Baseball and Golf Analogy

[Sandy Lie]

..so I hope I explain or say this correctly.  Here goes.

In baseball if you’ve ever played the game or even watched a no-hitter in progress you will notice that as the game gets to the 6th inning the pitcher has a no hitter.  Players start to distance themselves from him. Then the 7th inning. He’s sitting alone on the bench, no one is talking to him except maybe the catcher. The game goes on and for arguments sake he pitches the no hitter.

So now we get to your round. You are making pars one after another. Maybe it’s just your day.  Your golf buddies are saying great par, good save, things like that.  You make the turn your even par!  You start the back with a birdie, the next 3 holes you make some pars and a bogey your back to even.  Your friends start to notice your playing well, best in a long time.  The chatter begins to subside.  The next 4 holes you par each one.  Last hole.....your hitting last.  One of your buddies decides to say “one hole left, hit it straight” right as your standing over the ball.  You back off and reset, you pull it right into the junk.  You scramble to make a bogey!  
 

What do you say on the 18th hole when it’s over when everyone is saying good round?

[CarlSpackler]

57 minutes ago, Sandy Lie said:

What do you say on the 18th hole when it’s over when everyone is saying good round?

I say, "Thank you. Now pay up."

[burr]

with four straight pars and hittin last, I'd a had to say - 'Dang boys, hope I didn't hold yall up too bad !'

Edited June 8, 2020 by burr

[Vinsk]

1 hour ago, Sandy Lie said:

What do you say on the 18th hole when it’s over when everyone is saying good round?

Gfy.😀

[ChetlovesMer]

2 hours ago, Sandy Lie said:

 The chatter begins to subside.  

I'm not sure with whom you are playing. But this does not happen with the guys I play with. 

[iacas]

5 hours ago, Sandy Lie said:

The chatter begins to subside.

As Chet said, this does not compute.

[ChetlovesMer]

7 minutes ago, iacas said:

As Shane said, this does not compute.

Shane???

[iacas]

24 minutes ago, ChetlovesMer said:

Shane???

Yeah. That's your new nickname. Shane's new nickname is "Earmuffs." 🙂

[boogielicious]

30 minutes ago, ChetlovesMer said:

Shane???

Your Delta Tau Xi nickname is Flounder.

[Sandy Lie]

3 hours ago, ChetlovesMer said:

I'm not sure with whom you are playing. But this does not happen with the guys I play with. 

That’s good, some guys sometimes don’t see or are not aware that you are playing perhaps the round of your life.  About 5 years ago I shot my best round ever!  A 4 under 68.  My friends didn’t say a peep until the last hole was played. My golf buddy back then said the group knew I was playing under par so they kept their thoughts to themselves.

Today I had that type of round going on #2 today, started out with 9 straight pars, was putting for Eagle on the Par 5 10th.  Know I’m -1 through 10. Then an errant shot crept in and I’m back to even.  Streak started again but a missed fairway on 18 resulted in a bogey. 
Quietest round I’ve played in a while. Or I just was so focused I couldn’t hear a thing.

[iacas]

1 hour ago, Sandy Lie said:

That’s good, some guys sometimes don’t see or are not aware that you are playing perhaps the round of your life.

I don't think that's what CHET was saying.

And I played baseball, and never wanted people to stay away from me when I was pitching a no-hitter. Just keep doing the same thing(s).

[CarlSpackler]

2 hours ago, iacas said:

Yeah. That's your new nickname. Shane's new nickname is "Earmuffs." 🙂

That's not new. It's over a week old now. 🥶

[ChetlovesMer]

2 hours ago, Sandy Lie said:

That’s good, some guys sometimes don’t see or are not aware that you are playing perhaps the round of your life.  

Most of the guys I play with regularly would give me ADDITIONAL ribbing if they knew I was playing the round of my life. 

41 minutes ago, iacas said:

I don't think that's what CHET was saying.

Yeah, I was saying that if the guys I normally played with even noticed that I was playing the round of my life, I'd likely get additional chatter. But to be fair, it's not likely they would notice I'm playing the round of my life. So, in all likelihood they'd give me the standard amount of chit chat. 

2 hours ago, iacas said:

Yeah. That's your new nickname. Shane's new nickname is "Earmuffs." 🙂

Awesome, I'm not sure I've earned it, but what the hell. I always wanted a nickname. When your name is Chester you don't usually get a nickname. 

[Buckeyebowman]

3 hours ago, iacas said:

As Chet said, this does not compute.

All ball players do is NOT mention the fact that the pitcher has a no hitter going, as it is considered bad luck. Baseball players are the most superstitious folks on the planet! 

We played Windmill Lakes last week and my buddy had made about a half mile of putts, which is saying something on those greens! He slid another long one right on the edge of hole and yelled, "Jesus God! I can't make a putt today!" I laughed and said, "Who hell do you think you're kidding?!" 

Golfers may be superstitious, but they are also habitual needlers.