Sammy Byrd Puns

Eighty-five years ago today, Sammy Byrd played in his final MLB game... but his career in professional sports was just getting started.

Even if you've never heard of Sammy Byrd, you've likely heard of his unusual nickname: "Babe Ruth's Legs." It even inspired a subreddit for baseball nicknames: /r/BabeRuthsLegs

But Byrd was so much more than just a nickname: He was a two-sport star who remains the only person to ever play in a World Series and in The Masters Tournament.

With better timing, and better health, Byrd might have been another Charlie Keller, Roy White, or Brett Gardner -- a good player contributing key hits in the shadows of superstars. But Byrd had the misfortune (for him, not us) to be on powerhouse Yankee teams that had two Hall of Famers in the outfield, Babe Ruth and Earle Combs, leaving just one spot -- and that one occupied first by Bob Meusel and then by Ben Chapman, each just a little bit better. His baseball career, wrote sportswriter James C. Isaminger, "was wasted sitting on the bench when he was in his prime."

Samuel Dewey Byrd was born in Georgia but as a child his family moved to Alabama. As it happened, their new house was next to a golf course, and Byrd quickly developed an interest in the game, and worked as a caddy.

By age 18 he was playing in the minors, for the Jonesboro (Arkansas) Buffaloes, the Alexandria (Lousiana) Reds, the Knoxville (Tennessee) Smokes, and the Albany (New York) Senators. At each stop he was considerably younger than league average, yet he hit .343 and slugged .535 in 1,308 at-bats. Clearly he was ready for the bigs, and on May 11, 1929, the Yankees called him up at the age of 21. At first used mostly as a defensive replacement and pinch-runner for the Babe -- hence the nickname -- Byrd would start in 15 out of 16 games in June as Ruth would miss two weeks with an illness. Over that stretch, Byrd would hit .321/.433/.446 in 69 PA and only made one error. In August, he'd get another two weeks worth of starts, replacing the slumping Meusel, hitting leadoff with Combs sliding down to the middle of the order. But this time Byrd would hit just .236/.333/.364, and both he and Meusel would spend most of September on the bench behind veterans Cedric Durst and Ben Paschal. Overall t

I don't want to step on anybody's toes here, but the amount of non-dad jokes here in this subreddit really annoys me. First of all, dad jokes CAN be NSFW, it clearly says so in the sub rules. Secondly, it doesn't automatically make it a dad joke if it's from a conversation between you and your child. Most importantly, the jokes that your CHILDREN tell YOU are not dad jokes. The point of a dad joke is that it's so cheesy only a dad who's trying to be funny would make such a joke. That's it. They are stupid plays on words, lame puns and so on. There has to be a clever pun or wordplay for it to be considered a dad joke.

Again, to all the fellow dads, I apologise if I'm sounding too harsh. But I just needed to get it off my chest.

Do your worst!

I'm surprised it hasn't decade.

For context I'm a Refuse Driver (Garbage man) & today I was on food waste. After I'd tipped I was checking the wagon for any defects when I spotted a lone pea balanced on the lifts.

I said "hey look, an escaPEA"

No one near me but it didn't half make me laugh for a good hour or so!

Edit: I can't believe how much this has blown up. Thank you everyone I've had a blast reading through the replies 😂

It really does, I swear!

Buenosdillas

They’re on standbi

Pilot on me!!

Dad jokes are supposed to be jokes you can tell a kid and they will understand it and find it funny.

This sub is mostly just NSFW puns now.

If it needs a NSFW tag it's not a dad joke. There should just be a NSFW puns subreddit for that.

Edit* I'm not replying any longer and turning off notifications but to all those that say "no one cares", there sure are a lot of you arguing about it. Maybe I'm wrong but you people don't need to be rude about it. If you really don't care, don't comment.

When I got home, they were still there.

What did 0 say to 8 ?

" Nice Belt "

So What did 3 say to 8 ?

" Hey, you two stop making out "

 

 

#Picks Of The Week (by u/lefuniname)

####1. Various Artists - 5 Year Anniversatea Part 2 (High Tea Music Presents) 💎 [High Tea Music]
Recommended if you like: T & Sugah, NCT, Mountain

At this point I'm like a walking advertisement board for High Tea Music.

Honestly, since I started doing these reviews pretty much all releases coming out of the still relatively new dutch label end up here. They always manage to hit that perfect blend of established artists and newcomers, which are also perfectly distributed on the axis between beautiful liquid and cheesy dancefloor. High Tea is also consistently giving some of my favourite producers in that subgenre a platform to shine on and I'm eternally grateful for that. Don't worry, I'll namedrop them further down, just don't want to spoil anything yet! So mysterious. Especially when I already hyped most of them up in a previous review. Such an enigma this review person!

As you can tell from the title, T & Sugah are now continuing their celebration of five years of existe(a)nce (yes, I recycled that tea pun, sue me!). This time they brought together even more artists for a total of 17 excellent tracks. You know the drill, favourites first, summaries after. Ah yes, before I forget: Since most of the artists on this album, and in this selection of favourites, are extremely underrated, I'll declare this my Hidden Gem Of The Week™! Alright, let's go!

My first pick comes from a return

I won't be doing that today!

[Removed]

You take away their little brooms

This morning, my 4 year old daughter.

Daughter: I'm hungry

Me: nerves building, smile widening

Me: Hi hungry, I'm dad.

She had no idea what was going on but I finally did it.

Thank you all for listening.

There hasn't been a post all year!

Why

It’s pronounced “Noel.”

After all his first name is No-vac

What, then, is Chinese rap?

Edit:

Notable mentions from the comments:

• Spanish/Swedish/Swiss/Serbian hits

• French/Finnish art

• Country/Canadian rap

• Chinese/Country/Canadian rock

• Turkish/Tunisian/Taiwanese rap

There hasn't been a single post this year!

(Happy 2022 from New Zealand)

Nothing, it just waved

Him: I can explain everything!

(It's his best joke yet I think)

Bob

So that I could frequently say, "I am going to walk 5 miles now."

Edit: My most popular post on Reddit! 😀 Thank you for the awards.

Just to clarify, 12345678

Me grabbing a soda from my (what I thought was) half full 12pk...

Notices there's only 2;

Me: "Awe man... This is a damn bird box!" Her: "What the hell does that mean?!" Me: (Pulls both cans out & shows them to her) "It's only got Toucans."

I'm not ashamed to admit the look on her face was glorious.