Comments on: Mr. Baseball – Memento mori

By: MrsTarquinBiscuitbarrel

MrsTarquinBiscuitbarrel — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 14:19:39 +0000

Gosh. After grappling $389 worth of groceries into Casa Biscuitbarrel, I realized what a long, strange trip it’s been. My sons no longer chew up toys–I’m not bragging, just saying’–and the only damage teeth do at our house are to groceries, dental bills, and our new orthodontist. My sons’ “toys” are tiny, expensive, and tend to go through the Maytag in the pockets of their jeans.

May the memory of Mr. Baseball endure as a blessing, and a giggle.

By: LAndTCasey

LAndTCasey — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 20:36:21 +0000

Goodbye Mr. Baseball you will missed terribly. And that is so one of my favorite movies… good choice dad…

By: TAGG

TAGG — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 16:22:20 +0000

We’ve got literally hundreds of dollars worth of dog toys. We try to keep them in Jake’s toy box upstairs and in the the one in the den downstairs. But an hour after picking them all up and putting them back in their boxes they’re all over the place. The funny thing is that of all the toys the one he likes best is the empty 16oz. Perrier bottle. Go figure!

By: rubbernun

rubbernun — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 14:14:03 +0000

Why are all of your dogs’ toys “Mr. (Something or other)”? More proof that liberals are sexist, I say!

By: GWPDA

GWPDA — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 14:07:14 +0000

When I think of the number of times I’ve sat down of an evening with a lap full of doggiebestfriends to mend…. Baby Bear! Ur all darning any more! And don’t get me started on the number of squeaky transplants I’ve performed over the years….

By: VonZeppelin

VonZeppelin — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 12:44:21 +0000

Do not mourn excessively for Mr. Baseball. There’s no crying in baseball.

By: joeyess

joeyess — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 06:01:57 +0000

Here.

By: joeyess

joeyess — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 06:01:12 +0000

Don’t believe me?

By: joeyess

joeyess — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 05:58:42 +0000

Another quote from Mr. Baseball:

“You guys…you lollygag the ball around the infield. You lollygag your way down to first. You lollygag in and out of the dugout. You know what that makes you? Larry? Lollygaggers! That’s right! Lollygaggers.”

I wonder…. do you think this quote would motivate Jonah Goldberg?

By: AnneLaurie

AnneLaurie — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 05:23:23 +0000

If the Boyz love Mr. Baseball enough that it’s worth the trouble of reviving him, you can buy extra squeakers from the online vet supply companies for about a buck apiece. I know an Afghan Hound whose only interest in plush toys is about the disembowelling, so his person keeps a supply of extra squeakers on hand to sew back into the same toy. Of course if Fenway actually *swallowed* the squeaker, you may not want him to have any further opportunities to enrich your veterinary surgeon’s kids’ college fund!

Sophronia: Be sure to check the underside & back of the sofa, the chairs, and the four-year-old’s mattress for holes. My youngest brothers had almost entirely un-stuffed the mattress on their first big-boy bed before we figured out where the mystery wadding was coming from…