It was only a matter of time...
Welcome back, A.J. Cole. Any chance Ryan Langerhans is one of the PTBNLs?
But who will throw the buckets of bubblegum on teammates in the dugout after home runs?
Who will dump smallish bottles of water on teammates' heads?
Who will dump the Gatorade bucket on teammates after walkoffs?
And who will spray smiley faces on the Gatorade bucket?
Who will deliver the shaving cream pies?
Who will deliver flying elbows to teammates heads?
Who will hit phantom grand slams with invisible bats?
Who will moonlight as a fashion model?
Who will concoct a more magical Christmas light display?
Who will ever don the Silver Elvis wig with a greater sense of purpose, and not just once, but twice? (Of course, no one, because thankfully the Silver Elvis wig left town with Nyjer Morgan)
Who will dance (and Oh, how he danced!) before playoff games?
Who will deliver marriage proposals to Bryce Harper during postgame interviews?
Most importantly: Who will sing "Take on Me"? Who will singlehandedly resurrect the career of A-Ha? (The smart money's on Andy Feffer and the Nats co-opting that sucker as a Nationals Park "thing" for the 7th inning stretch. As they should.)
The answer to all of the above: Not Michael Morse anymore. Godspeed, Beast. Thanks for the memories.
(Photo above of Michael Morse as a seeminglly sad Silver Elvis circa June 2010)
God, if Feffer co-opts "Take on Me," I am going to pitch a riot.
Posted by: ouij | January 16, 2013 at 07:51 PM
Thanks for the retrospective. I recognize that baseball is a business, and the handwriting for this has been on the wall for a while now... I do think that, at some level, management needs to recognize that the team needs some home-grown favorites. Ryan Zimmerman is great, but he's not Michael Morse. He will be missed.
Posted by: DCGirl | January 16, 2013 at 08:19 PM
Adding the prickly Soriano and subtracting the fun loving Morse means the fun times of 2012 are in the past and they are now serious about winning a title (or two or three). That said, I'll miss The Beast.
Posted by: bdrube | January 16, 2013 at 08:30 PM
Who will ever don the Silver Elvis wig with a greater sense of purpose, and not just once, but twice? (Of course, no one, because thankfully the Silver Elvis wig left town with Nyjer Morgan)
There's still that pathetic Asian guy who wanders the stands wearing an ersatz Silver Elvis Wig. I see him before almost every game out on the Scoreboard Walk. For some strange reason I never see any chicks flocking toward him.
Posted by: Feel Wood | January 17, 2013 at 12:36 PM
I'll miss Michael Morse. He always looked like he was aware that this game-business can also be fun. And I don't think there is anything wrong with that.
Posted by: Newportnatfan | January 17, 2013 at 08:54 PM