When I said, "Silly..."

“That was a silly play.  Now, when I said ‘silly,’ I meant ‘stupid.’”   - Sir Charles Barkley

That maxim, delivered during some NBA game on TNT sometime, changed my life.  If Balls and Beards were already a radio show, there would be a daily segment called “When I say ‘silly,’ I mean ‘Stupid.’”  As it is, we’ll post occasional videos, photos, and GIFs that fit the bill.

For example, this one (courtesy of BleacherReport.com and thebiglead.com), in which a Japanese player by the name of Uchimura gets a bit overexcited at the prospect of gently nudging a ball down the first base line.  I don't think even Vlad Guerrero would have tried to hit that.  Although in the spirit of full disclosure, I’ve actually been known to dive like that to take bullets for people—with about the same success, which is why I’m here to write this blog and my friends aren’t around to read it.

Now, we can all tell that baseball is very important to Mr. Uchimura, but if he’s going lay out for pitchouts, he should think about switching to the standing long jump, or perhaps a sport that isn’t televised.  Or at the very least asking the network not to display or even say his name at any time in the broadcast.