Batter up! A Double Play Giveaway

Double PlayThese days, anyone can be a baseball announcer. Except women. And I take exception to that. It’s time to storm the announcer’s booth – and we can start getting ready now. How? We can come up with our own home run signature phrase!

A what now?

Some of the best and funniest broadcasters had catchphrases (no pun intended) and signature lines when a home run is hit. Bob Uecker of the Minnesota Milwaukee Brewers: “Get up, Get outta here, Gone!” Harry Caray and Phil Rizzuto: “A home run! Holy cow!” Chris Berman from ESPN: “Back back back back back back…GONE!” Bob Prince, from the old-school days of the Pirates: “Kiss it goodbye!” See? Nothing to it.

So let’s get creative. Enter your parts o’ speech below, and come up with your own home run signature phrase. Practice it at little league. Use it in mixed groups of sports fans. Either you’ll look like you’re exceptionally knowledgeable, or people will ask to share what you’re smoking. Either way- fun for all!

And HELL YES there are prizes. I’ll pick five winners – and each winner will receive a paper copy of Jill Shalvis’ Double Play. I’m a sucker for Shalvis’ heroes, and I really enjoyed this one. The hero is an all-star pitcher who is forced to wonder if there might be something more to life than just baseball – and the heroine keeps distracting him when he needs to keep his focus around her.

So let’s play ball. You’ve got 24 hours. Batter up! Grab some pine!

Note: the results appear in a popup window, so be ye warned.

Animal:

Round object:

Verb, past tense:

Place:

Verb, gerund (with an -ing):

Foreign Country:



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  1. Elizabeth says:

    Holy beaver ! That orange just carved the yard and it won’t stop swiping ‘til it reaches Japan!!

  2. Lola says:

    Holy Platypus! That ball just slapped the Bitter Creek and it won’t stop running ‘til it reaches Russia!!

  3. LaurieF says:

    Holy tiger! That watermelon just blew the belltower and it won’t stop dancing til it reaches Fiji!

  4. Leslie says:

    Smart Bitches Technology: Your Homerun Signature Phrase!

    Holy panda ! That melon just kissed the kitchen and it won’t stop smacking ‘til it reaches Nepal!!

  5. Carrie Lofty says:

    Holy naked mole rat! That coconut just flunked the mountaintop and it won’t stop whining ‘til it reaches my mother-in-law’s house!!

  6. Deb says:

    Holy capybara ! That ping pong ball just ate the Sesame Street and it won’t stop snoozing ‘til it reaches Zimbabwe!!

  7. Nina says:

    Smart Bitches Technology: Your Homerun Signature Phrase!

    Holy Ocelot ! That Magic 8 Ball just Humped the Earth and it won’t stop Snarking ‘til it reaches Russia!!

  8. Melissandre says:

    Holy Cougar ! That melon just spat the Shangri-la and it won’t stop slurping ‘til it reaches Abu-Dhabi!!

    Wow, I’m not the only one who thought of Shangri-la!

  9. Lizzie (greeneyed fem) says:

    Holy black-footed ferret ! That cantaloupe just slung the Taj Mahal and it won’t stop prancing ‘til it reaches France!!

    HA! I’m happy with that, even though “slung the Taj Mahal” makes no sense. Sounds more like the cantaloupe downed a martini. 🙂

  10. MelissaG says:

    Holy platypus ! That balloon just hit the treehouse and it won’t stop hopping ‘til it reaches Australia!!

  11. JewelTones says:

    Holy bunny! That melon just slammed the waterfall and it won’t stop dusting ‘til it reaches Uzbekistan!!

    JT

  12. cap says:

    Holy hedgehogs ! That grapefruit just spiked the sky and it won’t stop spinning ‘til it reaches Spain!!

    I went for the alliteration approach.

  13. Lindz says:

    Holy Penguin ! That snowball just flew the beach and it won’t stop swimming ‘til it reaches Bermuda!!

  14. Kimi McG says:

    Holy Marmoset ! That testicle just squatted the bookstore and it won’t stop smooshing ‘til it reaches Iceland!!

    I just realized that I have no idea what a marmoset looks like. ^.^

    captcha: per98…. Second base was lost, per the 98 ballplayers whose bats wouldn’t rise the occasion because of all those steroids..

  15. KarenF says:

    Holy stink-beetle ! That snowglobe just imploded the glove compartment and it won’t stop erupting ‘til it reaches Guam!!

