Forget the Ballgame. Just Take Me Out.
August 24, 2009 As of today, the Red Sox and the Rangers are tied for the AL Wild Card lead. ("Uh-huh, and...?") St. Louis catcher Jason LaRue got a hit off of Billingsley in the ninth inning, and pinch-hitter Joe Thurston doubled down the right field line to set up the top of the Cardinals' lineup. (Y'all following this?)
Then the Mets did something, the Cubs did something, and I began to zone out, wishing I had some Twizzlers and thinking how dumb it is that LOST has such a long hiatus.
But I'm aware that many folks are rabid baseball fans, so today's post is for you! (See? I do care.)
I've often thought the game could use a little girling up. I mean, why don't they use giant roses for bases? Or incorporate a little pink and robin's egg blue? Next time you're at a game, be sure to ask.
Also be sure to suggest - loudly and to anyone in earshot - that the whole diamond setup is stupid. Wonky ovals are way better.Now flag down the sweaty guy with the tray o' beers, fork over your seven dollars for another one, and check out the pop fly ball that's heading straight for your head. In your inebriated state, it might look something like this:
Fortunately, though, anyone who's recently suffered a stunning blow to the head qualifies as an honorary Wreckerator! So quick, before your senses return, decorate a cake!
Excellent. I particularly like the random "w" - or is that a sideways 3?Ashley P., Dawn B., Dan M. and Lori R., "your out!"
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Reader Comments (145)
I think it's supposed to be an "IN" but it really does look like a W. i also like how randomly placed all of the words are. whoo creativity
Rachel:
I wish I knew why Lost is on vacation so long! Maybe those montage episodes they feed us are enough to satisfy some people, but not me!
Anne-Marie
The Wrecksistant
i'm late to the game (hehe) but i thought it was "in" as well.
*tapping fingers*...waiting for the obligatory "Don't make fun of a serious issue" post, which in this case would be about Brain Injury.
But it's okay to make fun of cakes that appear to be decorated by people with no brains at all?!?
Where does one draw the line (assuming one CAN draw a line)...
Hey, I'm just in a down mood, and it's all because of Kevin. You only become a "YAY, I'm a teenager!" once...just ONCE. And look at that dismal mess he gets to celebrate with. It's so horribly sad! Someone needs to leave that cake out in the rain.
=^@@^=
I've been staring at the 2nd cake, (it blows up when you click on it - I love it when they blow up!) and I see the white icing blobs that represent 1st base and 3rd base, but where's 2nd base?
wv: supsyn I need supsyn to help me get over this cold.
The baseballs on the last cake seem to have the cartoon illustration of "ouch." Clearly they are in as much pain as we are.
"your" "to" funny
:-P
@ Brittany:
So I take it that you are more concerned with the wording of the LABEL than the fact that they want only $14.97 for the cake?
Don't you know a DEAL when you see one? MAN! I don't care if it's beer batter or beer cream frosting or what--I'd even throw in an extra 3 cents and make it an even 15 bucks for THAT baby!
I mean, LOOK at it.
(And whatta you mean, "Your eyesight must suck, too"?)
oh my! i love that random "w"!
Being a semi-rabid baseball fan (it's hard to be rabid when you've got the Royals for the home team) I looked at the last cake and took the W to mean WALK. Although the cake is so seriously offensive that it could mean waltz or window or almost any word that may or may not have anything to do with baseball.
actually, If you look under the words Play ball, there is a little line which I am guessing is supposed to be a one; then the opposite corner has the words Strike two, so I think it is indeed, a sideways three, signifying three strikes, "Your Out"
I love the Wonky field.
The girly one's cute, too. Wrecky, but cute.
~Amy B.
All those bereft without LOST should join us over on Nikki Stafford's rewatch blog - we're having a great time. http://lost-rewatch.blogspot.com/
Oh, and to make this post relevant: Wow, those are some pretty bad baseball cakes, all right. Yeppers.
LOST is awesome. That's why, Jenny. Sheesh.
Wink.
Tracy
Actually, I thought the W or sideways 3 was the word "in."
Although I have to admit that makes just as little sense.
I love love love the first one with the rosey bases, and the baseball that is precisely the same size as those rose-budesque bases.
In high school gym we had to play some game with a giant ball 3-4 feet in diameter where we scooted around on the floor loke crabs to kick it. I'm thinking on that rose decorated diamond they may need to adopt a new posture to move those giant baseballs. And maybe forget about using the bats. Lily
Eek! Someone find that poor bird that's running around leaving bloody footprints over that nice white cake!!
And the others...wait, did someone say Twizzlers? mm...
ahhh let's not forget our grammar! you're out- as in you are out- not your as in you own the out- sheesh!
That oval field might work for Calvinball.
I'm trying to give the wrecker SOMETHING.
wv: pruct
These cakes are seriously pruct.
Hey, I think that's supposed to be Epcot!! I mean... in, not a W. Why is everyone in such a rush to correct you? so weird.
