Pitching Ideas Pillows

"It's a proposal about an idea for a concept."

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

"These projections don't make sparkles shoot out my ass."

'I think you are taking this elevator pitch way too literally'.

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

"Great plan. Could we get some more details?"

Blue sky thinking

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

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

The Goalkeeper

The Giamatti era

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

'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...'

"Your idea is strong. Really strong. But I've gotta ask myself, is it too much espresso for a decaf world?"

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

'Here is my proposal for making our department more productive. The proposal contains my best cognitive distortions.'

"There's your problem."

Older than Nolan Ryan and still pitching

"O.K., Chief! Hang on to your socks!"

"Wow! That's a mean curveball."

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

"I don't think he can touch your in-the-dirt ball."

The rotator cuff fairy.

"It may very well be America's favorite comfort food, but nobody is gonna buy a grilled cheese poncho."

Look, Rusty, your fastball's working and your sinker's dropping perfectly. But if you can't stop chasing the ball after you throw it, I'm gonna have to put you down -- In the minors, Rusty. Oh! You should see your face!

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

'He hits better against right handed pitching, so pitch left-handed, to him.'

"Take your ideas and run with them...farther!"

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

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

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

"Matsuzaka has an ERA of 3.88, yet Francona’s starting Schilling. Doesn’t that seem counterintuitive to you?"