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Yes! We Have No Bananas

I have no idea what that song title has to do with today's Sox vs. Dodgers matchup, but after watching Bobby Kielty goof around in the background while an unaware Jacoby Ellsbury was giving a very serious dugout interview to ESPN... that's just what popped in my head. So I'm rolling with it.

Maybe Bobby is trying to distract us from the stat lines of pitching prospects Hunter Jones (blown save!) and Lee Gronkiewicz (18.00 ERA over 0.1 IP!), but it's not working. Tim Wakefield's three great innings of scoreless work do soothe, though- he looked solid as ever.

Baseball Boyfriend of the Day honors go to Sean Casey - who is batting .444 this spring (!) and had two hits today (!!). He also tumbled ass-over-teakettle in pursuit of a 6-4-3 double play- and any guy who's willing to do acrobatics to get the out always gets bonus style points from me.

Of course, I have video of the Kielty antics. I love that the ESPN team doesn't see fit to clue Jacoby in about Bobby's clowning, and so Jacoby just happily chatters on completely unaware (while several guys crack up in the dugout behind him).

video courtesy of ESPN

Comments (14)

[ jules ] says:
on March 6, 2008 8:10 PM

ass-over-teakettle

That cracks me up...is that a Texas thing?

Thanks for posting this--will have to check it out at work in the morning (the connection is soooo much faster).

[ Abby ] says:
on March 6, 2008 8:17 PM

I missed it when he came back the second time! Oh Bobby. Thanks for posting it.

[ Piney61 ] says:
on March 6, 2008 8:18 PM

I love this team...but I've said that about 20 bajillion times this year and it's only been spring training

[ LifelongSoxFan ] says:
on March 6, 2008 9:11 PM

Texy, anyone who uses the term "ass over tea kettle" is ACES in my book! Gosh, I just love these guys!

[ Lyndsay ] says:
on March 6, 2008 10:04 PM

the comedy is accentuated by Kielty's clown hair. love it and I hope he does it more often this season.

[ jenny again ] says:
on March 6, 2008 10:28 PM

is it bad that my favorite part of that clip is watching pedroia and lowrie run off the field together ... ? eep!

thanks for sharing, tg (as always)!

[ Meg ] says:
on March 6, 2008 10:29 PM

Yay! Anyone else remember when Ortiz did stuff like that during a Tito dugout interview last year? I hope it is a trend that continues:-D

[ Texas Gal ] says:
on March 6, 2008 10:35 PM

Yeah, Meg - check out his Advent page, the very last video. That's what I thought of, as well. Except none of those ESPN guys bothered to tell Jacoby.

[ Liza ] says:
on March 6, 2008 11:02 PM

Wow. Beautiful catch. I managed to miss it (as I was in school at the time--argh!), but this was awesome.

Also, I love Kielty. A lot.

[ Texas Gal ] says:
on March 7, 2008 12:19 AM

Also - after seeing the popularity of "ass over teakettle", I will really try to work more Southern idioms and colloquialisms into my posts.

Things like "reckon" and "over yonder" and "fixin' to". Then all y'all be doin' as fine as a frog's hair.

[ Meg ] says:
on March 7, 2008 7:10 AM

Hehe if you do maybe some of us Bostonians that read hear frequently will pick a bit of it up and start saying "ovah yahndah" and stuff like that:-P

[ Ellen ] says:
on March 7, 2008 2:25 PM

I thought it was the Heat Miser looking over Ellsbury's shoulder.

[ Liza ] says:
on March 7, 2008 5:30 PM

I know a guy who speaks like he's from South but has lived in New Hampshire his whole life... it's quite interesting to hear him talk, actually.

[ Casey ] says:
on March 8, 2008 9:28 PM

I am waiting to see the Kielty - Donny Most (Ralph Malph) look alike comparisons.

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