Batting Stance Guy » The News http://www.battingstanceguy.com The Least Marketable Skill in America. Thu, 19 Jan 2012 19:55:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 BSG and Manny Ramirez http://www.battingstanceguy.com/2011/03/07/bsg-and-manny-ramirez http://www.battingstanceguy.com/2011/03/07/bsg-and-manny-ramirez#comments Mon, 07 Mar 2011 19:09:17 +0000 admin http://www.battingstanceguy.com/?p=931 There's really no good reason Manny Ramirez should ever be chasing a wiffle ball bat for someone, we don't know why he did it for us, but he did.  Thanks Manny.  The AP says what this is better than we could.   "Gar Ryness is known as the 'Batting Stance Guy'. He does impressions of major leaguers in their batting stances. Dodgers outfielder Manny Ramirez loved his mimickry."  "Loved" is a relative term.  Enjoy.

]]> There’s really no good reason Manny Ramirez should ever be chasing a wiffle ball bat for someone, we don’t know why he did it for us, but he did. Thanks Manny. The AP says what this is better than we could. “Gar Ryness is known as the ‘Batting Stance Guy’. He does impressions of major leaguers in their batting stances. Dodgers outfielder Manny Ramirez loved his mimickry.” “Loved” is a relative term. Enjoy.

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]]> http://www.battingstanceguy.com/2011/03/07/bsg-and-manny-ramirez/feed 5 BSG in Japanese – The Contest http://www.battingstanceguy.com/2010/05/29/bsg-in-japanese-the-contest http://www.battingstanceguy.com/2010/05/29/bsg-in-japanese-the-contest#comments Sat, 29 May 2010 17:24:45 +0000 admin http://www.battingstanceguy.com/?p=2400 TRANSLATE VIDEO AND WIN A SIGNED COPY OF THE BSG BOOK!!

The other week BSG made an appearance on the LA-based Japanese network, UTB Hollywood.  He had a great time, and the segment looks wonderful, but our Japanese is, well... rusty.  Sure we could use Google Translate, but we thought we'd turn to the BSG community to help us out.  So be the first to post a transcript comment on this site following the guidelines on the page, and we'll send you a signed copy of A Love Letter to Baseball.  Sound good?  Then get translating!

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The other week BSG made an appearance on the LA-based Japanese network, UTB Hollywood.  He had a great time, and the segment looks wonderful, but our Japanese is, well… rusty.  Sure we could use Google Translate, but we thought we’d turn to the BSG community to help us out.  So be the first to post a transcript comment on this site following the guidelines on the page, and we’ll send you a signed copy of A Love Letter to Baseball.  Sound good?  Then get translating!

GUIDELINES:

  1. Video segment  is 2 min – translation notes must indicate times (ie. 0:35 – BSG said….)
  2. Minimum of 10 video notes.
  3. Email us at bsg@battingstanceguy.com when your post is up (so we can email the winner)
  4. Honor system – if you’re making it up, the Japanese BSG community with rain fire.
  5. 1st post to follow these rules wins!!

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]]> http://www.battingstanceguy.com/2010/05/29/bsg-in-japanese-the-contest/feed 2 BSG @ ESPN http://www.battingstanceguy.com/2010/05/11/bsg-espn http://www.battingstanceguy.com/2010/05/11/bsg-espn#comments Tue, 11 May 2010 23:13:01 +0000 admin http://www.battingstanceguy.com/?p=2272 To say BSG was "at" ESPN today, might be something of an understatement.  He was all over it for book release day.  The good folks in Bristol, CT took care of our boy all day long as he stopped by First Take, ESPNEWS, SportsNation, and SportsCenter with John Kruk.  These are still airing in various fashions on the Worldwide Leader, so check their schedule now.  We've captured the day in image form on the facebook fanpage, and you can checkout the online SportsNation chat here.  And there are still SportsCenter broadcasts to come.  Whew, what a day.

