Jennie and Jim.
By B - 4-26-05

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WordUpThome:  HEY GUYS THIS IS JI
WordUpThome:  JIM THOME.  AND I'M TIRED OF THIS SHIT.
finch_windmill:  Jim!   Jim, you don't have to...
WordUpThome:  NOW DON'T YOU WORRY, LITTLE LADY, JIM THOME ONLY BREAKS OUT THE BLATANT SWEARS WHEN THERE IS HELL TO PAY.
MichaelTehader:   What's the big deal?  We were just messing with her.
pr0FF3ss0r_f4rnsw0rth:  yeah the last thing we need is for somebody to tell us how to behave, we're all adults here rolleyes.gif (485 bytes)
WordUpThome:  YOU WILL BE TREATED LIKE ADULTS WHEN YOU ACT LIKE ADULTS, BUT RIGHT NOW YOU ARE ACTING LIKE CHILDREN, SO YOU WILL BE TREATED AS CHILDREN AND NOT AS ADULTS.
WordUpThome:  IS THIS WHAT IT'S COME TO?  IS THIS THE CULMINATION OF EVERY CHILD'S DREAM?  A BUNCH OF SPOILED, CATTY WOMEN.
Maddux.xmission.com:  Give us a break, Jim.
WordUpThome:  GREG YOU ARE ONE OF THE BEST PITCHERS IN HISTORY.  YOU HAVE WON 10,000 GOLD GLOVES IN A ROW.  I KNOW YOU ARE OLDER THAN MOSES MADE OF DIRT BUT LISTEN.
WordUpThome:  YOU LOOK LIKE A ZOMBIE LIBRARIAN NERDLINGER.  DO YOU REMEMBER WHEN YOU THOUGHT YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE A CHANCE?  YOU FOUGHT THROUGH IT ALL BECAUSE OF TWO THINGS.
WordUpThome:  ONE, YOU KNEW YOU WERE TALENTED AND TWO, YOU LOVED BASEBALL.
MichaelTehader:   We all love baseball.  Everybody who plays will tell you they love baseball.
WordUpThome:  THEN LISTEN TO ME CLOSELY MIGAL OR HOWEVER YOU SPELL YOUR NAME.  WHAT IF SOMEONE TOLD YOU YOU COULDN'T PLAY BASEBALL BECAUSE YOU WEREN'T WHITE?
MichaelTehader:   wtf
WordUpThome:  IT USED TO HAPPEN ALL THE TIME.  WE DONT WANT MIGAL TEHADA ON OUR TEAM BECAUSE HE'S BLACK.  SO THEY MISS OUT ON UNDOUBTEDLY ONE OF THE BEST BALLPLAYERS OF HIS ERA.
MichaelTehader:   Oh...thank you...
WordUpThome:  MATOS, YOU PLAY LAZY.  YOU DON'T RUN OUT BLOOP SINGLES.  YOU DON'T HUSTLE.  IF YOU LOVE THE GAME, LOVE IT.  FEEL IT.  FOR REAL.  DON'T PLAY TO PLAY.   PLAY BECAUSE YOU WOULD DIE IF YOU COULDN'T.
Matos_HandsOfFate:  But I...
WordUpThome:  ONE DAY YOUR BODY WILL BREAK AND YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO PLAY ANYMORE.  AND IT WILL KILL YOU.
WordUpThome:  BIG UNIT, STOP ACTING LIKE YOU ARE BETTER THAN THE GAME.  YOU ARE AN AMAZING PITCHER.   PITCH WITH YOUR HEART AND YOU WON'T INEXPLICABLY LOSE GAMES ON THAT ALL-STAR TEAM PAYING YOU $900M
WordUpThome:  JETER, STOP BEING SUCH A FAGMO.  YOU PLAY HARD, WE WANT TO LIKE YOU.
WordUpThome:  TROT, SHUT UP ABOUT FAITH NOW.  TELL DAMON TO SHUT UP TOO.  USE THAT FAITH TO WIN AGAIN.  YOU DIDN'T BREAK THE CURSE.  NEITHER DID DAMON.  OR ORTIZ.   BOSTON ITSELF BROKE THAT CURSE.
pr0FF3ss0r_f4rnsw0rth:  with lots and lots of money.
WordUpThome:  AND FINALLY, KYLE, YOU ARE A RELIEF PITCHER FOR THE FUCKING DETROIT TIGERS.   YOU ARE CLOWN SHOES.  SHUT UP.
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WordUpThome:  WHAT IT COMES DOWN TO IS THIS.  BE IT SOFTBALL OR BASEBALL, THE ONE THING THAT KEEPS THE DREAM ALIVE DESPITE IT BEING MURDERED ON ABOUT A THOUSAND OCCASIONS IN HISTORY IS LOVE.  STUPID, CLICHE, OBVIOUS LOVE.   WE PLAY FOR MONEY BECAUSE WE NEED MONEY TO LIVE.  WE LOVE OUR FAMILIES.   WE WANT TO PROVIDE.  WE AREN'T EGOMANIACS.  WE AREN'T TRYING TO BE SOMETHING WE AREN'T.

WE DO THIS WHEN WE BEGIN AS CHILDREN FOR LOVE.  WHEN WE ARE SMALL AND CANNOT SAY WHAT WE FEEL, WE BEGIN AGAIN FOR LOVE.  AS WE GROW WE LEARN WHAT WE NEED TO GET BY, BUT ALONG THE WAY FROM POINT A TO POINT B PEOPLE FORGET THE STEPS THEY'VE JUST TAKEN.  TAKE YOUR MONEY BECAUSE YOU NEED IT.  TAKE YOUR MONEY BECAUSE YOU BRING IN FANS AND YOU DESERVE IT.  BUT DON'T FORGET THOSE STEPS.

DON'T FORGET THAT WHAT YOU DO MEANS NOTHING TO THE WORLD BUT A NUMBER AND EVERYTHING TO THOSE NEXT CHILDREN WHO NEED A REASON TO LOVE.   IF THEY DON'T MAKE IT, IF THEY DIE BEFORE THEY DO IN THEIR HEARTS OR IN THEIR BODIES, MAKE THEM WANT TO STAND BESIDE YOU.  BECAUSE YOU ARE THE PEACEFUL HEROES OF TODAY.  YOU ARE EXCEPTIONAL.  YOU ARE ONES IN MILLIONS.  AND THE SPORT THAT IS THE BEST IS THE SPORT THAT LIVES INSIDE OF YOUR HEART.

WordUpThome:  SOFTBALL IS PART OF JENNIE'S HEART.  BUT SO IS BASEBALL.   SOFTBALL IS THE SUPERIOR VENA CAVA TO THE LEFT OF JESUS AND BASEBALL IS THE PULMONARY VEINS TO THE RIGHT.
WordUpThome:  AND HER LOVE OF THESE THINGS FINALLY GAVE ME THE RIGHT VENTRICLE I'VE BEEN NEEDING TO KEEP ME PUMPING.
finch_windmill:  :)
WordUpThome:  And that's all I have to say about that.
Jennie Finch:  Olympic Gold Medalist

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