The last dee-nee-a-thon was a success... But a new year is upon us, we need to add new members to the RBI Baseball Hall of Shame (http://dee-nee.com/rbi/hallofshame.shtml). I think we can do it. I want to brush off 20 RBI'ers by the end of next week...
So go through your favorite RBI'ers trash and dig up some dirt...
76 Members Remaining
Tony Armas
Alan Ashby
Harold Baines
Kevin Bass
Dave Bergman
Bob Boone
Tom Brunansky
Rick Burleson
Randy Bush
Ellis "Tim" Burks
Will Clark
Doug Corbett
Danny Cox
Jose Cruz
Mark Davidson
Ken Dayley
Bill Doran
Doug DeCinces
Curt Ford
Julio Franco
Greg Gagne
Phil Garner
Scott Garrelts
Rich Gedman
Dan Gladden
Mike Heath
George Hendrick
Tom Henke
Willie Hernandez
Tommy Herr
Bruce Hurst
Howard Johnson
Ruppert Jones
Wally Joyner
Jimmy Key
Gene Larkin
Steve Lake
Tim Laudner
Jim Lindeman
Steve Lombardozzi
Eric King
Mike Krukow
Candy Maldanado
Don Mattingly
Lee Mazilli
Roger McDowell
Willie McGee
Jack Morris
John Morris
Matt Nokes
Jose Oquendo
Jesse Orosco
Spike Owen
Al Pedrique
Terry Pendleton
Terry Puhl
Willie Randolph
Jeff Reardon
Craig Reynolds
Dave Righetti
Don Robinson
Dick Schofield
Bill Schroder
Pat Sheridan
Roy Smalley
Dave Smith
Chris Speier
Marc Sullivan
Rick Sutcliffe
Robbie Thompson
John Tudor
Jose Uribe
Fernando Valenzuela
Frank Viola
Denny Walling
Rob Wilfong
Here's the list of people that we have and that we need from last year's HoS Dee-Nee-A-Thon (http://forums.dee-nee.com/index.php?topic=3055.msg37627#msg37627)
Good job USC, let me repost the list in the first...
Of coure I screwed up, there are 160 players in RBI, not 120. That means we have 90 guys left....
Counting the HOS itself we have 90 left, yet there are 91 on the list. I'm off one somewhere, and we have a long way to go...
John Morris wrote a book called Bullet Bob Comes to Louisville about his playing career. I haven't read it in a few years, but it was pretty funny and I'm sure there's some HOS stuff in it. I think I accidentally left it at my parents house though, so I'll have them send it next time they mail me something.
Wow, Blank Morris wrote a book?
Seems to be quite a few for sale on ABE Books (http://dogbert.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?imagefield.x=0&tn=Bullet+Bob+Comes+to+Louisville&imagefield.y=0) if anyone is interested...
Don Mattingly got kicked off of Mr. Burns' company for having sideburns.
Get off my field, hippie!
In searching for hall of shame material, I stumbled across a Padres entry that just missed making display in the Nationall Baseball Hall of Fame Museum.
It was a bumper sticker that says:
Steve Garvey is not my Padre
I randomly chose Candy Maldonado and found this website:
http://www.progressiveboink.com/archive/costumes/
It is a list of the 50 worst halloween costumes ever. Check out #27, although they are all pretty funny
Edit - I'm copying and pasting the part about Candy Maldonado, for those who might not want to click the link. It's worth a look, if you've got 3 minutes to waste
27. CANDY MALDONADO
It would be the best costume ever, were you not playing to an audience of fools. Nobody remembers Candy Maldonado, so they would not understand your joke when you said, "I would like some ME" instead of "I would like some candy." And in the rare instance that you go to the house of someone who does remember Candy Maldonado (like maybe Candy Maldonado), he'll ask you why you would say "I would like some candy" rather than "trick or treat", much less "I would like some ME".
this was on my MLB page-a-day calendar for yesterday Jan. 13: DUBIOUS ACHIEVEMENT
Lou Whitaker forgot his uniform and gear when he went to Minnesota for the 1985 All-Star Game Event. Whitaker had to buy a facsimile Tigers jersey from a Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome concession stand, and draw his uniform number on with a felt-tip pen.
John Franco (along with Al Leiter) had the ear of Mets owner Fred Wilpon, and was a major catalyst in getting Bobby Valentine fired. He's known for being somebody who will act like your best friend to your face, and then talk shit about you to the front office.
Bobby Valentine, on Franco trying (and succeeding) to get him fired: "I think John Franco thought he could manage and was going to manage, and it clouded a lot of the decisions he made. He was never in my office to help me with any information. Many players thought Johnny was in it for something other than the well-being of me and the Mets."
This is classic:
"There, passed out, was shortstop Rafael Santana, penis in hand... spraying urine like a fire hydrant." - quote from the book The Bad Guys Won (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0060507322/qid=1105723466/sr=2-1/ref=pd_ka_b_2_1/102-2095907-6351305)
Unfortunately, i have no other details than this quote. I'll have to buy this book.
Possibly HoS worthy, possibly not, but the Cal Ripken/Kevin Costner urban legend is one of the best in baseball.
From The Baseball Page: (http://www.thebaseballpage.com/past/pp/ripkencal/)
"Cal Ripken Jr. is at the center of one of the wildest sports conspiracy theories out there, one that achieved urban legend status and caused actor Kevin Costner to go on a radio show and discuss the allegations.
