Pinch hitting: It Is High, It Is Far …
Posted by: Peter Abraham - Posted in Misc on Jan 15, 2009 
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January is traditionally a slow month for baseball news. So for the second year in a row, we will showcase other blogs with a series of pinch hitters.
Next up are the guys from It Is High, It Is Far, It Is … Caught. Their humor blog is perpetrated by a loose collective of authors, journalists, a lawyer, a banker, a sportswriter-turned-bartender, an unemployed copywriter and several phantom lurkers.
Here is how they describe their blog: “The only thing we have in common is the Yankiverse. We do not take ourselves seriously, but we do take the Yankees very seriously. More than anyone else, we condemn Yankee failures. And more than anyone else, we celebrate great Yankee victories… keeping in mind that every Yankee victory is a great Yankee victory. Please visit us often.”
And now to their post …
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The Current Cinema: Yankees Edition
Don Zimmer is an aging pretty boy seeking redemption through violence in THE WRESTLER.
Ian P. Kennedy raises more questions than answers in DOUBT.
Poor boy Joba Chamberlain makes the journey from squalor to success in SLUMDOG MILLIONNAIRE.
Robby Cano plays an immovable object in THE DAY THE SECOND BASEMAN STOOD STILL.
Mark Teixiera is a man who will not say “no“ in THE YES MAN.
Mariano Rivera is THE COOLER.
Brett Favre faces a threatening presence from the past in THE GREAT MANGINI.
Eric Duncan travels through a mysterious wormhole in STARGATE SCRANTON.
A free-swinger seeks exotic new positions in SEXSON IN THE CITY.
Two brothers take the world by storm in HANK & HAL’S INFINITE PLAYLIST.
An ancient curse comes to life in INDIANA YOUKILIS & THE CRYSTAL SKULL,
A strange monster destroys NYC’s greatest landmark in OVERFIELD.
A rollicking tribute to pole dancers and conviviality in JOBA MIA.
Gerrit Cole takes the lead in HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 3.
An aging right-wing blogger in a desperate effort to inspire his team: Curt Schilling stars in THERE WILL BE BLOOD.
Shelley Duncan as a man who turns into a powerful monster in THE INCREDIBLE HULK.
Hank Steinbrenner as the tragic victim of rectal-cranial inversion in GET SMART.
Carl Pavano and A.J. Burnett star in the medical drama, E.R..
Joe Girardi recites injury reports to a tough gang of beat writers in LIAR LIAR.
Johnny Damon leads off a great ensemble in FORGETTING BERNIE WILLIAMS,
Brash young military man Joe Girardi heads a ragged team of rebels and millionaires in JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EAST.
Boston fans say farewell to their peripatetic leftfielder in BURN AFTER TRADING.
Paul O’Neill is the man behind the mystery digits in THE NUMBER OF THE BEAST.
Mark Teixeira seeks toe-curling, mind-bending shopping for his wife in TEX IN THE CITY.
Buzz Bissinger is the final holdout for the 19th Century in THE LAST ANGRY MAN.
Roger Clemens shows his best side in BE KIND, BEHIND.
Sinister force Scott Boras threatens society, in THE DARK KNIGHT.
David Wells is an ageless creature seeking new victims in TWILIGHT.
Kyle Farnsworth hatches a doomed plan to change history in VALKYRIE.
Manny Ramirez shakes and bakes LA in PINEAPPLE EXPRESS.
Three grizzled vets in their quest for the top: Derek Jeter, Jorge Posada and Mariano Rivera in SURVIVOR: THE BRONX.
Madonna and A-Rod in the comedy romp FORGETTING CYNTHIA RODRIGUEZ.
Chien-Ming Wang tries a few new steps in SHANGHAI SURPRISE.
The mysterious disappearance of batting power is explored in MELK.
Cal Ripken Jr. heroically beats a record set by a guy with a fatal disease in the 90s period drama IRON MAN.
And you’ll be glad they’re on radio and not TV in JOHN & SUZYN MAKE A PORNO.
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OK then. Next up in the rotation will be Travis from Pinstripe Alley.
They were funnier last year. Nice outfits, though.
The last one is what makes it for me.
