Now watch us YOUUUU!

May 24, 2009 6:53 PM

Last Thursday, USF & UCONN's baseball teams were stuck in a 5 & 1/2 hour rain delay during the Big East semifinals. What to do. What to do. BASEBALL DANCE-OFF! (12:16 video)

They crank dat, there's some limbo, riverdancing, ticking, choreographed, solo - oh it's all in there.

posted by cashman (24 comments total)

What I find interesting is the fact that, besides the ballplayers themselves, the cameraman seems to have been the only witness to the event as it happened. There seems to be no one in the stands. Good work cameraman.
posted by Rashomon at 7:18 PM on May 24

I love to see healthy young men frolicking like that. It gives me hope. Very entertaining stuff. Gave me a hearty laugh today.
posted by mnb64 at 7:35 PM on May 24

The perfect venue for NSA gay bomb testing. I'm not surprised.
posted by jimmythefish at 7:46 PM on May 24

Is that the Lord of the Dance at 7:10?? Irish boys, bring it!
posted by availablelight at 7:49 PM on May 24

#19's interpretation of the Macarena might be the most hilarious version I've ever seen.
posted by specialagentwebb at 8:07 PM on May 24

Man, the only thing we ever did during rain delays was get wet. Awesomely stupid and senseless.
posted by davejay at 8:23 PM on May 24

nice! my personal favorite was the team slip and slide at 9:28.
posted by squasha at 8:35 PM on May 24

I watched this and LOLed.
posted by jacquilynne at 8:53 PM on May 24

Awesome. Thanks for posting this.

I think USF won.
posted by xmutex at 9:08 PM on May 24

I don't watch sports, but I'd sit in the rain to watch that!
posted by Malice at 9:18 PM on May 24 [1 favorite has favorites]

Strange. I found it difficult to watch.

I mean, that's the best these guys got?

Word of warning: Don't bring it to Miami!
posted by humannaire at 9:53 PM on May 24 [2 favorites has favorites]

I can't believe I watched the whole thing - that was a lot better than I expected. #19 could do a pretty mean jig, if not a macarena...
posted by Xoebe at 10:17 PM on May 24

I'm sure Soulja Boi will remember this fondly when he's Soulja Old Man.
posted by Marisa Stole the Precious Thing at 10:23 PM on May 24 [3 favorites has favorites]

Love!
posted by hapax_legomenon at 10:49 PM on May 24 [1 favorite has favorites]

I have a friend that plays baseball for USF to call.
posted by The Esteemed Doctor Bunsen Honeydew at 11:03 PM on May 24

I had no idea guys could do the splits like that.

I think it was between him and the walking-on-hands guy for the win.
posted by fshgrl at 1:15 AM on May 25

Ok, that was 12 minutes very well spent. Sort of like a WWI Christmas truce, but with dancing.
posted by Joey Michaels at 2:17 AM on May 25

I liked it...I always feel a little better when I see a group of people (and it's important that it's a group, kinda shrugging of the collective peer pressure), just have fun in a silly, non-harmful way.

I get a similar feeling when I see an old couple dance and they stop to canoodle.

Still, the most important question is not answered in that link:

WHO WON THE GAME?
posted by Dagobert at 3:08 AM on May 25

So much awesome here.
posted by hanncoll at 4:23 AM on May 25

> I think it was between him and the walking-on-hands guy for the win.

You realize he had his pants on his arms and his jersey on his legs, right?
posted by Decimask at 8:25 AM on May 25

I knew i loved baseball for a reason.
posted by rubah at 9:10 AM on May 25

Fantastic!
posted by shannonm at 9:14 AM on May 25

I had the same experience watching this video as I did when I accidentally walked in on my parents having sex.
posted by Lipstick Thespian at 9:28 AM on May 25

You realize he had his pants on his arms and his jersey on his legs, right?

That's what made it awesome.
posted by fshgrl at 11:48 AM on May 25