Pitching Gifts

'You forget, I'm a blackbelt in powerpoint.'

'Obviously, for Ben's proposal to really take off, he'll need a longer runway than our little company can provide!'

The rotator cuff fairy.

'So much for the question of whether of whether or not a curveball really curves.'

"We prefer our idea people to present their ideas during office hours."

95mph fastball.

'I know, we'll lead off the presentation with me telling an incredibly long and seemingly pointless anecdote about the time I burned my finger while lighting the back yard grill...'

Roger's Last Day....

"I sense a certain ambivalent bounce in your pitches...and it makes me feel vulnerable."

'Isaac Newton, pursuing his study of the laws of motion,, discovers that a thrown ball can curve..."

Bobby's pitching coach told him to put some stank on the ball.

"He's got great velocity, but he really needs to work on his trajectory."

"Wow! That's a mean curveball."

"Fantastic presentation! All of the investors loved it."

"He's got great velocity but his trajectory needs work."

The Goalkeeper

The Giamatti era

"Jessica has an idea about going to the beach that she'd like to pitch you."

'I'll take the one on the right.'

Baseball Dreams

'Well, I'm glad to have you with us!'

'It's 'big office' meets 'poorly-received flop'!'

Balk? Balk! Balk! Balk! Balk! Balk! Balk! Balk! Balk! Balk! Balk! Balk! Balk!

Jurgen Klopp Caricature

"Something's trying to get through the Astroturf!"

'Balk!'

"I still thinking he's putting something unidentified on the ball."

"There's your problem."

Baseball manager shows pitcher complicated charts.

'Any questions?'

'This wouldn't have happened if you'd played catch with me more.'

'Yes, Haffner appears to be tiring...'

"Idiot! I signaled for a sinker!"

'You want to run that by me again?'

"Fantastic business concept! I'm sure with that we'll convince the bank to give us a 87,000,000 Euro loan!"