Excellent!
Well done! Some worth lol, some not.
you guys are really funny, keep it up. Pete thanks for making sure we have what to come back here every hour…
lots of fun..thanks guys
Last one wins it all.
The Schilling one was great!
LOL
Funny stuff!
Thanks for the kind comments.
And one note – please check out our site during the day Thursday. In honor of our guest blog here, we’ll have some fun stuff up on the site for your dining and dancing pleasure.
B3
wow i thought the coments would be negitve i thought it was not funny at all but hey its just me . I think that once i get my partail plan tickets i will be happy
it truly amazes me how positive you posters are… terrible stuff in my opinion. a waste of a great opportunity.
Meh, I don’t bother reading any of their tripe because they get far too political for a baseball blog.
Maybe they’d get more readers if they left that stuff out.
I love “OK then” from Pete.
Their blog is great.
Im not really a movie person so I didnt get this but Im sure it was very clever.
Also, drop dead Andy.
Also also, everyone needs to read and post on IIH IIF II ..caught.
Better blog ever.
Also also also, drop dead Guiseppe Franco.
I’ve never posted before but that pulled me out of lurking. That was absolutely terrible. I’ll be back in February
awful
JP,
You cant base petes blog on a guest bloggers posting. The stuff here is great usually – very informative and not too biased for the most part. The guest bloggers on the other hand could use a little work for the most part.
Pretty weak. Posting here usually means a lot of exposure and, for that reason, I just think this was sort of a wasted opportunity.
Peter Abs should school these fools and lock down his blog like “The Substitute”. These guest writers have been getting all “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” and need to learn they wont be “Saved By The Bell”. …STUPID POST
“Hank Steinbrenner as the tragic victim of rectal-cranial inversion in GET SMART.”
“Carl Pavano and A.J. Burnett star in the medical drama, E.R..”
“Roger Clemens shows his best side in BE KIND, BEHIND.”
come on guys lighten up a little, some of it was kinda funny!
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ok that was just a test lol… for whatever reason my last post didnt go through….
Your blog is hilarious!!
I really feel bad saying that that was the worst guest blog yet… but that was the worst guest blog yet… no content or story line, I’m not even sure what it was about even though there were a few funny lines
If Ben Sheets signs a 1 year deal somewhere else besides the Yankees I’m going to be pissed! The MLB Network is speculating he might have to take a 1 year $5-6MM deal. If we can sign him for under $10MM we HAVE TO SIGN HIM. I want to sign him regardless if we can but especially if its a 1 year deal AND under Pettitte’s cost we’d HAVE TO BRING BEN SHEETS TO THE BRONX! Man, if thats true it will only happen if the Mets sign someone else. I hope they re-sign Perez soon so Sheets can fall into our laps.
I don’t know, I thought some were clever. I do not get the negative reaction. Its January 15. There is no news. Get over the speculation of if Andy will return or not, if Jeter is declining, how will Melky do, who should we trade, ect. Theres plenty of that here on a day to day basis, and I enjoy it. But calling their blog post a wasted opportunity goes a bit too far. I found it a tad bit refreshing, but maybe its just me. Like they say different strokes for different folks.
This was just gd awful. No wonder you’re unemployed.
john and suzyn make a porno was the best one!
They are one of my favorite blogs to check. They are a bit off-colored, yet, more entertaining than your typical Yankees blog. Definitely, worth checking for entertainment.
El Duque is hilarious.
Colossal fail. Jesus was that unfunny.
Worst post I’ve ever see on this blog, not a single redeeming quality, except that it had words and was on the internet in some manner.
what a tough crowd
smile already
not goin a broke your face
Made me laugh first thing this morning. It’s 3:53 AM
thank you
after reading this i decided to check out this blog and it is by far one of the better blogs imho. its not like most other yankee blogs(WFANish trash)
the 2009 yankees in DAMN YANKEES
Phil Hughes stars in “Unbreakable” as Mr. Glass.
Not bad but why not,
Poor white boy in rags-to-riches-to-rags story; Carl Pavano is THE JERK.
wow, thats 3 minutes the writter is never going to get back.
