The Commercial That Hurt 3E1N
by duck on Feb 12, 2010 3:49 PM EST
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Hopefully, this is just a HUGE non-story, and Brad Bergesen is simply a few days behind the rest of the pitchers at Spring Training. According to MASN's Roch Kubatko, Brad apparently had not yet begun throwing off a mound in his off-season work, and was summoned to Oriole Park at Camden Yards to film this spot.
He tweaked his shoulder, and felt pain, and alerted the training staff soon after once the pain didn't subside. He's been a bit cagey about the injury since it happened, and swears he will be fine for Opening Day. Here's hoping he is right.
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He'll be fine
I just hope I’m not the only one who thinks he will be fine. If his career goes down the shitter, this won’t be the cause of it. Though, I do understand this is a bit discouraging and this is the last thing people want to hear about the Orioles most consistent starter but, if he’s already throwing, it can’t be bad.
by LoveForTheGame13 on Feb 12, 2010 4:27 PM EST reply actions
Jeffrey Hammonds just got hurt watching that commercial.
Vizzini: Let me put it this way. Have you ever heard of Plato, Aristotle, Socrates?
Man in Black: Yes.
Vizzini: Morons.
by birdman on Feb 12, 2010 4:44 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Well, at least he didn't get injured on sucky commerical...
Don't give up, don't ever give up. - Jim Valvano
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by BaltimoreSportsFan on Feb 12, 2010 4:48 PM EST reply actions
Three E's and and one N in his name
A lot of people were misspelling his name (e.g., Bergeson).
Vizzini: Let me put it this way. Have you ever heard of Plato, Aristotle, Socrates?
Man in Black: Yes.
Vizzini: Morons.
welcome to CC!
Now I’m not the only Zachary.
"I doubt he could reach [second base]...mostly cuz his fucking arm was in Aybar's nuts." – twistedlogic
Yeah, you are
He spells his with an “e”.
"The moment you stop thinking you're the best, it's time for you to get out the game." -'King' Mo Lawal
i was peaking phoenetically
"I doubt he could reach [second base]...mostly cuz his fucking arm was in Aybar's nuts." – twistedlogic
I guess since his shin was hurt originally,
and this is a shoulder thing, it’s less of a fuck-up. But it’s still a fuckup.
He hadn’t thrown off a mound yet this year, and he was asked to do so for a commercial? Why didn’t he say, “Um, I haven’t thrown off a mound yet this year.”? Why didn’t the director say, “You sure it’s okay to do this?” Why didn’t Angelos say, “It’s important to promote my network, but be careful with anyone who is coming off an injury.”?
Next up: A Matt Wieters commercial in which he walks a tightrope between the Warehouse and LF foul pole.*
*Of course, this would not actually be a problem, because SHJ knows how to levitate.
"I doubt he could reach [second base]...mostly cuz his fucking arm was in Aybar's nuts." – twistedlogic
And more importantly, why did he go full effort as mentioned in the Sun article? Could he just throw at 50% effort but make some gritty face and give some Monica Seles yelp to make it look like he’s going full effort.
Vizzini: Let me put it this way. Have you ever heard of Plato, Aristotle, Socrates?
Man in Black: Yes.
Vizzini: Morons.
absolutely ridiculous
the first time an injured starter throws off a mound he should be surrounded by trainers and pitching coaches not some fucking cameramen and a director! It’s fucking absurd.
by O'sFan21 on Feb 12, 2010 8:42 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Also Bergy should know better
He’s not a child.
I will lead these Peoples to the promised land, also known as "Slightly Ahead of the Blue Jays." ~WietersRunDry
That too - see my post below.
But still – lots of baseball players are total fucking idiots. That’s part of why coaches and trainers are there to make sure they don’t do stupid shit.
I can't wait for this commercial
I will lead these Peoples to the promised land, also known as "Slightly Ahead of the Blue Jays." ~WietersRunDry
I want one with Reimold (carefully pretending that he's) beating out an infield hit.
“Torn Achilles? Yeah, but I’m still running out that grounder.”
Weaver's Fourth Law: Your most precious possessions on offense are your twenty-seven outs.
it's already on air
I’ve seen it 4 times over the past month anda ahlf.
Don't give up, don't ever give up. - Jim Valvano
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by BaltimoreSportsFan on Feb 13, 2010 10:35 AM EST up reply actions
* and a half.
Don't give up, don't ever give up. - Jim Valvano
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by BaltimoreSportsFan on Feb 13, 2010 10:35 AM EST up reply actions
You've seen the Matt Wieters tightrope from Warehouse to foul pole commercial?
I will lead these Peoples to the promised land, also known as "Slightly Ahead of the Blue Jays." ~WietersRunDry
no i've seen the 3e one.
