That IS memorable. I love it! Thank you for the tip. I'm sure we'll do some non-baseball stories at some point. There's no reason to completely limit ourselves and leave inglorious moments on the table. I'll run it by the editor.
Yeah, the editor was fine with it.
We'll be sure to give it the treatment here and credit you for the lead.
This reminded me of two incidents, unfortunately both college basketball. Both early 90s. One incident, let's call it the first, is memorable because Steve Fischer grabbed the arena microphone and awkwardly and angrily spit words something like "we're Michigan! And Michigan doesn't throw on the court!!!" OK, Mr. Steve.
The other incident is much more memorable. Michigan had given all fans an inflatable, yellow (I think), plastic baton, sponsored by Nike. No instructions were given, but ostensibly we were supposed to inflate them and wave them in support of Michigan. However, these objects were made of plastic similar to shopping bag plastic, and the student section discovered at some point during the game that, when taut, you could rub the inflatable baton and make a noise like rubbing a balloon. THE MOST DISCONCERTING NOISE I have ever heard, when five thousand-ish people were rubbing this noise in concert. I'm sure the opponent was Michigan State. And reasonably sure the player was Eric Snow who AIR BALLED two consecutive free throws due to this hideous cacophony. It was certainly a guard, someone with a free throw percentage at least 70 percent, and definitely two air balls. Ok, maybe the second hit the front of the rim. I have never witnessed an airball free throw ever before or again. Michigan never distributed those noisemakers again (why?! So effective!). It was years before those noisemakers at the World Cup made a splash. The Michigan incident was glorious and should be chronicled somewhere.
That IS memorable. I love it! Thank you for the tip. I'm sure we'll do some non-baseball stories at some point. There's no reason to completely limit ourselves and leave inglorious moments on the table. I'll run it by the editor.
Yeah, the editor was fine with it.
We'll be sure to give it the treatment here and credit you for the lead.
This reminded me of two incidents, unfortunately both college basketball. Both early 90s. One incident, let's call it the first, is memorable because Steve Fischer grabbed the arena microphone and awkwardly and angrily spit words something like "we're Michigan! And Michigan doesn't throw on the court!!!" OK, Mr. Steve.
The other incident is much more memorable. Michigan had given all fans an inflatable, yellow (I think), plastic baton, sponsored by Nike. No instructions were given, but ostensibly we were supposed to inflate them and wave them in support of Michigan. However, these objects were made of plastic similar to shopping bag plastic, and the student section discovered at some point during the game that, when taut, you could rub the inflatable baton and make a noise like rubbing a balloon. THE MOST DISCONCERTING NOISE I have ever heard, when five thousand-ish people were rubbing this noise in concert. I'm sure the opponent was Michigan State. And reasonably sure the player was Eric Snow who AIR BALLED two consecutive free throws due to this hideous cacophony. It was certainly a guard, someone with a free throw percentage at least 70 percent, and definitely two air balls. Ok, maybe the second hit the front of the rim. I have never witnessed an airball free throw ever before or again. Michigan never distributed those noisemakers again (why?! So effective!). It was years before those noisemakers at the World Cup made a splash. The Michigan incident was glorious and should be chronicled somewhere.