Comments on: A bunch of ex quarterbacks to compete for a job as a knuckleball pitcher with the Diamondbacks http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/06/a-bunch-of-ex-quarterbacks-to-compete-for-a-job-as-a-knuckleball-pitcher-with-the-diamondbacks/ Baseball. Baseball. And then a bit more baseball. Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:08:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: mazblast http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/06/a-bunch-of-ex-quarterbacks-to-compete-for-a-job-as-a-knuckleball-pitcher-with-the-diamondbacks/comment-page-1/#comment-437975 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 03:55:19 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=295561#comment-437975 Does Wakefield get the final say on who has the best knuckler? Or will it be some suit in the MLB office who decides, after consulting with some “ratings expert”?

]]> By: albertmn http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/06/a-bunch-of-ex-quarterbacks-to-compete-for-a-job-as-a-knuckleball-pitcher-with-the-diamondbacks/comment-page-1/#comment-437900 Thu, 07 Feb 2013 00:32:41 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=295561#comment-437900 Flutie is the only guy that played long enough in the NFL that he might have enough money to be able to spend extra money and time learning the knuckleball. He could afford to fly in Charlie Hough for extra lessons on the side.

]]> By: historiophiliac http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/06/a-bunch-of-ex-quarterbacks-to-compete-for-a-job-as-a-knuckleball-pitcher-with-the-diamondbacks/comment-page-1/#comment-437699 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 20:14:57 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=295561#comment-437699 Gah, football fans!

]]> By: paperlions http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/06/a-bunch-of-ex-quarterbacks-to-compete-for-a-job-as-a-knuckleball-pitcher-with-the-diamondbacks/comment-page-1/#comment-437695 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 20:12:04 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=295561#comment-437695 It’s popcorn, that stuff is so light it barely even touches the ground. :-)

]]> By: historiophiliac http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/06/a-bunch-of-ex-quarterbacks-to-compete-for-a-job-as-a-knuckleball-pitcher-with-the-diamondbacks/comment-page-1/#comment-437694 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 20:11:26 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=295561#comment-437694 You guys were grossing me out with the 5-second rule eats.

]]> By: historiophiliac http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/06/a-bunch-of-ex-quarterbacks-to-compete-for-a-job-as-a-knuckleball-pitcher-with-the-diamondbacks/comment-page-1/#comment-437688 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 20:08:38 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=295561#comment-437688 Or, you know, a legal drama on Fox. :)

]]> By: indaburg http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/06/a-bunch-of-ex-quarterbacks-to-compete-for-a-job-as-a-knuckleball-pitcher-with-the-diamondbacks/comment-page-1/#comment-437681 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 20:06:52 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=295561#comment-437681 I don’t know how I missed this post earlier.

Booty, Booty, and Flutie would be the most awesome name ever for a law firm.

]]> By: paperlions http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/06/a-bunch-of-ex-quarterbacks-to-compete-for-a-job-as-a-knuckleball-pitcher-with-the-diamondbacks/comment-page-1/#comment-437679 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 20:04:36 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=295561#comment-437679 You know it.

]]> By: paperlions http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/06/a-bunch-of-ex-quarterbacks-to-compete-for-a-job-as-a-knuckleball-pitcher-with-the-diamondbacks/comment-page-1/#comment-437676 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 20:03:42 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=295561#comment-437676 Hey, what happened to the popcorn?

]]> By: historiophiliac http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/06/a-bunch-of-ex-quarterbacks-to-compete-for-a-job-as-a-knuckleball-pitcher-with-the-diamondbacks/comment-page-1/#comment-437670 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 20:01:32 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=295561#comment-437670 That’s a t-shirt post, bro.

]]> By: chris728 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/06/a-bunch-of-ex-quarterbacks-to-compete-for-a-job-as-a-knuckleball-pitcher-with-the-diamondbacks/comment-page-1/#comment-437589 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 19:07:40 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=295561#comment-437589 Flute is a very good athlete. I’ve played basketball with him on several occasions and he is a fighter. None of the guys on the list strike me as that. My bet is with Flutie

]]> By: cur68 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/06/a-bunch-of-ex-quarterbacks-to-compete-for-a-job-as-a-knuckleball-pitcher-with-the-diamondbacks/comment-page-1/#comment-437581 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 18:55:10 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=295561#comment-437581 I feel like we’re working on the title for a Wayans’ Brothers movie script.

]]> By: historiophiliac http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/06/a-bunch-of-ex-quarterbacks-to-compete-for-a-job-as-a-knuckleball-pitcher-with-the-diamondbacks/comment-page-1/#comment-437579 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 18:52:29 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=295561#comment-437579 Imagine the disappointment if you tuned in to watch “Baseball Bootys” and you got those guys.

]]> By: historiophiliac http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/06/a-bunch-of-ex-quarterbacks-to-compete-for-a-job-as-a-knuckleball-pitcher-with-the-diamondbacks/comment-page-1/#comment-437576 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 18:50:43 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=295561#comment-437576 Major Booty? Minor Booty? OMG!!!!

]]> By: historiophiliac http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/06/a-bunch-of-ex-quarterbacks-to-compete-for-a-job-as-a-knuckleball-pitcher-with-the-diamondbacks/comment-page-1/#comment-437575 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 18:49:41 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=295561#comment-437575 Boooo!

/throws peanut shells

]]> By: mybrunoblog http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/06/a-bunch-of-ex-quarterbacks-to-compete-for-a-job-as-a-knuckleball-pitcher-with-the-diamondbacks/comment-page-1/#comment-437574 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 18:49:40 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=295561#comment-437574 Jim bouton is waiting for his phone to ring.

