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There’s been a lot of pie controversy in baseball lately. The Florida Marlins have banned shaving cream pie throwing & other such hi-jinx because Chris Coghlan somehow managed to injure his knee when he jumped to throw a pie in the face of teammate Wes Helms after he hit a game-winning home run.
As I’ve written before, a shaving cream pie in the face has become a tradition in baseball, typically when a player hits a game-winning home run, but it has been used for other feats, including Stephen Strasburg’s 14 strikeout debut.
A lot of people are talking about ways of trying to prevent these high-paid ballplayers from hurting themselves doing juvenile things (namely pie-throwing). I don’t really think that’s necessary & the folks over at the Sports Pickle make that obvious by posting the 20 Most Ridiculously Humiliating Sports Injuries of All-Time.
For example, number 4 on the list is when Nolan Ryan missed a start because he had to get a series of rabies shots after he decided to pick up some baby coyotes!
The point is, these guys are going to get injured in ridiculous and unfortunate ways and you can’t stop it. With that said, please don’t take the pie out of baseball.
If they are really concerned about pie-throwing in baseball – maybe they should just start using the classic “pie in the face” game to throw the pies – no players would get hurt that way:
A man has admitted attacking his girlfriend at their home – with a frozen meat pie.
Charles Coxon, 35, pushed his supper into Yvonne Jasinsky’s face as the pair continued a late night row over “trivial matters” which had erupted earlier in a pub, a court heard.
Prosecutor Geoff Gibson said: “The defendant entered the kitchen to prepare himself a meat pie. While he was preparing it, he pushed the pie into the injured party’s face, giving her a nose bleed.”
Not cool, guy. Not cool. Using pie as a weapon is only acceptable in pie fights where both parties have pies and where the pies are NOT frozen. Using frozen pies for domestic abuse or any form of violence is a MAJOR pie foul.
- Pies Sold in New York Recalled – You don’t want this pie in your face – FUMA Custard Pies were recalled for fear they may contain “undeclared eggs”
- American Pie actor Chris Klein was arrested for DUI charges. As if driving drunk isn’t bad enough, the animal rights community is also mad at Klein because his pet dog was in the car. Me, I’m more concerned about the people that he put at risk – but yeah, it’s not cool to hurt pets, either. If Klein hurt my dog, I’d be pissed.
- Online pie company opens in Seattle. A la Mode Pies recently opened in Seattle. Oddly enough, the company is run by a guy that used to be in public relations. Beth over at The World Needs More Pie is a former PR gal, and I am a current PR dude. Apparently PR people like pie.
Stephen Strasburg, last year’s number one pick in the MLB draft, made his Major League debut last night and wowed the sellout Washington Nationals crowd (a rarity). Strasburg struck out 14 in his first appearance, an impressive feat. After the game, Strasburg learned about baseball’s pie-in-the-face tradition.
Normally baseball players get a shaving cream pie when they hit a walk-off home run, but Strasburg’s performance definitely warranted the pies.
I caught some Matlock this past weekend. It reminded me of how great I think Andy Griffith is, and it just so happens that today is his 84th birthday! Happy Birthday Andy!
If Betty White got to host SNL, I think Griffith should host next year.
Anyhoo – as it turns out, I did a little research and found that before Mr. Bill Cosby was hyping Jello instant pudding and pie mix, Mr. Griffith was plugging their wares on the Andy Griffith show with Opie, Barney and the gang. Here’s a couple spots he did, my favorite line is:
“It’s as easy as you know what”
Andy Griffith also appeared in the 2007 movie, “Waitress” with Keri Russell. This movie revolves around pie, and Andy Griffith is a frequent pie-eater at the diner she works in, this clip shows Griffith talkin’ pie:
Thanks Andy Griffith for your support of pie, you’re a true american pie-con!
This day in 2009: Rep. Joe Wilson, shouted "You lie!" during Obama speech. Wilson later claimed that he said "you pie!".about 21 minutes agofrom HootSuite
