April 26, 2005

No punchline, I’m genuinely curious

I've got a question for all of you out there who have access to Fox Sports Net Ohio. After each televised game, they play the Gold Star Chili Reds Wrap. The intro to this segment is a montage of clips. The first clip is Sean Casey batting. The second is Jason LaRue tagging out a runner at home. The third clip is the one seen here:
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The quality is horrible because our VCRs are on the fritz, and I'm going to try to get a clearer shot tonight, but this at least will give you an idea of what to look for.

The third clip is a shot of the short stop throwing out a runner at first. It's a shot from the back, but I'm confident that it is Barry Larkin. Seems reasonable enough. The weird thing is, if you watch closely, even though the film goes by fast, you can tell that his number has been digitally removed.

So here's the question: why would FSNO remove Larkin's number? And secondly, don't you think they should put it back?

1 comment to “No punchline, I’m genuinely curious”

  1. Jeremy Fauber says:

    That looks like the number 5 to me.

    Has anyone played a middle infield position with the number 5 in recent years?