Eckersley Comment after Game

[NoPepper]

Did anyone else hear Dennis Eckersley say "can of corn" in the post game show?

 

Does anyone know what the heck that means?

[Sox Fan on Cape]

Did anyone else hear Dennis Eckersley say "can of corn" in the post game show?

 

Does anyone know what the heck that means?

I didn't catch it. What context was it used in ?

[NoPepper]

I didn't catch it. What context was it used in ?

 

If the coffee has kicked in, I remember this right. Eck said it re Manny's double to right at the end of the game. The guy in RF was playing too far in. If he was playing normal RF, "it was a can of corn".

 

Others with more coffee in them this a.m. feel free to correct me. I'm still o my 1st pot.

[mtbykr]

He was talking about the ball that the TB right fielder missed in the 8th (i think) off of manny's bat. The guy was playing real shallow on a 3-2 count with manny at the plate and he got burned--manny drove it and he couldn't get back quick enough and it went off his glove allowing runs to score!

 

Eck said that if he was playing a normal right field that ball would have been a can of corn! Now if memory serves me correctly (and please correct me if i am wrong) the can of corn comment has something to do with in the old days when a shopkeeper would need to get a "can of corn" off the top shelf they would hit it with a broom and then it would come strait at them and they would catch it. Big leaguer's called balls hit right at them a "can of corn"

 

Any questions?

[a700hitter]

"Can of corn" means that it was an easy catch. It is used to refer to popflys or easy fly balls, but not usually grounders. I don't know who originated the saying, but my guess is that it was Red Barber when he was announcing for the Brooklyn Dodgers.

[a700hitter]

He was talking about the ball that the TB right fielder missed in the 8th (i think) off of manny's bat. The guy was playing real shallow on a 3-2 count with manny at the plate and he got burned--manny drove it and he couldn't get back quick enough and it went off his glove allowing runs to score!

 

Eck said that if he was playing a normal right field that ball would have been a can of corn! Now if memory serves me correctly (and please correct me if i am wrong) the can of corn comment has something to do with in the old days when a shopkeeper would need to get a "can of corn" off the top shelf they would hit it with a broom and then it would come strait at them and they would catch it. Big leaguer's called balls hit right at them a "can of corn"

 

Any questions?

Impressive!

[Sizzlin22]

mtbykr is exactly correct.

[mtbykr]

I don't remember where i heard that. However what is weird is that i think it was from MLB 2k5 for xbox. I don't play xbox that much but got the game after the sox won the series. (ironic that jeter was on the cover:rolleyes: ) Anyway i think that one of the commentary's from harold renyolds (i think) during the game that explained it.

[hoefdj18]

the commentators in MVP 2005 always say 'can of corn' and i took it as that it ment an easy catch. but that was an impressive and interesting little piece of history of the phrase, thanks for that tidbit.