And even when, as also happened in that game, not one of the 22 players on the field is aware that the two-minute mark has passed. The Skins stopped the 49ers on fourth down to save that game. In baseball, fans catch foul balls. 81 Football players, somewhere back in their phylogenic development, learned how to talk like football coaches. 82 Football coaches walk across the field after the game and pretend to congratulate the opposing coach.
Baseball managers head right for the beer.
But Ruth never threw a woman out a window. 84 Quarterbacks have to ask the crowd to quiet down. Pitchers never do. 85 Baseball nicknames go on forever - because we feel we know so many players intimately. Football monikers run out fast.