Will the Red Sox now sign Inigo Montoya?
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So it turns out that new Yankees pitcher Count Tyrone Ruge Oneli Pérez is polydactylic.
What does that mean, you ask? He has six fingers on each hand. I had no idea before I was sent to his Wikipedia page by Mark, an alert reader.
Perez was claimed off waivers today from the Indians (see the Game 72 post) and sent to Trenton.
When asked about Perez, Brian Cashman smiled. “I got the pitcher from Cleveland you’ve all been expecting,†he said.
Alas he didn’t say, “Inconceivable!”
(If you have no idea what in the hell I’m writing about, it’s a reference to the fantastic movie The Princess Bride. If you have never seen it, go pick up a copy.)
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Peter Abraham
Does he do a double circle change?
My name is Brian Cashman. I need some bullpen help. Prepare to get booed at Yankee Stadium.
hah well done R OPrime
Uh, we wanted Rafi.
I hope everyone refrains from making jokes about his congenital condition.
Like the humor coach in Borat said, in America we try not to make jokes about what you cannot change. Which brings the question, why not have surgery?
Can Wagner get a save for Manuel?
I can’t believe I’m cheering for him, can’t stand the guy. Biggest mouth after Schilling and Paps.
does he throw any unique pitches? i wonder if he can do some crazy things with the ball
the Angels are 201-2 since ‘05 when leading after the 8th inning. Wagner saves this game it will only be the 3rd loss in 204 games since 05′ the Angels lose.
He’s going to do it.
Hmm, I should try a better one, now that I think about it.
Brian: You know, Oneli, normally I love watching you work, but I’ve got my team’s 27th World Championship to plan, CC’s free agency to steal, and Red Sox Nation to frame for it. I’m swamped!
Having an extra finger might be an advantage for a pitcher. Though I bet its tough to figure out how to go about working on his grip for someone who doesn’t have that extra digit.
For some people who have this extra finger, it isn’t much, very little function and development. Some do have a more prounouced finger though they are usually much shorter in length.
My name is Inigo Montoya, you killed my father. Prepare to die!
Those extra fingers must help Oneli type like 120 words per minute too!
WOW
If I could type 120 wpm, I could write a novel in like a month.
NO SIR YOUR WRONG MY NAMAE IS INIGO MONTOYA.PREPARE TO DIE
darvish, hire vezzini…he’d get omar out for you. even if its inconceivable.
If only we could find a lady…...hello lady!
YOU KILLED MY FAMILY. YOU ATE THE CAKE. YOU SHAT ON THESE WALLS RAY.
I say there should be a game where Pete puts movie references in each blog posting and the reader who gets it right wins…..wins….wins….um, like to read a free blog or something.
Hey Inigo check this out:
http://kramerwhoa.ytmnd.com/
Rebecca,
Excellent line! That’s really funny.
Great story off the director’s commentary on the DVD:
Rob Reiner (who directed Princess Bride) was at a restaurant and a big mafia boss was there (I think it was John Gotti). Outside was a limo with a large Italian guy standing next to it, clearly waiting for Gotti to finish dinner. Rob was a little intimidated, and was trying to walk by quickly when the guy says to him “You killed my father, prepare to die.” Rob freezes for a moment in panic before the guy smiles and says “I loved that movie!”
Also, I have to say all hail Christopher Guest, who played the six fingered man. His mockumentaries (Best in Show, A Mighty Wing, etc.) are some of the best comedies of the last 10 or 20 years.
cool, 6 fingers!
just as long as he’s not pterodactylic!
Do you think we can sign Scaramanga to catch?
For those of you speculating it he has any crazy six fingered pitches, or if it actually affects his pitching in anyway, remember Antonio Alfonseca? He had been in the league for a while and had the same condition but was just a regular boring old reliever unfortunately….finger never even touched the ball.
So, Peter, what do you think? Can we swing a deal for Derek Lowe?????
Still waiting for an answer.
knock…knock…knock…hello…Peter…are you awake?
Oh, I almost forgot,
We could sign one of the following:
Bill Hands
Rollie Fingers
or Six Fingers Brown for our next starter.
Mordecai Brown is jealous.
Where’s the guy from, 3-Mile Island?
ML –
Can’t forget Spinal Tap among the great mockumentary works of Christopher Guest.
This is hilarious
Ponson, 31, offered to help the team out by making his ninth start on three days’ rest because two starters were dealing with personal issues. Ponson was reportedly belligerent to manager Ron Washington about coming out in the fifth inning because errors had led to four of the six runs he gave up. The last straw came the next week when Ponson was told his next start would be pushed back a day to accommodate staff ace Kevin Millwood. He responded by pitching a fit in which he allegedly challenged Washington to a throw-down. “Some of the things he said about the staff, other players in the clubhouse, it wasn’t even a decision,” Rangers GM Jon Daniels told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. “It was a very easy decision. There are just certain things you don’t tolerate from somebody on the club. I haven’t heard any players complaining.“
Jesus take the wheel pleeeeeeeeeeease !
The Yankees have within the last month signed an ambidextrous pitcher, a polydactylic pitcher, and an alcoholic pitcher.
hopefully, Ponson doesn’t get the DTs during his start.
Pepitone, if you feel the need to be funny, it would help to be accurate. The name is Mordecai “Three Finger” Brown.
Great entry, but that pic is not of Inigo Montoya, that’s the 6 fingered man (C. Guest). Montoya was played by what’s-his-name from Chicago Hope…
(If you have no idea what in the hell I’m writing about, it’s a reference to the fantastic movie The Princess Bride. If you have never seen it, go pick up a copy.)
Peter,
Better yet, go pick up a copy of the book by William Goldman.
uhhh, yankee fans must all be rich, seems they spend 1/3 of their day asleep, 1/3 blogging 1/3 watching movies, you guys got jobs or something? 1/3 watching games, 1/3 +1/3 +1/3 +1/3 = 1 kinda like yogi’s pizza.
Oneli Pérez is twice as the man as Mordecai Brown. Hhahahahahah, ok, not funny.
“My name is Brian Cashman. I need some bullpen help. Prepare to get booed at Yankee Stadium.”
LOL!
Where did I leave that wheelbarrow?
He should be really good at guitar hero.
I have spent many years developing an immunity to iocaine powder…and also to when Farnsworth gets the call in the 8th with a lead…
A good article, Pete, and a great movie.
So many memorable quotes:
“Bye bye, boys. Have fun storming the castle!”
Um, if someone on this blog hasn’t seen The Princess Bride, doesn’t that give irrefutable evidence that he’s a beantown beanhead? Only the soulless haven’t seen TPB, beantown trolls are soulless, therefore they haven’t seen TPB.
Works for me.
is that the movie with andre the giant?
Yes, Andre the Giant played Fezzik.
Seriously folks…pick up the book, it’s even better than the movie and some elements in it that the movie could not incorporate.
Goldman is a great writer. He wrote the book “Marathon Man,” which was also made into a movie (Dustin Hoffman, Laurence Oliver..again, the book is better…”Is it safe?”) and he wrote the screenplay for the movie, “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.”
I swear, I love The Blog!
Any way to reference Pavano as Princess Buttercup?
Sweet! Princess Bride is a classic. If you haven’t seen it….where the heck have you been for the last 20 years? Mandy Patinkin is brilliant in that movie!
I want to see a picture of Perez’s hand and nice Princess Bride reference