Showing posts with label ABA. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ABA. Show all posts

Thursday, July 24, 2014

Umpire's wacky strike three calls feature Gangnam Style and 2 Chainz references (VIDEO)

Baseball players in a New Jersey amateur baseball league get a little added improvisation act every time they strike out — and they don't seem to mind the extra oomph with the punch outs.

The umpire, not content with calling out batters in a traditional manner, punctuates his strike threes with references to 2 Chainz and "Gangnam Style" instead.


Jeff Bendix, a member of the Amateur Baseball Association and the man who shot the video (below) told NJ.com that " Eddie the Ump calls games like that all the time and is generally a fun guy to be around."


While Eddie seems to be a big hit with the 20-team ABA, he still can't top the master — Leslie Nielsen.


Friday, November 8, 2013

Dr. J has Long Island road renamed in his honor

The pride of Long Island, Julius Erving, told fans gathered on a Roosevelt street corner that he often thought of his hometown while he was away, playing pro basketball.

"You guys don't know how many nights I dreamed of just walking up and down Nassau Road — the street formerly known as Nassau Road," the retired ABA and NBA star known as Dr. J joked Thursday.

That's because the street now bears his name: Julius W. Erving Avenue.


Erving revolutionized the sport with his innovative play. For three seasons with the ABA's Nets, Dr. J wowed Long Islanders at the Nassau Coliseum where he won three straight MVP awards and made his spectacular over-the-rim play a part of the game forever.



Sometimes the road does lead back home.