El caballito

The Slanch Report (via Deadspin) has a post this morning about Dustin Pedroia, whom TBS announced Chip Carey calls "el caballito" as if that was his Widely Accepted Nickname. Which it isn't. It was the first time Slanch had heard this particular name, but I heard it once before, back in May, also during a TBS game, and I remembered it because it's, I don't know, ridiculous and awesome? But I didn't hear it again until last night, when Carey apparently said, "How many times have we heard about 'el caballito' this summer?" which led Slanch to guess that David Ortiz might be just messing with Chip for everyone's benefit, a lá Darryl on The Office. I love the idea of this, and Chip would be the perfect target, so let's hope Big Papi is onto something here. But we're onto something here, too, off the baseball topic, on The Office...

An Ode To Little Dusty

I was at at bar in Manhattan with my softball team last night when I made an offhand comment about the greatness of Little Dusty, referring to him as such. There was outrage! from a Yankees fan, who had never heard such a foolish nickname. "Little Dusty!?" he asked, incredulous, and rolled his eyes at my nod. I repeated the name throughout the (glorious) night to get the response, and yep, turns out he really hates the little bugger.

All of which means Dusty's doing something right.

Oh yeah, it's HITTING .364