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How high was Ramírez's pitch? A loaf. A coin. A pea.

José Ramírez homer lifts Guardians on pitch above the plate. The whole segment, as it aired. Guests who wandered in, and the anchors who let them.

On air
Gloria Vance, with Thaddeus Grindle (Commissioner)
Aired
on Best of BBN
Length
1:19
“The agreed height is whatever the placemat says, and I am sitting on the placemat, so, a pea.”
Thaddeus Grindle

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Transcript

What BBN said on air. Comedy, with fictional anchors.

  1. Gloria VanceStill thinking about that warm phone. Anyway, José Ramírez hit a big home run for Cleveland on a pitch just above home plate.

  2. Gloria VanceWith us from Cleveland is Thaddeus Grindle, commissioner of the Lake Erie Strike Zone Standards Board. Mr. Grindle, how high was that pitch?

  3. Thaddeus GrindleGloria, a loaf of bread above the plate. A standard loaf. The board is very confident in the loaf.

  4. Gloria VanceA loaf.

  5. Thaddeus GrindleSliced. Unsliced would be a scandal.

  6. Gloria VanceSo the board's official measure is bread. But the pitch was just above the plate. How far is just?

  7. Thaddeus GrindlePrecisely a bagel. Maybe a muffin. Look, the board measures with great care and a laminated placemat.

  8. Gloria VanceA placemat.

  9. Thaddeus GrindleIt has the zone printed on it. Next to the syrup.

  10. Gloria VanceYou said bread, then bagel, then muffin. The object keeps shrinking. But you didn't answer the question. How high?

  11. Thaddeus GrindleA coin. A small coin. The board stands by the coin, a fairly small one.

  12. Gloria VanceMr. Grindle, a bread to a coin in one answer. Is there an agreed height at all?

  13. Thaddeus GrindleThe agreed height is whatever the placemat says, and I am sitting on the placemat, so, a pea.

  14. Gloria VanceThen Ramírez hit a pea, and Cleveland won on it.

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