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To say BSG was “at” ESPN today, might be something of an understatement.  He was all over it for book release day.  The good folks in Bristol, CT took care of our boy all day long as he stopped by First Take, ESPNEWS, SportsNation, and SportsCenter with John Kruk.  These are still airing in various fashions on the Worldwide Leader, so check their schedule now.  We’ve captured the day in image form on the facebook fanpage, and you can checkout the online SportsNation chat here.  And there are still SportsCenter broadcasts to come.  Whew, what a day.

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]]> http://www.battingstanceguy.com/2010/05/11/bsg-espn/feed 1 BOOK WEEK http://www.battingstanceguy.com/2010/05/11/book-week http://www.battingstanceguy.com/2010/05/11/book-week#comments Tue, 11 May 2010 06:10:04 +0000 admin http://www.battingstanceguy.com/?p=2200 Book week was a huge success, and we extend many thank you's to everyone who helped make the release of Batting Stance Guy : A Love Letter To Baseball such a fun experience.  For all the folks who came out to the book signings over the weekend, all we can say is, wow, you guys rock!  We plan to have lots more BSG for everyone this week, so check here and the Facebook book fanpage for all the times and details.

]]> It’s finally here, the week you’ve been waiting for all spring long.  May 11th has been circled on your calendar for months now, and it’s finally here, at long long last.  Yes, that’s right, it’s the week Batting Stance Guy : A Love Letter To Baseball hits stores nationwide!! Wait, what, that was just us?  Well either way, it’s here and we’ll keep you updated on all the BSG appearances and info this week, including ESPN, The Daily Line, and book signings, right here on bsg.com.

 

If you buy the book, see it in a store, see BSG on TV, or heck, just wanna say hi, please drop us a line, or visit the Facebook Fan Page and join the conversation there.  We love to hear from you!

Follow All The Book News on the Facebook Fanpage

 

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]]> http://www.battingstanceguy.com/2010/05/11/book-week/feed 0 BSG Quiz http://www.battingstanceguy.com/2010/05/10/bsg-quiz http://www.battingstanceguy.com/2010/05/10/bsg-quiz#comments Mon, 10 May 2010 17:21:12 +0000 admin http://www.battingstanceguy.com/?p=2245 In honor of book week, our good friends over at mentalfloss.com have created a special BSG Quiz for all you stance enthusiasts.  And here's the scoop, 10 lucky contestants will WIN a copy of the new book, Batting Stance Guy : A Love Letter To Baseball.  So take a break from work this Monday afternoon, and Play the BSG Quiz!

]]> In honor of book week, our good friends over at mentalfloss.com have created a special BSG Quiz for all you stance enthusiasts.  And here’s the scoop, 10 lucky contestants will WIN a copy of the new book, Batting Stance Guy : A Love Letter To Baseball.  So take a break from work this Monday afternoon, and Play the BSG Quiz!

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]]> http://www.battingstanceguy.com/2010/05/10/bsg-quiz/feed 0 Batting Stance Guy : The Book http://www.battingstanceguy.com/2010/03/18/batting-stance-guy-the-book http://www.battingstanceguy.com/2010/03/18/batting-stance-guy-the-book#comments Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:28:04 +0000 admin http://www.battingstanceguy.com/?p=1875 Yes folks, the rumors are true, the man of a thousand stances is coming to a bookstore near you.  We are excited to announce that, Batting Stance Guy : A Love Letter to Baseball, is available for pre-order, and will hit the bookshelves on May 11th.  For anyone who's watched BSG's backyard stance videos and thought to yourself, "that guy should have a book,"  your day has come.

]]> Yes folks, the rumors are true, the man of a thousand stances is coming to a bookstore near you.  We are very excited to announce that, Batting Stance Guy : A Love Letter to Baseball, is currently available for pre-order, and will hit the bookshelves on May 11th.  For all you folks who faithfully watched the videos of BSG doing stances in his backyard and thought to yourself, “that guy should have a book,”  your day has come.

