How the 57 Dodgers won the World Series
Night before, a bunch of Dodgers players are out at the Copa. They see Famey, a notorious party animal, at another table with Mickey Mantle and Billy Martin, and they send him a Schlitz Beer. Famey accepts the drink, raises his glass to the Dodger players, and downs the brew. So they send him another.. and another... and another... Next afternoon a bleary-eyed Famey takes the mound at Yankee Stadium. His control is off. He lasts all of four innings, during which he surrenders just 2 hits, but walks EIGHT men and gives up 5 runs. The Dodgers win 6-2 and take the series. Pandemoneum ensues. In the post-game locker room celebration, the clubhouse manager wheels in a keg of beer. "Courtesy of Schlitz!" he announces. Shortstop Pee Wee Reese erupts in laughter. Sportscaster Mel Allen asks him what's so funny. "Schlitz!" says Reese. "THAT'S THE BEER THAT MADE MEL FAMEY WALK US!" |
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| Poor Joan . . . |
| LOL
Actually there's a story that goes along with this. I went googling for a version to tell since I couldn't remember all of the details; and the way I heard it Billy Martin was the manager so it couldn't have been the 57 Dodgers. Here's the story. My closest friend Mike almost never tells any jokes. I guess he hears too many from me. We were working at the same company at the time in a 4 person office and the boss was visiting. This boss was known to be an interesting personality... always stretching the truth, lying to customers, repeating things you had told him as if they where his ideas (sometimes within 2 paragraphs!!! That was always odd. It was JUST like hitting rewind and play on a cassette recorder (can you tell how long ago this was?)) Suddenly Mike started to tell this story.
Now remember, Mike never tells any jokes, so we ALL thought that he was telling a real story. About 2/3rds of the way through the boss interrupts to tell us all about his knowledge of Mel Famey and how he was KNOWN for being a loose cannon. He told us he was WIDELY known for pulling just this type of shenanigan. When he finished his interjection, Mike paused for a moment then continued his story. We all still thought it was a real story. When he hit the punchline, everyone realized he was telling a joke and that the boss had just been absolutely caught in a bald-faced lie. We all just silently turned back to our computer screens, hid our faces and went back to work. I asked Mike about it later and he said: "I KNOW! I didn't know what to do! So I just continued...." We SURE DO laugh about it now. |
| As a baseball fan, even I have to say................groan, but it was fun! |
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