Funny and Sad.
May 30th, 2010
Last Wednesday, I went to the Acme Comedy Co. for free thanks to Sarah (who recently celebrated a birthday), and had the honor of seeing Hannibal Burress, a comedian from Chicago. Burress is perhaps known (not necessarily “better known”) as one of the newest writers for Saturday Night Live. He was legitimately hilarious, and could potentially provide more reason to watch SNL next season.
In contrast, last Friday, I went to Midway Stadium, where I saw the St. Paul Saints lose a game 9-1 against the first-place Sioux Falls Pheasants. In the 4th inning, the starting pitcher, Joe Woerman, walked three consecutive batters. Not satisfied, Woerman served up a meatball to the next batter, who crushed it and just about struck the passing train on the other side of the fence.
I’m struggling to find a way to tie these two unrelated events together, but I think it looks something like this:
