Comments on: So what’s up with those big fat ugly necklaces everyone is wearing?

By: HZ HellZoneClan » Wow, even the umpires wore those lame necklaces during the World Series

Wed, 24 Nov 2010 18:17:20 +0000

[...] Remember those lame titanium necklaces that everyone was wearing during the playoffs? Seems that the umpires had them too. This according to Paul Lukas’ latest, in which he spoke to the woman who makes them from her little shop in Seattle: At least a dozen players, including the entire Texas Rangers bullpen, wore Johnson’s handiwork during the Series. And in what may have been a World Series first, the umpires were titanium-clad as well. “I got a call asking could I meet with the umpires, so I went to their hotel,” she said. “I was sitting there waiting, and here comes John Hirschbeck. He said, ‘I want all the umpires to wear them,’ so I made six necklaces for them.” [...]

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Wed, 24 Nov 2010 17:03:08 +0000

By: Quote of the Day II: Dirk Hayhurst on those big fat ugly necklaces | HardballTalk

Fri, 22 Oct 2010 18:30:18 +0000

[...] passage about those silly necklaces everyone is wearing is from a series of tweets this afternoon from Dirk “The Garfoose” Hayhurst, Blue Jays [...]

By: Best Red Sox Fans » HBT: What’s up with the big fat necklaces?

Best Red Sox Fans » HBT: What’s up with the big fat necklaces? — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 03:50:10 +0000

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By: ta192

ta192 — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 23:29:53 +0000

Prostate warmer? Now that sounds like something I could use…

By: bloodysock

bloodysock — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 21:50:12 +0000

@ BC

I also recall Beckett being among the first to wear these a couple of years ago. Not that it’s helped him much – certainly not this past season.

By: farout39

farout39 — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 21:43:18 +0000

they ought to ban anything that can be a distraction for batters. These guys look like little schoolgirls wearing those necklaces. Also make a team decision on whether to wear the pants up to show the stirrups or wear them long and dragging the ground – it looks so stupid to see guys on the same team wear different uniform pants – GO YANKS

By: ahamdi5

ahamdi5 — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 21:40:34 +0000

Yep, you’re missing the punch line from the joke

“Not to be confused with ‘making money selling this stuff to OTHER people who think it works’, which corporate accountants and actuaries have zero problems with.”

By: ditto65

ditto65 — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 21:14:43 +0000

If I were a batter I would protest as they are distracting. Of course, I am not a batter, just some fat slob that thinks they are stupid looking.

By: The Dangerous Mabry

The Dangerous Mabry — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 20:52:01 +0000

Sure, but if I recall correctly, Turk’s was made out of teeth from things he’d killed. That’s totally different, and totally hilarious.

By: BC

BC — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 20:49:43 +0000

I think Josh Beckett started it. Although Turk Wendell used to wear a crazy necklace too.

By: chipmaker023

chipmaker023 — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 20:41:15 +0000

Oh, that explains why Commissioner Selig hasn’t banned them as Performance Enhancing Bling. Sponsorships are income.

That’s where BALCO screwed up — not paying up for an “The Official xxx Of Major League Baseball” tagline.

By: The Common Man/www.platoonadvantage.com

The Common Man/www.platoonadvantage.com — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 20:21:54 +0000

By the way, these are not just snakeoil, but Official MLB snakeoil; as ‘Duk points out, they are embossed with the MLB logo.

By: sdelmonte

sdelmonte — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 20:14:33 +0000

What was the mouseover text? (I am chronically behind on my XKCD reading.)

By: The Common Man/www.platoonadvantage.com

The Common Man/www.platoonadvantage.com — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 20:12:43 +0000

My favorite place to take first dates, back when I was in college, was The Museum of Questionable Medical Devices, in Minneapolis (because any chick that thinks that questionable medical devices is quirky and hilarious is all right in my book). The curator and owner had a phrenology machine, a device that looked like a pipe organ that supposedly could diagnose your disease (using a blood sample on a scrap of paper) using radio waves, radium pills, flashing lights that cured brain tumors, and a prostate warmer, among other things. These would fit right in. Sadly, the owner passed recently, and all of his collection went to The Science Museum of Minnesota, where they are only able to display a fraction of it. Greatest museum ever. My wife loved it.

By: Chris Fiorentino

Chris Fiorentino — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 20:04:00 +0000

Joe and Timmy talked about these the other night on the telecast. It was for Polanco I think.