PRE-ORDER IT NOW!!  >>>>>>

Head to Simon & Schuster for more info and excerpts

“If you’ve never understood why people care about baseball or you just need a reminder of what makes the game so great, then buy this book. If you’ve also wondered what Elvis, Tupac Shakur, Chuck Liddell, the junior prom, your Grandpa, Michaelangelo, Mount Rushmore, Scott Baio, Santa Claus, Bozo the clown, Megan Fox and Lindsay Lohan have to do with baseball then you should buy this book”.

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]]> http://www.battingstanceguy.com/2010/03/18/batting-stance-guy-the-book/feed 0 BSG with Cardinals/Dodgers. We swear. http://www.battingstanceguy.com/2009/09/04/bsg-with-cardinalsdodgers-we-swear http://www.battingstanceguy.com/2009/09/04/bsg-with-cardinalsdodgers-we-swear#comments Fri, 04 Sep 2009 11:25:54 +0000 admin http://www.battingstanceguy.com/?p=1413 BSG recaps his day with the Cardinals & Dodgers.

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Fox Sports Midwest asked me to be a part of the Cardinals pregame show when they visited Dodger Stadium last week… the following is an account of that day:

I get down on the field and meet the Cards TV fellas. Go down the right field line to film a short segment for the website and get interrupted by Manny Ramirez whistling  and yelling across the field to me. He calls out for me to do “Ethier” and then Furcal yells for me to come to left field. I finishing the segment while trying to make sense of a world where I’m holding up a finger to tell Manny Ramirez to wait for me to finish something. Huh?

Sean, my buddy, who is the cameraman today, and I head over to left field and greet/shake hands with Manny, Furcal and some other Dodgers. Casey Blake, Juan Pierre, Manny, Furcal, etc lob out names. At one point I explain that Russell Martin is one of the few players that adjusts his crotch while in the box and that most leave the box to do it. I reference Teixeira who leaves the box to adjust himself, and Doug Meinkeivich questions what he’s actually adjusting, oh boy.   I get big laughs for the Juan Pierre strutting slidestep towards the box and Casey Blake’s facial expression.

I go back over to Cards side to film the pregame show with Brendan Ryan and myself. We have a good time because he’s a cool dude. Then we finish and several pitchers ask for me to entertain them. Ryan Franklin tells me he saw Letterman and the biggest laugh comes during the Ryan Ludwick imitation. Mind you, I’ve never been asked to do a Ryan Ludwick imitation, therefore, I have never attempted a Ryan Ludwick imitation. In fact, 10 times over the next 15 minutes, I get a Ludwick request, from Adam Wainwright, to Matt Holiday, Rick Ankiel, Julio Lugo, Mark DeRosa…everyone. The best request for Ludwick coming from….Ludwick. He takes the bat from me and does an imitation of himself.  All on tape courtesy of my buddy Sean who is a die-hard Cards fan. So much so, he goes off script and asks Ludwick if he can take a picture with him. I’m thinking (Agghhh Sean?! What are you doing? I’m trying to be professional. Yikes- cameraman taking photos?  Crap, how bout ask LaRussa for his scorecard or Pujols’ cell phone number?  Great Sean.)  Oh well. Caleb, Jason, Scott & Steve are busy/working tonight., so Sean will do.  More to come on this…

Have a good conversation with Colby Rasmus. I congratulate him for getting up to the big club. The Cards all laughed at my imitation of Rasmus hitting the walk-off HR from earlier in the week.  The most organic connection I get is from Adam Wainwright.  He asks me if I do pitchers. I tell him only when pitchers throw the 0-2 most filthy curve ever, then I react pumping my arms like Wainwright did as a rookie ending the 2006 NLCS. He immediately smiles and sticks out his clinched fist for a pound/knuckbump.

During BP I have a 15 minute conversation with Cards coach and Royals legend Hal McRae. He starts with, “You don’t know who I am.” To which I respond with, “With the Royals, by 1985 you were so hunched over I know you wore the number 11.”  He lights up and starts lobbing out names of old Royals. We talk about the state of the Royals, how he lived in the playoffs throughout his career,  first with the 1970 Reds then with the Royals.  He spoke off the cuff about the early Rays draftpicks like Elijah Dukes and Delmon Young. It was incredible. I can’t believe I’m able to talk with these pillars of baseball. God bless every 26 year old All-Star but many times it’s the 63 year old 1st base coach that I can’t believe I’m meeting.

