Did anyone else know about this:
Apparently, when being interviewed in the locker room after hitting a HR in his first game with the Tigers in 1984, Darrell Evans told reporters of how, two years before, he and his wife had spotted a UFO near their house in Pleasanton, CA. I'm still looking for more details, but here's a small bit from some UFO Web site (http://www.bobpratt.org/triangles.html)
"1982 - Pleasanton, California: Darrell Evans, first baseman for the Detroit Tigers professional baseball team, reported that he and his wife saw a triangular craft with brilliant white lights from the patio of their former home in Pleasanton. "It was as if they singled us out," he said. However, he waited two years before telling anyone about it."
Another Darrell Evans UFO quote: (http://members.tripod.com/~cmt97/bloopers/unbreak.html)
Soon after 35-year-old Darrell Evans got the news that he was being benched, he claims to have been visited by a UFO. "When I got a chance to play again," he recalls, "I approached things a lot more intensely than before." Instead of winding down his career in 1982, the San Fransisco third baseman wound it back up, adding 196 homers to his previous total of 218 before he retired at the age of 42.
hall of shame worthy, for sure.
It sure is, and has been added:
http://dee-nee.com/rbi/hallofshame.shtml#EVANS
Also added to the HOS section on Evans' database page:
http://dee-nee.com/wiki/index.php/Darrell_Evans
Probably should make the UFO stuff it's own heading, but I'm too lazy. Added RBI stats and a quick bio as well. Page looks much better...
I believe something like this should be mentioned in the hall of honors. Thanks for the FYI, very sweet.