Play ball Strike 2 Your Out cake needs more cracks radiating from those baseballs so it'll be a "Busted! We know you broke the window/windshield" cake.
Perfect! I live in Warner Robins, GA, home of the Little League Softball World Series 2009 champions (and our boys are on the way to winning their second World Series, too!).
Thank goodness you don't have to understand baseball to understand these wrecks. I must admit to skipping that whole what team did what bit. Even in vague terms baseball bores me.
The "w" must be the decorator laughing at either himself or the customer for buying it ("w" is the Japanese version of "lol").
Maybe that random "3" is really the apostrophe that's missing from "your".
Maybe there is a 2 under the price tag. Like 1, 2, 3 You're out! We can only hope.
I think from now on, you should update each post with the number of times it's been "Epcot"ed so far. "So far, 35 readers have posted that the W looks like in."
Anonymous:
"Epcot-ed"! I love it! You've coined a new phrase!
Anne-Marie
The Wrecksistant
I wonder how much time your fans waste staring at the pictures in awe and dumbfounded amazment.
I looked at the play ball, your out and random w for a long, long time before I came to my senses.
Um, some advice on baseball terminology in the opening of your post: you don't use the term "clinched" a playoff spot until it would be mathematically impossible (given the number of remaining games in the season) for you NOT to make the playoffs. Red Sox merely have "sole possession of the Wild Card lead" as of today.
Love the post itself! And the blog! Thanks!
Arrgh! It's supposed to be "you're" not "your"! Look I'm sticking quotation marks in my post.
siltedrepose
I do believe that wonky 3/W spells "IN." Why? We're not meant to know.
It's not "Your Out" It's my out!
Stop! It's grammar time!
You're = You are. Your = Not mine :-)
Here's what I know about Baseball:
*The season never fricking ends.
*It messes up traffic on my way home from work.
*I like to refer to the "points" to annoy the people who continuously remind me that they are actually "runs."
*Sometimes during the games, nothing seems to be going on and it gets REALLY boring.
*Apparently when nothing happens for a really long time it means I should be excited about the "great pitching."
*Apparently I still know more than some of these Wreckerators!
Neither a w or a 3. Those are the secretions of that diseased jellyfish in the corner.
Now that I've looked at these a second time, I'm absolutely convinced that they aren't depicting baseball.
They're depicting the great game of Calvinball.
where is the cake from that has the "W", "in", "3"?
if its the midwest I'm guessing its a W, for the white flag with a blue W that flies over Wrigley after a win
not that its been doing that a whole lot lately
I think the one you think is a "w/sideways 3" actually says in...but it's hard to tell because the dye used leaked and merged the word.
The wonky stitched baseball came out of the super-clearance sports store at the outlets near my house. Super-stitched for extended play. (Three seams one way and two the other-that's one secure cover my friends.)
WV - Ebenthf Ninth, tenth, ebenthf, twelvethf. (Happened to get stung by a bee while awarding prizes)
I thought the W or 3 was actually the word 'in'. Maybe they think that in baseball the opposite of out is in.
What about elbows that are severly bruised? Does that qualify?
My family and I were playing baseball and our theme this year was the greatest baseball rivalry. That caused the teams to be the Yankees and Red Socks.
In the process of this nine inning game, some spectacular saves and injuries were shown on the Yankee side but, the Red Socks kicked some major and won by over fifteen points.
these are pretty terrible!
http://confessions-of-a-waitress.blogspot.com/
spelling "you're" is such a challenge! Maybe I'm gifted.
I think that the "w" is actually the word "in". Just my thought.
spelling "you're" is such a challenge! Maybe I'm gifted.
Wide Awake beat me to it...only I said it was a bleeding crow. Hideous!
@ Katrina:
We're on the same page! In other words, I also find baseball to be a colossal bore. How unAmerican is that?! Still, it's fun to ask questions like, "So, when the teams switch places, why don't the 'innings' become 'outings'?" Or, "Those uniforms make them look fat." :P
And I'll never get this: Why DO baseball players SPIT so much? It's gross! (Eeww) All golfers do is hit balls with sticks, too, but you don't see THEM spitting all over the place!
Football players have cuter butts, and they can't spit because of the face guards. So there!
=^--^=
The "wonky oval" kinda looks like a Christian car-fish with the tail lopped off, no?
(and shame, Jen. You should want both Boston and Texas to collapse so Tampa gets back in the playoffs. They're the closest thing to a "home team" we got, so we must root root root for 'em, as per the song)
Okay, I'm gonna have to go against the grain on this but I'm pretty sure the "IN" is actually a "3" and I bet there's a 2 hiding behind the price sticker. I mean, the whole theme is "Strike 1,2,3...Your Out!" So, I don't see how "IN" would make any sense here.
Regardless, it's a pretty amazing cake for $14.97.
I don't know if it has been mentioned already.... With the last cake...The "W" is a 3, the 2 is under the "strike" and the 1 is next to the "play ball". But anyway you look at it, it's a wreck!