Baseball and Androgeny
by Steve West on May 8, 2013
Recent conversation with Brenda:
me: (watching baseball) Do you realize how filthy professional baseball players are?
Brenda: Not first-hand, no.
me: Look at these guys. Spitting nut seeds all over the place, spitting tobacco juice anywhere they please, adjusting their cups constantly...
Brenda: Should they not adjust their cups?
me: I just wish there was a tasteful way to get the job done instead of everybody doing a Michael Jackson impersonation.
Brenda: I'm not sure Michael Jackson ever had a need to wear a cup, if you know what I'm saying.
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