I personally wanted to be a cartoonist, then an actor, then a comedian.
Lots of kids want to be superheroes, or firemen, or police officers.
While I never actually wanted to be him, I always thought the Ultimate Warrior was pretty awesome.
As I've grown older however, I can tell you that the greatest job ever would be a being a closer in Major League Baseball. Provided of course that you have the high 90's fastball and appropriate facial hair to compete for such a job.
Giants doesn't come out to the clip from Castaway of
Tom Hanks yelling: "Wiiiillllsooooon!!!" and crying...
is beyond me...
Why a closer? It would be quicker to tell you why not, but I'll entertain my own rhetorical question briefly: First, you work for one inning a game...maybe. Second, you hardly ever work more than two days in a row.Third, if you saved (that is, closed out the last inning as to preserve your teams victory) only a third of the games in a season you would be statistically one of the greatest closers ever. Fourth, you get payed millions of dollars. And fifth, (and most importantly) you get entrance music
It's like being a wrestler without the questionable spandex, face paint, and body slams.
Had I been blessed with the ability to throw a baseball harder than 48 mph (a rough estimate, let's hope I'm guessing low) I would be living that dream.
But alas, life had different plans for me.
Final Thought -
Choose your entrance music carefully. Avoid things like Disturbed, Slipknot, and The Insane Clown Posse. The safest bet? Anything by AC/DC.
Blech. I hate AC/DC.
ReplyDeleteI think a good entrance song band would be a more contemporary, less douchey artist... though I can't think of one right now. Too much pressure =/
-Kacie
Absolutely unacceptable that you just referred to AC/DC as "douchey"...have you even heard "Shook Me All Night Long"?
DeleteRidiculous.
I agree; being a closer (or a bullpen catcher) would probably be the best job in the world. A good closer hauls in good money and you make a good point about the (lack of a) work load. With that in mind, what do you think of a guy like Dennis Eckersley who wins the MVP in 1992 for relief work? It's the same issue that was brought up with Justin Verlander this year; should a guy that doesn't play (almost) every day on both sides of the baseball be considered for MVP?
ReplyDeleteWouldn't it be great if we ALL got entrance music? I guess it would get a little cacaphonous.....
ReplyDeleteThis is so unrelated, but I love the TV show The Closer (kyra sedgewick), precisely because you always know she'll get the job done.