What Passes for a Literary Reference…
By From the Braves announcers…
Joe Simpson: Just a glancing blow off the left leg.
Skip Carey: It’s what the pitching fraternity calls “a flesh wound.”
Joe Simpson: So does the Black Knight.
Skip Carey: Who?
Joe Simpson: From Monty Python; the Black Knight? “It’s just a flesh wound?”
Skip Carey: I’ll take your word for it. 0-1 the count…”
For some reason, I found that unreasonably hilarious.