Back in the prehistoric days (1966, IIRC), relievers for the Baltimore Orioles actually pulled such a stunt on the bullpen of the (then) KC Athletics. Oriole pitcher picked up his bullpen phone, somehow got the KC bullpen to answer, and barked, “Get Krause hot!”, referring to KC’s closer. So the bullpen coach got him up and throwing. A little later came the call, “Sit him down!” This happened at least three times before the KC dugout called out to the bullpen to ask why the H they were playing games with their ace reliever.
pouncingtiger about 12 years ago
The first guy needs to be relieved.
Linguist about 12 years ago
Is this the party to whom I am speaking ?
yimhere about 12 years ago
…our first clue was that they’re wearing different color uniforms…. they’ve “crossed a line”…
jtviper7 about 12 years ago
It’s called telephone tag…
corpcasselbury about 12 years ago
Hmmm…it looks like the manager got a wrong number.
Linguist about 12 years ago
Bobby Valentine trying to coax a closer out of the Red Sox bullpen.
K M about 12 years ago
Back in the prehistoric days (1966, IIRC), relievers for the Baltimore Orioles actually pulled such a stunt on the bullpen of the (then) KC Athletics. Oriole pitcher picked up his bullpen phone, somehow got the KC bullpen to answer, and barked, “Get Krause hot!”, referring to KC’s closer. So the bullpen coach got him up and throwing. A little later came the call, “Sit him down!” This happened at least three times before the KC dugout called out to the bullpen to ask why the H they were playing games with their ace reliever.
freeholder1 about 12 years ago
No, he just got the Executive phone line. they barely know anything except how to get a large paycheck.