Every broadcast has its traditions. Dan Petry's just happens to involve bringing a baseball glove into the booth, much to the delight of his coworkers, who have spent years reminding him that he's no longer on the active roster. Even special guest J.K. Simmons couldn't resist joining the pile-on. As it turns out, baseball has impeccable comedic timing.
*** Now chatting in #PreparednessPaysOff ***
PetryDish: alright
got my scorebook
got my headset
got my glove
BenettiAndTheJets: dan
we've worked together for years
i still don't understand the glove
PetryDish: someday you will
DirksDiggler: it's not like you're playing third base
PetryDish: baseball finds you
DirksDiggler: no
baseball finds the netting
*** jk_lol has entered the chat ***
jk_lol: excuse me
is that a glove
PetryDish: always
jk_lol: you expecting to get called into the seventh?
PetryDish: you never know
jk_lol: i like that
ballplayers stay ballplayers
BenettiAndTheJets: he's carried that thing every game
DirksDiggler: never once needed it
PetryDish: yet
jk_lol: that's baseball
ninety-nine days nothing happens
then the hundredth day...
everything happens
*** two innings later ***
*** CRACK ***
TorkAndRoll: uh oh
the_ball: INCOMING
BenettiAndTheJets: ...Dan?
DirksDiggler: DAN
*** THWACK ***
PetryDish: got it
*** absolute silence ***
jk_lol: ...
well i'll be darned
BenettiAndTheJets: ladies and gentlemen...
after years of ridicule...
the prophecy has been fulfilled
DirksDiggler: he caught it like he'd been rehearsing this moment for twenty years
BenettiAndTheJets: because...
he basically has
TorkAndRoll: nice catch!
PetryDish: THANK YOU
jk_lol: i owe you an apology
i wasn't familiar with your game
PetryDish: say it louder
BenettiAndTheJets: somewhere...
every dad who has ever insisted on bringing a glove to the ballpark...
is standing triumphantly
*** HEY GUYS THIS IS JI
*** JIM THOME has entered the chat ***
WORDUPTHOME: HEY GUYS THIS IS JI
JIM THOME
WORDUPTHOME: I LOVE THIS GAME
BECAUSE SOMETIMES
IT REMEMBERS YOU
WORDUPTHOME: DAN NEVER STOPPED
BEING READY
pr0FF3ss0r_F4rnsw0rth: i've never been prouder
this is exactly why i wear a helmet at all times
WORDUPTHOME: I DON'T THINK THAT'S WHY
MLB_NewsBot: Tigers analyst Dan Petry, long teased for wearing a glove in the booth, catches a Spencer Torkelson foul ball cleanly.
Coworkers immediately lose the right to make fun of him.
J.K. Simmons reportedly considering purchasing a broadcast glove.
jk_lol: alright
from now on
everybody in this booth wears a glove
BenettiAndTheJets: that's a little extreme
jk_lol: IF YOU DON'T HAVE A GLOVE
YOU ARE DEPRIVING THIS BOOTH OF CRITICAL DEFENSIVE DEPTH
PetryDish: thank you
jk_lol: don't thank me
thank the scouting report
*** PetryDish has left with the easiest "I told you so" of his life ***
*** pr0FF3ss0r_F4rnsw0rth has left shopping for broadcast catcher’s gear ***
*** jk_lol has left smiling like he'd just watched the perfect ending to a baseball movie ***
*** WORDUPTHOME has left believing the game always finds a way ***