Last weekend, the Yankees signed Atlanta Braves catcher Brian McCann to a five-year deal worth $85 million. The acquisition is expected to add some sorely needed offense behind the plate. But will McCann’s production rebound to his early-career numbers? If so, will it even be enough to revitalize New York’s lackluster lineup? And most importantly: What will John Sterling’s home-run call be for Mr. McCann? Here in Salt in Wound’s hot-stove league, we humbly suggest the following options.
—”Brian has brawn!”
—”It’s a Big Mac Attack, and I’m lovin’ it!” (sponsored drop-in)
—”There’s a McCannon blast!”
—”He McCann—and he McDid!”
—”That’s no McCann of corn, it’s a home run!”
—”It’s unMcCanny—he’s hit another one!”
—”BM made a BM—ball movement!”
—”It Must Be Gone! (McCanndide’s Meditation)” (from Leonard Bernstein’s 1956 Broadway production of Candide)
—”That pitcher is in a real pickle, Brian!”
—”It’s headed north of the border, to McCannada!”
—”Brian’s Song has a happy ending!”
—”Give McCann a big McHand!”
—”B’gosh and b’gorrah, McCann put some Irish on that ball!”
—”Oh for Brian out loud!”
—”The McCann-ic fixed it good!”
—”Paging Holden Caulfield—Catcher in the Rye-ght field seats!”
—”It is high! it is far! It is… a dribbler down the third-base line.”
These are always a worth a chuckle and glad that you share Jack, otherwise i never would have been convinced you received a college degree in Creative Writing.