Don't give up, don't ever give up. - Jim Valvano
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by BaltimoreSportsFan on Feb 13, 2010 3:39 PM EST up reply actions
Genius
*Of course, this would not actually be a problem, because SHJ knows how to levitate
Don't give up, don't ever give up. - Jim Valvano
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by BaltimoreSportsFan on Feb 13, 2010 10:34 AM EST up reply actions
It seems to me that commercial could have been really easily faked
without him having going through the stress of actually throwing a ball anywhere near hard enough to hurt anything
i assumed that's what they had done
i didn’t see the sun article. if he really went full effort, that’s just beyond idiotic.
"I doubt he could reach [second base]...mostly cuz his fucking arm was in Aybar's nuts." – twistedlogic
“Obviously, I hadn’t picked up a ball. I’m kicking myself in the head about it. That’s really what it was from. Not working on a mound up to that point,” Bergesen said. "I just jumped up on the mound and gave it a go. I was trying to be game speed. I was trying to be realistic as possible with it.
“The production company that came in wanted it to be as realistic as possible. And I was trying to please and I got caught up in a moment.”
From what I can tell, he went full effort.
Vizzini: Let me put it this way. Have you ever heard of Plato, Aristotle, Socrates?
Man in Black: Yes.
Vizzini: Morons.
He makes it sound like he just really didn’t think about it at all before doing it, which seems really unlikely. I mean, he hadn’t thrown off a mound at all yet; it had to have occurred to him that this was a little risky. I wonder if he was trying to be careful at first, but after a few pitches, he let loose and found out the hard way that he wasn’t ready for it yet (whether because the commercial people thought he looked a little fake, or because he felt good for the first few pitches).
Weaver's Fourth Law: Your most precious possessions on offense are your twenty-seven outs.
Is he a total fucking idiot?
That’s the only thing I can think of. Or if he’s one of those people who’s never had an arm injury in his entire life. Any pitcher who’s ever had an arm injury knows you have to be careful with shit like this.
Yeah.
It’s incredibly stupid regardless of exactly what happened. I thought he was more level-headed than that, but apparently not… I just hope it’s, as duck said, a huge non-story and he learned his lesson.
Weaver's Fourth Law: Your most precious possessions on offense are your twenty-seven outs.
Definitely.
And I’m with you; I don’t know how they sent him to do a commercial where he’d be pitching (even if they thought he’d be pretending to pitch) without at least explicitly telling him to be extremely careful, if not sending a trainer or something. It’s absurd.
Weaver's Fourth Law: Your most precious possessions on offense are your twenty-seven outs.
The organization really should not have been in a position to learn this kind of lesson
Just unbelievable, it’s from the comic era of the spring training facility, the entire minor league home down there too, the AAA team in Ottawa, Angelos overruling 2004. This is an embarrassment, though likely a non-story in the grand scheme of things. A symbolic blow more than anything else.
Librarians are hiding something
you do have to remember though....
he wasn’t coming off an arm injury. his arm was fine. he was coming off a shin injury.
not that i’m defending his idiotic actions.
"I doubt he could reach [second base]...mostly cuz his fucking arm was in Aybar's nuts." – twistedlogic
Eh
That doesn’t matter. Any pitcher knows you can’t just jump on a mound for the first time in 6 months and start firing pitcher even remotely close to full speed.
Pitching's also such a total body motion
Its entirely possible that he wasn’t able to rely on his leg as much and overworked his shoulder to compensate.
At the very least, he wasn’t as used to throwing as he normally would be at this point and was taking an unnecessary risk.
I don't care how bad he hurt himself
that commericial is a good one. I’ve known and loved the super-calm Bergesen. I could used to the Bergesen that makes gritty faces.
I feel anxious because I remember after the injury last year, they kept on saying “only three more starts, he’ll be back” until the last two weeks of the season.
The stock market will never recover, our armies will never again be #1, and our children will drink filthy water for the rest of their lives - HST
Isn't anyone concerned
that Bergy is looking just a tad, well, fragile? First he gets shut down for half a season with a bruised shin, then… this? WTH?
Bergesen is BADASS
He had hairline fractures, not just a bruise. Every week, Bergesen said he was gonna come back, but was unable.
And…he made sure to dap Wieters even though he was only seconds away from throwing up from the “worst pain” of his life.
The stock market will never recover, our armies will never again be #1, and our children will drink filthy water for the rest of their lives - HST
by the fix is in on Feb 13, 2010 11:46 PM EST up reply actions
fix makes a good point.
Don't give up, don't ever give up. - Jim Valvano
by BaltimoreSportsFan on Feb 14, 2010 12:10 AM EST up reply actions
how does this make him seem tough?
Every week, Bergesen said he was gonna come back, but was unable.
Because the MFer
thought he could pitch on a broken damn shin. And I think he would have if they had been dumb enough to let him.
"The moment you stop thinking you're the best, it's time for you to get out the game." -'King' Mo Lawal
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