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.

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Round object:

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Verb, gerund (with an -ing):

Foreign Country:



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  1. Lorelie says:

    God I love these mad-libs:

    Holy were-lemming ! That orange just punted the Venice and it won’t stop twirling ‘til it reaches Bora-Bora!!

  2. Julie says:

    Ok, it really doesn’t make sense, but these are so funny,

    Holy Aardvark ! That balloon just left the Kansas City and it won’t stop chasing ‘til it reaches Kathmandu!!

  3. Elaine C. says:

    Holy Orangutan ! That matzo ball just flew the pig pen and it won’t stop squealing ‘til it reaches Greece!!

  4. delitealex says:

    Holy bear ! That eye just went the bathroom and it won’t stop going ‘til it reaches france!!

  5. Pat M. says:

    Holy barracuda ! That cannonball just shattered the sound barrier and it won’t stop zinging ‘til it reaches Morrocco!!

  6. Renee says:

    Holy panda ! That moon just flew the pyramid and it won’t stop jumping ‘til it reaches Greece!!

  7. Caffey says:

    Holy Cat ! That grapefruit just splashed the birdbath and it won’t stop dodging ‘til it reaches Scotland!!

    I so love Jill’s heroes too!! Would love to be in for this! thanks!
    cathiecaffey(at)gmail(dot)com

  8. Lovecow2000 says:

    Holy Blackfooted Ferret ! That Melon just Squished the Wellington and it won’t stop Squelching ‘til it reaches New Zealand!!

  9. Jenica says:

    Holy wereduck ! That snowglobe just soared the grocery store and it won’t stop carrying ‘til it reaches Angolia!!

  10. glee says:

    Hey, Renel Brooks-Moon is the SF Giants announcer at AT&T Park.  Of course, she doesn’t get to do other than announce the batter, but she doesn a great job. 

    Holy meercat ! That pelota just dried the McCovey Cove and it won’t stop splashing ‘til it reaches Kyrgyzstan!!

    Magic word: new78—and I have lots of old 78s to go with them.

  11. Saam says:

    Holy penguin ! That snow globe just twinkled the rolling hills and it won’t stop vibrating ‘til it reaches Antarctica!!

  12. Jocelyn says:

    Holy Lynx ! That dodgeball just ran the Puyallup and it won’t stop curling ‘til it reaches Australia!!

  13. Lori says:

    Holy wolf ! That circle just tinkled the zoo and it won’t stop shirking ‘til it reaches China!!

  14. KatherineB says:

    Holy hampster ! That kumquat just egressed the Empire State Building and it won’t stop squealing ‘til it reaches Japan!!

    Somehow it works for me…I love the notion of squealing hampsters, and the alliterative Holy Hampster works well….

  15. Holy Kangaroo ! That Frisbee just swam the Nairobi and it won’t stop giggling ‘til it reaches New Zealand!!

  16. rayvyn2k says:

    Holy King Crab ! That cannonball just shattered the Corneilia Marie and it won’t stop skittering ‘til it reaches Russia!!

  17. Kinsey4.2 says:

    Holy Leapin’ Lemurs ! That jawbreaker just overshot the birds in the bay and it won’t stop jitterbugging ‘til it reaches Djibouti!!

  18. cheryl c. says:

    Holy bulldogs ! That baseball just slammed the stadium and it won’t stop having ‘til it reaches England!!

    some of it works 😉

  19. cheryl c. says:

    That was fun, so I had to play again.  I am hot here, so I am trying to think COOL!

    Holy reindeer ! That snowball just smashed the house and it won’t stop flying ‘til it reaches North Pole!!

  20. kh says:

    the loud rhino kicked the ball at the circus squirting all over teh bulls in spain

  21. K8 says:

    Holy ferret ! That magic 8 ball just sang the Tijuana and it won’t stop floating ‘til it reaches South Africa!!

  22. Miriam Staples says:

    Holy zebra ! That cookie just waited the home and it won’t stop forwarding ‘til it reaches Australia!!

    You know, it almost makes sense!

  23. Mara says:

    Holy fox ! That globe just sang the grocery store and it won’t stop playing ‘til it reaches Japan!!

  24. Holy Dingo ! That dinner plate just landed in the desert and it won’t stop spinning ‘til it reaches Australia!!

  25. Holy blogger ! That comments just reached the 270 mark and it won’t stop ending ‘til it reaches Bolivia!!

  26. Lyssa says:

    Holy racoon ! That ball of yarn just expired the Carnigie Hall and it won’t stop worshipping ‘til it reaches Azerbaijan!!

  27. Theresa says:

    I want to play!

    Holy gerbil ! That oreo just mowed the Buckingham Palace and it won’t stop leafing ‘til it reaches Scotland!!

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