strong enough to resist.
I would say he's indicating that the Pirates are #1 but whom are we kidding. These are the Pirates.
Sorta surprised it was the Gorzo bobblehead flipping the fans off. I thought they were waiting for the Bob Nuttig bobble head to have the middle finger gesture, replete with bags of uninvested revenue sharing cash.
I once fingered my Zane Smith bobblehead.
@asliceofbacon: Sources tell me that DS is in the final stages of a marketing agreement with Slipz Suppositories brand.
Why is that Jack McDowell bobblehead clean-shaven and wearing a Pirates uniform?
Ted Kaczynski is the nimblest of all the forest creatures.
Tom Gorzelanny has to pee.
The Ryan Freel bobblehead has his cock hanging out the flap in his pants. He calls it "Farney".
@Civil Negligence: Little Yerry?
Finger notwithstanding, that bobblehead is awkward as hell. He looks like a stoned dude fighting off nut shot attempts.
The Big Hurt gets a triple and Zito gets buried in the bullpen...what in the holy sack of dog balls is goin on here?!?!
Cat looks stoned out of his gourd.
@McCroskey: and throwing left-handed.
@millensdraftskills: Well, Billy Beane has always been smarter than Sabean. Look at the Pierzinsky trade.
shouldn't the fans be flipping off the pirates?
@amorphous: He already has P on his cap.
/"Animaniacs" joke
@MeanMachine: You should have seen the Dock Ellis bobblehead.
@Chamomiles Davis: It has little stars floating around his head.
Jeffrey Loria doesn't understand what the fuss is all about - he's been giving fans the finger for years.
My Schrute bobblehead has been shipped. Life is good.
Did you see the way she pointed at the check? She gave me the finger.
Tom Gorzelanny: Mr. Incredible's illegitimate son?
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Cmon now, this is the outfit that gaveus bonds and bonilla.
Flashing the finger and raising a leg to fart. Double whammy
@Rob Iracane: Nice!!
Will's Ankiel bobblehead doll has a glory hole.
Looks like he's trying to squeak one out.
You should see what is sticking out on the Steely McBeam doll.
@asliceofbacon: Wow, what did your boyfriend have?
Maybe that's Gorzo's "Alfonseca-esque" extra finger?
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He's tipping his pitches again. The middle finger means "here comes an 82 mph fastball that you can hit 456 feet."
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@asliceofbacon:
Apparently Busch Light wasn't interested in marketing at this point.
Manufacturers of the newly pressed Santonio Holmes bobblehead had to withhold shipping them to retailers. Bob Smith, spokesman for BobbleheadsRus said, "We put an eight ounce weight in the base but the fucking thing keeps tipping forward."
not to nitpick, but that dude's head is like, way bigger than his body.
I would've noticed that, but as soon as I took mine out of the box, I threw it out onto a highway ramp.
Seriously.
@Get Him A Body Bag, Yeah!: I appreciate KK references. Well done!
My Pokey Reese bobblehead is still on the DL.
@OchentaYcinco: No photos? Then it didn't happen.
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