National Pastime Radio: Wait Wait, don’t eat that!

May 28, 2013

Or, ‘What’s a ball game without a nosh?’

From this week’s “Lightning Fill-in-the-Blank” round of my favorite NPR podcast:

PETER SAGAL: Cincinnati Reds reliever Aroldis Chapman pitched the worst game of his career after blanking.

FAITH SALIE: Michele? (Editor’s Note: a reference to that show’s “Not My Job” guest, sports side-line reporter Michele Tafoya)

(LAUGHTER)

SALIE: After knitting all weekend and losing feelings in his hand.

SAGAL: No. After eating 18 guava and cream cheese Danishes before the game.

(LAUGHTER)

SAGAL: According to Philadelphia Phillies broadcaster Rickie Ricardo…

(LAUGHTER)

SAGAL: …that’s his name — Chapman scarfed down 18 of the pastries and looked, quote, “like he couldn’t breathe. He walked the first batter and then gave up two homeruns. Reds manager Dusty Baker didn’t blame the pastries, saying his players used to do it all the time when he was the manager of the Cubs.

(LAUGHTER)

 

 

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