O’Brien vs DS9 Baseball Team
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There really should be SOMETHING this weekend to honor “Chief” O’Brien and the DS “Niners”...
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Yes, as I recall he was one of the few who could actually play.... decently, but threw has arm out before the big game... So those who can't, teach!
Hate to be THAT GUY, but it's *Those who cant, coach!*
Sorry, I've watched that episode a dummmmmmmb amount of times
Remember when Burnham {Centuries earlier} had a compound femoral shaft fracture ,and she was out of action for almost two hours?!??!?
Well Julian did repair the rotator cuff but the ligaments needed time to knit together with the clavicular joint.... He couldn't in good conscience let him play baseball
Again, I cannot stress enough as a huge DS9 AND Baseball fan how dumb it is how much I've watched this episode
An extra flourish on his movements while making a play with your knowledge in hopes of gaining the approval of the spectators forum? Looks like we've got ourselves a Fancy Dan!
Welcome to sickbay in 2375! We've cured your cancer and repaired the telomeres in your DNA lengthening your expected lifespan by 50 years, but that sore arm is gonna be a real tough one!
Cures do seem to be plot-driven. How many of he heroes get shot and stabbed many times by trained bad guys and survive, while an important visiting dignitary gets stabbed once by a fanatic on the prominaud and is pronounced hopeless after a 3 second examination. Perhaps if he had been stabbed in the heart by a Nausican, he would have lived.
I didn’t realize Colm Meaney had baseball skills...I do recall reading that Max Grodénchik had played semi-pro baseball before going on to his acting career and had to bat lefty in the episode, because he was actually unable to pretend Rom was not a good player when batting normally.
"What do I do?"
"Find him and kill him!"
- Nog and Worf, upon realizing that the Logician runner didn't touch home plate.
Kasidy laughing hysterically at Ben's embarassing wrestling story always cracks me up too.
Then I shutter every time that O'Brien calls a desperation bunt play with 2 strikes
Look it up, but do it in the stands. YOU"RE GONE!!!!!
Also, Baseball Prospectus has a fun deep dive essay about that episode and the best possible lineup and positioning of the players. I dig this other essay about it by Summer Anne Burton for Not Graphs.
I like to think the Logicians would be the team the most embracing of sabermetrics and advanced stats. They would be all-in on launch angles and exit velocity for their batters, and be focused on spin rates and such for their pitchers. They'd be batting like today's baseball with the absurd amount of dingers, only without the hilariously juiced ball.
You're right. And that's why the Niners winning by playing small ball speaks to the romantic in me.
Lolz... they didn't win.... like, at all
Jake "The Slider" Sisko gave up 10 runs!
Oh, sure, if you measure winning by how many "runs" they "scored" in the "game"...!
It was a MORAL victory!
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Apparently....and I stand corrected. TBH I didn't remember 100% that it was O'Brien that threw his arm out (too much kayaking) but I put that anyway and am glad I was right.
I’ve quoted this when my team (Nats) have been in the playoffs. Never worked and no one thought it was funny. So didn’t use it this year. Look what that got them. 😃
Now I want to see Worf do "Baby Shark".
But, Commander. If winning does not matter, why keep score?
Your wish is my command.
(Though you should really hear it in the original Klingon.)
Could you please continue the petty bickering? I find it most intriguing.
~ Data, ST:TNG "Haven"