]]> By: paperlions http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/06/a-bunch-of-ex-quarterbacks-to-compete-for-a-job-as-a-knuckleball-pitcher-with-the-diamondbacks/comment-page-1/#comment-437569 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 18:38:52 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=295561#comment-437569 If a former football player (even a QB), gets a tryout for a Kirk Gibson managed team, doesn’t he have about a 90% chance of making the final roster? The grit, the hustle, the toughness, the go-through-a-brick-wall attitude…..they really should have done with with former linebackers learning how to catch.

]]> By: paperlions http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/06/a-bunch-of-ex-quarterbacks-to-compete-for-a-job-as-a-knuckleball-pitcher-with-the-diamondbacks/comment-page-1/#comment-437566 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 18:35:11 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=295561#comment-437566 Also not okay:

Ochre sweaters on a wax vampire

]]> By: cur68 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/06/a-bunch-of-ex-quarterbacks-to-compete-for-a-job-as-a-knuckleball-pitcher-with-the-diamondbacks/comment-page-1/#comment-437560 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 18:30:05 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=295561#comment-437560 So there WAS a Booty Callup?

]]> By: Matthew Pouliot http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/06/a-bunch-of-ex-quarterbacks-to-compete-for-a-job-as-a-knuckleball-pitcher-with-the-diamondbacks/comment-page-1/#comment-437554 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 18:23:55 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=295561#comment-437554 For those that don’t remember, despite being a pretty terrible player in the minors, Josh Booty saw some time in the majors with the Marlins from 96-98, going 7-for-26 with four RBI. He was the fifth overall pick in the 1994 draft before washing out and going to LSU.

]]> By: jwbiii http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/06/a-bunch-of-ex-quarterbacks-to-compete-for-a-job-as-a-knuckleball-pitcher-with-the-diamondbacks/comment-page-1/#comment-437539 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 18:08:24 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=295561#comment-437539 Will they have a bullpen council at the end of every episode where someone gets voted off the mound?

]]> By: historiophiliac http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/06/a-bunch-of-ex-quarterbacks-to-compete-for-a-job-as-a-knuckleball-pitcher-with-the-diamondbacks/comment-page-1/#comment-437507 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 17:26:25 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=295561#comment-437507 For reals!

]]> By: pellypell http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/06/a-bunch-of-ex-quarterbacks-to-compete-for-a-job-as-a-knuckleball-pitcher-with-the-diamondbacks/comment-page-1/#comment-437505 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 17:25:21 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=295561#comment-437505 With names like Booty, I figured this was a casting call for Keeping up with the Kardashians. Imagine my surprise.

]]> By: historiophiliac http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/06/a-bunch-of-ex-quarterbacks-to-compete-for-a-job-as-a-knuckleball-pitcher-with-the-diamondbacks/comment-page-1/#comment-437500 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 17:13:04 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=295561#comment-437500 If you’re going to be mean, you have to be funny. Mean AND not funny don’t work. To review:

OK:

Smart & funny
Smart & dull
Mean & funny

Not OK:

Mean & Not funny

]]> By: cur68 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/06/a-bunch-of-ex-quarterbacks-to-compete-for-a-job-as-a-knuckleball-pitcher-with-the-diamondbacks/comment-page-1/#comment-437496 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 17:04:34 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=295561#comment-437496 My people call them “mukluks”. I wish they wouldn’t. No one reports to a “mukluk call”.

]]> By: illcomm http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/06/a-bunch-of-ex-quarterbacks-to-compete-for-a-job-as-a-knuckleball-pitcher-with-the-diamondbacks/comment-page-1/#comment-437495 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 17:02:35 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=295561#comment-437495 Craig. you should go and be the knucklehead reporter for NBC. wait, don’t u own that title already.

]]> By: historiophiliac http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/06/a-bunch-of-ex-quarterbacks-to-compete-for-a-job-as-a-knuckleball-pitcher-with-the-diamondbacks/comment-page-1/#comment-437492 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 17:01:35 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=295561#comment-437492 Wonder Woman wears boots, you know. I, also, have red boots…but they’re Ropers. :(

]]> By: cur68 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/06/a-bunch-of-ex-quarterbacks-to-compete-for-a-job-as-a-knuckleball-pitcher-with-the-diamondbacks/comment-page-1/#comment-437485 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 16:52:39 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=295561#comment-437485 “Booty Call” is dirty? News to me. I thought it had something to do with needing new shoes.

]]> By: historiophiliac http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/06/a-bunch-of-ex-quarterbacks-to-compete-for-a-job-as-a-knuckleball-pitcher-with-the-diamondbacks/comment-page-1/#comment-437482 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 16:49:17 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=295561#comment-437482 Oh, no. You’re not getting me in trouble again for having a dirty mind. I have NO idea what you’re talking about.

]]> By: larrytsg http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/02/06/a-bunch-of-ex-quarterbacks-to-compete-for-a-job-as-a-knuckleball-pitcher-with-the-diamondbacks/comment-page-1/#comment-437471 Wed, 06 Feb 2013 16:36:23 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=295561#comment-437471 I definitely would NOT count out the old man, Flutie. I mean, he was the first guy in like 40 or 50 years to drop kick an extra point in the NFL. So I can definitely see him being a player in the knuckleball thing. Plus, with Jamie Moyer seemingly retired, it would restore my definition of youth in thast Flutie is 2 years older than me!

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