Brevity by Dan Thompson for August 27, 2012

He doesn’t pull his own weight.

I guess that means he’s a lousy hitter, donut?

He’s glazed and confused

There’s a hole in the lineupHe was tarred from swinging that weight

Sure, he appeared all sweet on the outside, but on the inside he was empty.

A donut is only batter before it’s cooked…

I’d like to weigh in on this, but I got nuthin’.

Players like him are $6 a dozen…

I am not baseball expert, but I believe a batting donut is a collar or donut-shpaed weight you put on your bat while you warm up. It makes the bat heavier to help you loosen up.

And now all of my family in the UK is laughing at the “fanny” comment…

Of course. Donut is short for doughnut, not batternut.

There’s such a whole in his swing that he can’t even hit a can of corn, let alone a frozen rope (although I say this at the risk of starting a rhubarb……) (For those not up on their baseball slang, you can (like Casey Stengel said) look it up.)

a nut as in nuts and bolts

I didn’t think he rated as quality, I was thinking more of the generic ones you get at Wallyworld.

Hope you’re feeling better!

Ich bin ein Berliner!