The Second Baseman Stood Still. Very funny!!! Thanks guys!
weak sauce
pete, i dont know how it happened, but it seems that somehow the contents in my spam folder accidentally got posted on your blog.
ill check the settings and make sure it never happens again, sorry!
Guys chill out – it was pretty funny for the most part. I’m definitely gonna check out their blog.
Gianthinker – I definitely agree with you – If Ben Sheets can be had cheap and we don’t get him that’s a big wasted opportunity. 5-6 Million Dollars for a guy with an All-Star upside is VERY worth it.
joel sherman is pushing the mets to sign pettitte. if the perez negotiations snag at some point in the next few days, i expect them to start turning thier attention to andy.
How about:
Mike Mussina, Jason Giambi, and Andy Pettitte in NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN.
Carl Pavano in GONE BABY GONE
ARod in BOY TOY STORY
new post–>
Wow…..that was just GOD AWFUL.
very lame.
That’s the trouble with doing funny posts: Some people’s senses of humor just don’t line up. That’s no reason to say “god awful” or anything like that. If you don’t like it, why not toss back some humor of your own:
http://www.instantcrickets.com
http://www.instantrimshot.com
nice job
We got a new leading contender for worst pinch hitter. The respect jeters gangster people will not be happy
I have to chime in here and say thanks to the IIH, IIF, IIC guys. I love their blog and I enjoyed this guest post. There is nothing like it on the net.
Has anybody ever noticed that Pete doesn’t allow us to type in any post that mentions n o m a a s? I find that very interesting from a guy who claims to support free speech and press that he can’t even tolerate the mention of another blog.
I don’t care what you guys say IIH makes me laugh on a consistent basis. Check out their video on Carl Pavano
I’ve always liked them. I also thought that this blog was actually John Sterling’s blog at one time in my life.
huh?
Top to bottom terrible. What a waste of a posting opportunity.
People come on, all blogs are different… Thus, all Yankee blogs are different. Some are factual, some are opinionated, some are humor. Lighten up a bit. No one’s trying to claim that IIH IIF IIc is trying to raise the intellectual discourse of baseball fans, they’re just having some fun.
Anthony,
I find the blog wars to be quite ammusing.
Frank: No one’s trying to claim that IIH IIF IIc is trying to raise the intellectual discourse of baseball fans
True. Sports-talk radio already does that, right?
No?
Hmmmmm……
Regardless, you might want to take a look at this.
I mean
http://johnsterling.blogspot.c.....o-run.html
Sorry.
Everyone should check out their blog and read the more polished version of this submission. Good stuff. Or, “OK then.”
Ouch.
I love their site which is always good for a laugh and was looking forward to their contribution on LoHud. But the brother’s really dropped the ball on this one. Big disappointment. Echoing another post, what a wasted opportunity.
WE INTERRUPT THIS COMMENT THREAD FOR 2 IMPORTANT NOTES FROM IIH, IIF, IIc:
1. Please take the time to click on the link in Whitey Fraud’s note about three posts up. It explains a bit of a screw-up we made.
2. After you read the post that Whitey links to, click on the banner to go to our main page (johnsterling.blogspot.com). We have a new bit of multimedia entertainment (courtesy el Duque and Wailyn’ Susyn) that will be of particular interest to readers of this blog.
Thanks,
B3
THANK YOU. WE NOW RETURN YOU TO YOUR REGULAR PROGRAMMING.
i digged it (and like the real version better)
comedy posts always seem to bring out the critics…
and nice additions, Don Capone
I screwed up.
Blame me.
Now our reputation for witty, classy, intelligent humor has been obliterated. Ruined.
What a tragedy! Oh, the humanity.
Wait! That wasn’t our reputation.
Never mind.
that was the most unfunny and lane thing I have ever read. I want those 3 min back. Who is the one letting some of these go up? Pete have some taste
how does Brett Favre get thrown in there?..is there a connection with the Yankees and Favre im missing cuz i dont think so
the john and suzyn one was great.
Amateurish writing, I didn’t even chuckle.
Someone mentioned humourous baseball posts. I think if it’s done masterfully and well it can be great. I’ve seen plenty on the web. This is just lazy and unappealing.