I’m meeting an entire team of All-Stars today and yet at one point I find myself eyeing a Cards asst coach and saying, “Wow, there’s Mike Aldrete.”  There are Aldretes that don’t remember the playing career of Mike Aldrete, but if I owned a baseball card of a player or saw him make a divingcatch on This Week in Baseball as a kid- WOW, then it’s a big deal to see them.

At the end of Cards BP, I am having a conversation with an LATimes/SportsIlli video web content guy when Adam Wainwright taps me on the shoulder and says, “Hey nice to meet you.”  The next night he’ll pitch a no-hitter into the 6th inning.  We then get escorted into the pressbox where I learn fairly quickly,  from the iconic organ lady, Nancy B Hefley, that you are not allowed to clap in  the pressbox. Oops.

The day is a success, we come home exhausted. I drop the camera and tape off at Caleb’s house who will then watch the segments and download the footage as he has every single other video we’ve shot.

The next day Caleb’s house is broken into a robbed. All the videocameras, computers, ipods, even chargers. And yes, our videocamera and tape too….. Therefore, I arrive home and download my lone picture from the still camera….here it is, the only image still in our possession, from the day……….Sean and Ryan Ludwick.

Sean & Ryan Ludwick

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]]> http://www.battingstanceguy.com/2009/09/04/bsg-with-cardinalsdodgers-we-swear/feed 6 BSG with the Rockies http://www.battingstanceguy.com/2009/07/24/bsg-with-the-rockies http://www.battingstanceguy.com/2009/07/24/bsg-with-the-rockies#comments Fri, 24 Jul 2009 16:23:46 +0000 admin http://www.battingstanceguy.com/?p=1181 This week, the world tour has BSG visiting Coors Field in beautiful Denver, CO.  So make your way over to the ballpark tonight to check him out live, in the flesh, as he performs stances for the players and the Rockies' faithful.  Also, tune into the FSN Rocky Mountain pre-game show to catch him on the air.  And if that's just not enough BSG for you in one day, be sure to check out today's Denver Post article.  Over-exposure, here we come!

Update - 7/24/09: Photos from the night.

]]> Denver PostThis week, the world tour has BSG visiting Coors Field in beautiful Denver, CO.  So make your way over to the ballpark tonight to check him out live, in the flesh, as he performs stances for the players and the Rockies’ faithful.  Also, tune into the FSN Rocky Mountain pre-game show to catch him on the air.  And if that’s just not enough BSG for you in one day, be sure to check out today’s Denver Post article.  Over-exposure, here we come!

Update – 7/24/09: Photos from the night.

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]]> http://www.battingstanceguy.com/2009/07/24/bsg-with-the-rockies/feed 6 Hot off the presses http://www.battingstanceguy.com/2009/07/17/hot-off-the-presses http://www.battingstanceguy.com/2009/07/17/hot-off-the-presses#comments Fri, 17 Jul 2009 06:29:38 +0000 admin http://www.battingstanceguy.com/?p=1162 USA Today - Phat stance: Fox adds imitator to telecasts.

Star Telegram - "The Batting Stance Guy" takes on the Texas Rangers in FSN debut

Detroit News - A Conversation with the Batting Stance Guy...

OC Register - Angles add a new TV/Web Star

Minneapolis-St. Paul StarTribune: Q&A with Batting Stance Guy

]]> Well it’s been a busy and exciting week here at the BSG corporate headquarters.  Thanks to everyone who’s emailed, texted, and tweeted in support for the big man’s appearance on Letterman Monday.  So while the 15 minute clock is still running on this crazy train, here’s a few new interviews from the week.  Enjoy!

USA Today – Phat stance: Fox adds imitator to telecasts.

