Things That Make You Go Mmmm
There are situations in life where one is forced to say “hmmm.” These situations can be classified as curious, or causing curiosity. They can also be classified as perplexing, or causing perplexion. Some of these situations may best be described by the C&C Music Factory.
The video below did not cause any of these sensations for me. This video did not make me go “hmmm.”
This video of Hanley Ramirez homering off Jhoulys Chacin prompted me to go “mmmm,” a noise similar to one made after taking a bite from a delicious cut of meat, or hitting a very good drive on the golf course, or perhaps in a post-coital moment of self-actualization. There is no sense of befuddlement after seeing this video. Everything is properly fuddlded. This video does not cause mixed emotions. It may cause many emotions, but not of them mixed. They all point to the same idea: “That was an impressive thing, what I just saw.”
It is a thing that makes you go “mmmm.”
David G. Temple is the Managing Editor of TechGraphs and a contributor to FanGraphs, NotGraphs and The Hardball Times. He hosts the award-eligible podcast Stealing Home. Dayn Perry once called him a "Bible Made of Lasers." Follow him on Twitter @davidgtemple.
Hanley Ramirez: Not unimpressed by what he just accomplished.