Tommy Boy

Tuesdays, the Marlins TV telecast reads viewer e-mails. Since there was no broadcast yesterday, they're doing it tonight, with the Marlins playing the (Rime of the Ancient) Mariners out in Seattle. And I totally got my e-mail read on TV.

"Ooooh, this is a good one," the answer began. (I can't tell which one, because Rich Waltz and Tommy Hutton sound exactly alike.) The context of my comment was that the Marlins were facing knuckleballer R.A. Dickey and Hutton, a reserve player in the '70s, was saying he didn't hit knuckleball pitchers all that well.

Here's the e-mail in question:

Hey guys,

Not really a question, but more of an elaboration here. According to baseballreference.com, Tommy DID, in fact, have a tough time against the knuckleball. He was 1 for 18 lifetime against Phil Niekro (hey, but with one RBI) and one for 8 against Joe. Ouch.

Jeremy
Anniston, Ala.

My hometown got the announcers talking, of course, about Jennifer Aniston (one "n" instead of two.) And they misread the e-mail, saying Tommy was oh-for-eight against Joe Niekro when it clearly says he got one hit.

Still, pretty cool.