Star Telegram – “The Batting Stance Guy” takes on the Texas Rangers in FSN debut

Detroit News – A Conversation with the Batting Stance Guy…

OC Register – Angles add a new TV/Web Star
Minneapolis-St. Paul StarTribune: Q&A with Batting Stance Guy

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]]> http://www.battingstanceguy.com/2009/07/17/hot-off-the-presses/feed 2 BSG joins FSN! http://www.battingstanceguy.com/2009/07/06/bsg-joins-fsn http://www.battingstanceguy.com/2009/07/06/bsg-joins-fsn#comments Mon, 06 Jul 2009 09:00:26 +0000 admin http://www.battingstanceguy.com/?p=1057 The folks at BSG are thrilled to announce our new relationship with FSN!  Starting this month, FSN will begin airing exclusive BSG content including new in game features and promos for 12 teams across the FSN regions. We are so grateful to all the people at the various FSN regions [...]

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The folks at BSG are thrilled to announce our new relationship with FSN!  Starting this month, FSN will begin airing exclusive BSG content including new in game features and promos for 12 teams across the FSN regions. We are so grateful to all the people at the various FSN regions who were willing to give a guy from youtube with a wiffle ball bat a shot. It seems fitting that the first 2 regions to air the new pieces will be FOX Sports North and FOX Sports Wisconsin, the first 2 to have us on with the Twins and Brewers. It’s been a blast, so to get people ready, we thought we’d give everyone a sneek-peek at some of the new segments and a recap of BSG’s appearances on FSN last season. Be sure to check out the games on your local FSN region for more appearances in the 2nd half of the season. Thanks for watching and enjoy!

FOX Sports North – Twins Live

Read BSG’s recap of his appearance on FOX Sports North

FOX Sports WI – Brewers

Read BSG’s recap of his appearance on FOX Sports WI

FOX Sports Prime Ticket – Dodgers Live

FOX Sports West – Angels Live

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]]> http://www.battingstanceguy.com/2009/07/06/bsg-joins-fsn/feed 4 The “Rise” of the Batting Stance Guy http://www.battingstanceguy.com/2009/05/19/more-bsg-from-the-ap http://www.battingstanceguy.com/2009/05/19/more-bsg-from-the-ap#comments Tue, 19 May 2009 18:16:35 +0000 admin http://www.battingstanceguy.com/?p=963 So while we realize that some of the baseball nation's... umm "love," for Mr. Ramirez may have faded a little in the past few weeks, we hope that you won't hold it against BSG.  We can promise you the only performance-enhancing drug he uses with regularity is the pure cane sugar found in Mrs. Field's Chocolate Chunk Cookies.  I mean seriously, you don't think a grown man behaves this way w/o a daily afternoon sugar rush do you?  If you're interested in knowing more about what makes the man tick, check out these videos.  Enjoy.

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]]> http://www.battingstanceguy.com/2009/05/19/more-bsg-from-the-ap/feed 0 BSG on KNBR 680/1050 http://www.battingstanceguy.com/2009/04/02/bsg-on-knbr-1050 http://www.battingstanceguy.com/2009/04/02/bsg-on-knbr-1050#comments Thu, 02 Apr 2009 17:40:11 +0000 admin http://www.battingstanceguy.com/?p=832 BSG was on the air with Murph & Mac of the bay area’s KNBR 680/1050 this morning talking stances.  After growing up in the bay area, he always knew he’d find a way to impress the folks at his 25 year high school reunion, and here’s the proof.  Have a listen:

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]]> http://www.battingstanceguy.com/2009/04/02/bsg-on-knbr-1050/feed 4 NYT & BSG http://www.battingstanceguy.com/2009/03/15/nyt-bsg http://www.battingstanceguy.com/2009/03/15/nyt-bsg#comments Mon, 16 Mar 2009 02:25:58 +0000 admin http://www.battingstanceguy.com/?p=816 http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/15/sports/baseball/15stance.html]]> Soooo, we’re not exactly sure how it happened, but apparently, there’s a BSG fan working for the Times.  It’s a great article on the incredible adventure the past year has been, and if you’re interested you can check it out at:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/15/sports/baseball/15stance.html

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