  16. Kismet says:

    Holy Cat ! That mellon just flew the school and it won’t stop laughing ‘til it reaches Germany!!

  17. allison says:

    Holy beagle ! That circular saw just wailed the garage and it won’t stop milking ‘til it reaches Romania!!

    Hee! Hee!

  18. Patsy says:

    Holy wallaby ! That knob just litigated the toilet stall and it won’t stop spewing ‘til it reaches Mozambique!!

  19. Babs says:

    Holy Tasmanian Devil ! That snowglobe just shattered the playground and it won’t stop fluffing ‘til it reaches Poland!!

  20. SB Sarah says:

    Holy beaver ! That orange just carved the yard and it won’t stop swiping ‘til it reaches Japan!!

    AHEM.

    SWIPER NO SWIPING! SWIPER NO SWIPING!

  21. Sheila says:

    Holy Tasmanian Devil ! That coconut just swirled the toilet and it won’t stop swimming ‘til it reaches Australia!!

  22. Holy lemur ! That marble just tapped the grand canyon and it won’t stop roaring ‘til it reaches Ukrane!!

  23. Rueyn says:

    Holy aardvark ! That gumball just kerfuffled the Mississippi and it won’t stop gyrating ‘til it reaches Guam!!

  24. Rachel W says:

    Holy kangaroo ! That orb just sprang the pen and it won’t stop screaming ‘til it reaches Djibouti!!

  25. CrystalGB says:

    Holy rabbit ! That peach just blasted the house and it won’t stop whistling ‘til it reaches Spain!!

  26. CrankyBeach says:

    Holy gecko ! That marble just slalomed the lakeside and it won’t stop wobbling ‘til it reaches Scotland!!

  27. Mary Beth says:

    Holy wombat! That egg just sweated the grocery store and it won’t stop blinding until it reaches Burkina Faso!!

  28. BeckyAnn says:

    Holy Bunny ! That bubble just shot the river’s edge and it won’t stop winging ‘til it reaches Peru!!

    “walked24” – Oh there would sooooooo need to be a pitching change if you walked 24 players!

  29. mcnappy says:

    Holy possum! That grape just shot the cantina and it won’t stop smoking ‘til it reaches Argentina!!

    Now, that was fun.

  30. Robin says:

    Holy puppy ! That pizza just smacked the San Francisco and it won’t stop smoking ‘til it reaches France!!

    “Smacked the San Francisco”…that sounds vaguely dirty. As a native San Franciscan, I approve.

  31. Rebekah says:

    Holy Newt ! That can of Diet Coke just fired the University of Cincinnati and it won’t stop fleeing ‘til it reaches Estonia!!

  32. MelB says:

    Holy tree frog! That clay pigeon just roared the Kalamazoo and it won’t stop streaking ‘til it reaches Vanuatu.

    This is an absolutely hilarious contest. Huge Cubs fan here and I remember Harry Caray “There’s a drive… Waaay back… It might be… It could be…It is! A home run!

  33. Sharon says:

    hahaha…Holy bunny! That cookie just exploded the lake and it won’t stop splashing ‘til it reaches australia!!

  34. jenifer says:

    Fun!

    Holy hermit crab ! That snowglobe just drank the Kalamazoo and it won’t stop deafening ‘til it reaches Liberia!!

  35. Shana says:

    “Holy chinchilla ! That ring just ate the theater and it won’t stop looking ‘til it reaches Ottowa!!”

    I might start watching more sports if they talk like this…

  36. Katie says:

    Holy Alpaca ! That Eye just worked the Arkansas and it won’t stop Loping ‘til it reaches Sri Lanka!!

    That’s right—-I said loping!

  37. Bren says:

    Holy Kitty ! That Olive just drenched the hearth and it won’t stop pulsing ‘til it reaches India!!

  38. De says:

    Holy Cat ! That Orange just Hacked the Library and it won’t stop Reading ‘til it reaches Texas!!

    Texas is too a foreign country!

    Spam word: month22 22 days left this month, close but not quite.

  39. Tink says:

    Holy Wombat ! That Boob just Shook the Disney World and it won’t stop Laughing ‘til it reaches China!!

  40. Wishverse says:

    Smart Bitches Technology: Your Homerun Signature Phrase!

    Holy monkey ! That moon pie just mowed the mountain and it won’t stop moving ‘til it reaches Mogadishu!!

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