The postseason, Atlanta Rookie style

[dr4b]

After a long day at work, outfielder Jeff Francoeur couldn't be more glad to get home. He pushed open the door to his apartment, threw his bags down on the ground, and fell onto the couch, exhausted after the 18-inning NLDS-ending loss against the Astros. His roomate, catcher Brian McCann, followed suit, except he was stuck with the armchair, flinging his legs over the side.

They sat in silence for a minute, then Brian said, "Hey, you're the one who struck out to end the top of the eighteenth, why do *you* get the couch?"

Jeff said, "Look, dude, I didn't call that fastball down the middle that Chris Burke slammed into the left-field stands, okay?"

Brian thought about that one for a minute. "But I hit that home run off Clemens in game 2. That was COOL."

Jeff paused. "Ooooh, good point." He stood up and went over to the fridge, digging for a Yoo-Hoo. "You want a drink, Bri?"

"Nah... I think I'm going to sit here and play some video games."

"Oh. Whatcha putting in?"

Brian started up the Playstation 2, grabbed a controller, threw another one onto the armchair, and sat on the couch. "MLB 2005. I get Clemens, you get Smoltz. Let's rumble."

"Oh, fuck, man, why don't I ever get to be Clemens?"

"Who hit the home run off him? Hello?"

Jeff stuck out his tongue. "Who's gonna be NL Rookie of the Year this year?"

"Ryan Howard?" Brian smirked.

"Screw this. I'm going to sleep. Wake me up in March."

Comments

[ketsugami.livejournal.com]

After a long day at work, outfielder Jeff Francoeur couldn't be more glad to get home. He pushed open the door to his apartment, threw his bags down on the ground, and fell onto the couch. His roomate, catcher Brian McCann, followed suit, except he was stuck with the loveseat, flinging his legs over the side...

For some reason, reading this I thought, "OMG she's writing baseball slashfic!" o_O

[discofish.livejournal.com]

Yeah I can't actually tell if these are real people or fictional people!

[dr4b]

Goddamnit, I didn't even think such a thing, sigh. It's really not me.

The point was making fun of these two 21-year-old rookies who are known for spending their after-game time playing videogames... since they just lost the NLDS and are done for the year.

[ketsugami.livejournal.com]

Heh, it's probably me -- I hang out with too many rabid fangirls. ^_^

[nickjong.livejournal.com]

I didn't think such a thing either, but now I'm curious. Let me know if you do ever write any baseball slash. ;o)

[dr4b]

I'm too pure and innnocent to ever do such a thing.

[nickjong.livejournal.com]

Don't look at me in that tone of voice! :oP

[nickjong.livejournal.com]

Hehe, for a little bit the ESPN announcers were making fun of McCann, who apparently in an oft-replayed interview described hitting the homerun off Clemens as "really neat." They noted how many Braves players could get away with language like, "wicked cool."

It's funny, I just read an article in the UT daily paper about how a bunch of the guys on the football team love playing the NCAA football video games and bitch about the stats of their virtual selves. It's just kinda cool to imagine what it must be like for these young athlete dudes.

[dr4b]

EXACTLY. :)

[mdw.livejournal.com]

*cough* NL ROY should be Willy Tavarez >_>

I'm still giddy from spending 6 hours in front of the tv, 3 hours being annoyed at losing, and 3 hours just going 'wtf' over and over.