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It’s The DC Subway Violinist All Over Again

A man stood in a hospital delivery room in Washington DC and started to throw baseballs; it was a cold October morning. He pitched nine perfect innings with about 14 strikeouts. During that time, since it was busy, it was calculated that three children were born, most of them without complication.

Three innings went by, and a young pregnant woman noticed there was a ballplayer throwing. She slowed her breathing, and watched for a few seconds, and then hurried up to have her baby.

An inning later, the ballplayer received his first fistpump: a woman threw her hand in the air after a sick go-down-looking curveball, and continued to dilate.

A few innings later, someone leaned against the wall to watch to him, but the man looked at his watch and started to work again. Clearly he was a doctor and had a life to bring into the world.

The one who paid the most attention was a 31 year old husband. His wife tagged him along, hurried, but the man stopped to look at the ballplayer. Finally, the wife pushed hard, and the man continued to videotape the birth of his child, turning his head all the time. This action was repeated by several other terrified new dads. All the mothers, without exception, forced them to move on.

In the 9 innings the ballplayer threw, only 6 people stopped and watched for a while. About 9 gave him the wave, but continued to deliver babies at their normal pace. He collected 8 K’s. When he finished playing and silence took over, no one noticed it. No one applauded, nor was there any recognition.

No one knew this, but the ballplayer was Randy Johnson, one of the most talented pitchers in the world. He had just pitched one of the most amazing games ever recorded, with an arm worth tens of millions dollars.

Just a few years before his playing in the delivery room, Randy Johnson sold out at a stadium in Arizona where the seats averaged $100.

This is a real story. Randy Johnson playing incognito in the delivery room was organized by the Washington Post as part of a social experiment about perception, taste, and priorities of people. The outlines were: in a commonplace environment at an inappropriate hour: Do we perceive beauty? Do we stop to appreciate it? Do we recognize the talent in an unexpected context?

One of the possible conclusions from this experience could be:

If we do not have a moment to stop and watch to one of the best pitchers in the world playing the perfect game of baseball, how many other things are we missing?

NO ONE PAID ATTENTION TO THE STUPID FUCKING VIOLINIST ON THE FUCKING SUBWAY BECAUSE THEY WERE GOING TO WORK YOU FUCKING NUMBSKULLS. WHO FUCKING CARES.

“If the violin came on time and took people to work on itself, people would probably be all about the violin.” — Scott Huff

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We Didn’t Quit the Podcast — The Remastered Single
by Huff & Stapes

 
Huff and Stapes, Jacki Bray, took a long Vay Cay
Here’s-what we’ve up to, to the tune of Billy Joel

Huff has gotten out of shape, Stapes lost of lot of weight
Guys on FOX, not on FOX, Big Game’s a Web show.

Jacki Bray, Cal State, took five years to graduate
Rich Joe, Can’t pay his rent, he still got an assistant

On a drug called Charlie Sheen, everybody’s #WIN-NING
Tigerblood, the Goddesses, two and and a half Ashtons!

We didn’t quit the podcast
Sorry you missed our funny
We were earning money
We didn’t quit the podcast
We’re back, you can listen
Now please stop your bitchin’

Joseph’s Ballin’, First class seat, on Southwest, his job is sweet.
Scott - assistin’, paper-clippin, toner-re-stock

Earth-quakes, J. Assange, Burlusconi, Bunga
Mu-ba-rak walks, Weiner tweets his cock

Football, Lock out, Huff is cursed, no doubt,
Marijuana, Amsterdam, Stapes banged a poker fan

Mark Dog, quits his job, album Club and weight loss,
Single-Stapes, flees the States, Huff details his Prius!!!!!

We didn’t quit the podcast
It’s called a hi-atus
Why don’t you fellate us?
We didn’t quit the podcast
No we didn’t leave it
It was a reprieve, shit

Trump Stumps, Romney’s Back, Badgers Strike, Sony Hack
Blago-ya-avich, retrial, Flip cam had to file

Ipad two, sold out at malls, Kirstie Alley dance falls
Schwarzenegger love child, Stapes’s Guinea Gramma dies…

Uh ho, uh ho…
Oprah Winfrey, re-tires, o-ba-ma, birth deniers
Glee on Tour, work blows, sorry we were no-shows

Becca Black, Frid-ey, Kaddafi from ‘83.
TBS signs Coco, teens die from four lo-ko!!!

We didn’t quit the podcast
Well, we almost quit it,
Now we’re recommitted!
We didn’t quit the podcast
Back for good now ho-nest,
But that’s not a promise

It Gets Better, Hashtags, Kobe Bryant might hate… gays
Dot com, Teen Mom, Snooki-Sitch-Ron Ron

Lively shows her labia, Twitter Biebermania
King’s Speech, Packer’s win, William weds Middleton

Strauss-Khan, IMF, pillow mints and forced sex
Jacki Bray, Clint’s not Gay, what else do I have to say!

We didn’t quit the podcast.
We were paying our bills
By being corporate shills
We didn’t quit the podcast
Paid for Huff’s wife’s new car
and Stapes tabs in the bars

Nazi helmer at the Cannes, Natalie is back again
Seals Got, Kill Shot, Bin La-den, Grows Pot

Jacki drinks a lot of wine, Huff gets invisalign
Eulojokes for Macho Man, Lumet and Kevorkian

iPhone 4, Hang-over 2, American Idol Blew
Angry Birds, Egypt trends, Tweet, Post, Words with Friends

Radiation on the shores, Porno in Osama’s Drawers
Joey Banged Two Euro Whores, I can’t take it anymore!!!

We didn’t quit the podcast
It’s called a vacation
Sorry you’re impatient
We didn’t quit the podcast
Cause when we retire….
It’ll be a dumpster fire…fire…fire…

We didn’t quit the podcast
It was percolating
We’re equivocating
We didn’t quit the podcast
We were busy tweeting
kept our families eating

We didn’t quit the podcast
But we’d do it twice,
if the price was right,
We didn’t quit the podcast!…

What did you think of Oscar hosts Anne Hathaway and James Franco? Great job? Did you want to cut off your arm? Who cares. The Huff & Stapes Oscar Medley is here for your enjoyment.

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