FanHouse Cows

Watching the Red Sox play baseball on NESN is usually an enjoyable experience for viewers at home whether they're actually Red Sox fans or not. The combination of Jerry Remy and Don Orsillo in the booth makes for the most entertaining booth in baseball by far, as the two men often spend their time making fun of themselves, fans, and others.

Of course, sometimes they have too much fun while calling games and can't even talk. This is what happened on Sunday afternoon.

So what set off the laughter? Cows, of course.

Seriously, don't test him. Just ask Lou Piniella:

Never, ever lose a bet to Ken Griffey Jr. The outfielder pays off, but in strange ways -- like the time manager Lou Piniella won a bet with him during spring training when both were in Seattle.

"It was batting practice, and I had three swings left," Griffey said. "Lou bet me a steak that I couldn't hit a home run to each field on those three swings. I hit one to right and I hit one to center, but I missed the one to left. So I paid up."

Oh, did he. Piniella got his steak on the hoof. Griffey had a live cow put in Piniella's office while he was gone, "And when he walked in, there was the cow and some other stuff the cow had left after lifting its tail, plus he had slobbered everywhere. Lou got sick."

Then there was the time Griffey filled Piniella's office with lambs, but that's another story.

For some reason, the author of that Dayton Daily News story doesn't include the lambs escapade, a crime that should be considered some sort of journalistic malpractice. Anyway, in case you were wondering: yes, Ken Griffey Jr. will put farm animals in your immediate workspace. Do not make bets with him that involve any sort of food product whatsoever.

(HT: Red Reporter Via Ballhype)