CINCINNATI – “Pizza Hut.”
“Pizza? What?”
Whoever it was calling from the visitors bullpen at Great American Ball Park before the Cubs-Reds game last weekend seemed confused for only a second or two before playing along the wise-guy baseball writer who had answered the bullpen phone when it rang in the Cubs dugout.
“This is Pizza Hut. Can I take your order?” said the writer, who assumed he was talking to a stadium worker testing the phones. “You want sausage or pepperoni?”
“Pepperoni”
“Large or medium? Deep dish or regular crust.”
“Large. Regular crust.