If National Politics Were Played Like a
Baseball Game
I started watching my favorite baseball team, the
Detroit Tigers play The Kansas City Royals, and it started the creative juices
flowing. I have been a fan of the Tigers since I was nine years old, so, I have
followed baseball for over fifty years. I started thinking, how would baseball
be different if it were played by our national politicians? This is what I think
would happen. I hope you will add your own ideas.
Democrats versus
Republicans
Offense: Republicans must
start each inning with one out and two strikes on each batter; Dems start with
no outs and a man on second. Dems get a walk after three balls, Repubs after
five.
Defense: Republican
outfielders must position themselves no more than sixty feet behind the infield.
Dems may play anywhere they want. Dems will have a Union Rep stationed alongside
each umpire. If a call goes against them, the Rep may overrule the
call.
If the temperature at game time is in excess of 95
degrees, no matter the venue, the game is called a 9-0 win for the Dems due to
Global Warming.
If a Dem batter accidentally hits a seagull in fair
territory, he is granted a Ground Rule Double. If the same thing happens to a
Republican, he is fined $250,000 by the Environmental Protection Agency and is
automatically out!
No matter which team is hosting the game, the Dems
get 75% of the proceeds.
Announcers for the game are chosen by the Dems for
the first eight innings from a pool supplied by ABC, NBC, CBS, MSNBC, CNN and
ESPN. The Republicans may employ announcers from Fox Sports for the ninth
inning, only.
If a game reaches the ninth inning with the Dems
behind, the Republicans are required to keep playing the game until the Dems
win.
Miscellaneous:
Dems are allowed to charge the
Republicans extra to keep the lights on for a night game.
When the All Star game rolls around, only Dems are
allowed to count the votes.
Off-field behavior:
If a Dem player is caught in a
scandal or commits a felony outside the ball park, he is punished with negative
publicity.
If a Republican player does something that the Dems consider
questionable or hypocritical, he is pilloried by the Press, and drummed out of
the League!
PLAY BALL!
thats great, and I'm not just saying that cuz my dad wrote it.
ReplyDeleteSeems to me this site is missing a "Ying" to the "yang"
ReplyDeleteI guess this is where the mutual admiration society gathers to share their brain farts.
walkingdead is obviously an idiot nut that didn't fall too far from the tree, brycom clearly is the product of Reich wing media, GIGO (Garbage In, Garbage Out) if Baseball was played by republican rules, there would be no rules....deregulation, the republicans want to go back to the bad old days, no workplace safety, no environmental regulations, they don't care if American jobs go overseas, brycom is obviously smoking crack if (s)he believes in the liberal media MYTH as the media are corporate owned! Pathetically sad that there are people such as brycom and walkingdead that have clearly drunk the koolaide!
ReplyDeleteHmm,
DeleteFirst, I must say that you violated the rule about making rants without ending it in "Good Day, sir!".
Second, I must refer you to the following post because you had to dredge up Nazis ("Reich Wing"...how clever):
http://www.nukingpolitics.com/2012/06/why-i-like-nazis-liberals-platypii-and.html
And third, thanks for commenting. And feel free to do so in the future. But if you could, use some kind of name or handle in your posts for future reference.
if brycom is walkingdead's dad, guess the (s)he should actually be a he in the above post.
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