As the story goes, Ripken allowed Costner to stay at his house following the wrap of The Postman. On Aug. 14, 1997, he came home to find Costner in bed with Ripken's wife, Kelly. Ripken and Costner fought, leaving Ripken too hurt to play, so he called Orioles management and reported that he wouldn't be at that evening's game against Seattle. According to the rumors, management, not wanting to see Ripken's consecutive-game streak broken, concocted an "electrical failure" at Camden Yards that enabled them to postpone the game.
Because a lighting problem did cause cancellation of the game that night, the rumor spread, despite denials by all parties involved. Costner even called Fox Sports Radio in June 2001 after hearing several talk show hosts discuss the conspiracy. He angrily denied it and told the hosts if they continued to talk about it as fact, 'I'll take your heads off'."
Bobby Grich, also from The Baseball Page:
"The first back injury of many for Grich, was caused when he carried an air conditioning unit up the stairs of his home, in 1977."
Darrell Evans:
"Despite his fine glove, Evans tied an NL record when he committed three errors in one inning, April 11, 1980, against the Padres"
(http://www.thebaseballpage.com/images/players/evans_darrell_5457.jpg)
"Evans was called "Howdy Doody" or just plain "Howdy" by his Braves' teammates because of his resemblance to Howdy Doody (see image above). In 1976, Braves owner Ted Turner experimented with putting player nicknames on the back of jerseys. Evans had "Howdy" on his. Pitcher Andy Messersmith was given number 17 and had the word "channel" above it, thus displaying "Channel 17" on his back, the flag ship for Turner's cable network. Commissioner Bowie Kuhn was unimpressed and ordered the nicknames removed."
Source: The Baseball Page (http://www.thebaseballpage.com/past/pp/evansdarrell/)
Solid, all three are worthy... Never heard the Ripken/Costner story before...
All sorts of Dale Murphy info:
"He began his career as a catcher, but had chronic throwing problems, occasionally hitting his own pitcher attempting to throw out runners at 2nd base."
"Murphy is of the Mormon faith, and set high standards of behavior for himself. He refused television interviews unless fully dressed, and also refused to allow female fans to put their arms around him for photos. He would only endorse wholesome products such a milk."
"Murphy's moral views sometimes got him some heat from feminist groups, such as when he refused to talk to women in the locker room. In fact he refused to talk to anyone in the locker room if a woman was present. In Murphy's defense however he went out of his way to talk to female reporters outside the locker room."
"Murphy often would pick up his teammates dinner checks, but would not buy their beer on moral grounds."
Source: The Baseball Page (http://www.thebaseballpage.com/past/pp/murphydale/)
That site is a goldmine! Great stuff, FightOn.
where's the love for my whitaker/uniform story, gant? i think i've mentioned it twice now on these forums.
That is a quality story, Teddy. I think that Gantry just hates you.
Definitely quality. Maybe you need to embellish it with beheaded whores or something.
Or that he wound up wearing a suit made of whore nipples.
Quote from: Bonny on 12/10/04, 04:03:33 PM
Quote from: Blyleven_No-No on 12/10/04, 03:24:36 PM
When and how did you strike out Kevin "Alka" Seizer (hate him in RBI by the way)
We play in the same semi-pro league in KC.
curve away(1-0)
circle change lo away-called(1-1)
fastball up in-fouled-(1-2)
curve lo away(2-2)
circle change in-called on the black (strike 3)
Dee-Nee'r schools RBIer
Happened summer 2002
Never heard the Ripken or Whitaker stories. Good stuff. It's funny to imagine Sweet Lou playing in the All-Star game on a Sharpie high
I've read the Whitaker story once, in an old "Baseball Hall of Shame" book. It's legit.
The only other RBI-er story I remember from that book (I had "The Baseball Hall of Shame 4") was a guy who's already in the Dee-Nee Hall of Shame - Kirby Puckett. He was once threatened with arrest during batting practice in spring training because his homeruns were taking out car windows in an adjacent parking lot. The book is at my parents' house, so I can't even go look up others.
Another Whitaker story. He arrived for a union meeting during the 1994 strike in a white stretch limo.
Said Whitaker, "I'm rich. What am I supposed to do, hide it?"
Source: ESPN.com (http://espn.go.com/magazine/keown_20020531.html)
Good stuf guys, keep em coming - I'll be adding Whitaker, Seitzer & Ripken. Maybe someone else on page one who I forgotl..
I'm not sure if the Ripken story really belongs, since it appears to be entirely made up. Here's Snopes' take on the events.
http://www.snopes.com/movies/actors/costner.htm (http://www.snopes.com/movies/actors/costner.htm)
I still think that it's worthy, just for the fact that he's involved with such as well-known urban legend.
That, and the fact that he's friends with Kevin Costner alone should be Hall of Shame worthy.
Quote from: fightonusc on 01/14/05, 05:51:40 PM
That, and the fact that he's friends with Kevin Costner alone should be Hall of Shame worthy.
Ha ha. Well, at least he's an Arsenal supporter. I've gotta give him credit for that.
Quote from: fightonusc on 01/14/05, 02:50:17 PM
Another Whitaker story. He arrived for a union meeting during the 1994 strike in a white stretch limo.
Said Whitaker, "I'm rich. What am I supposed to do, hide it?"
Source: ESPN.com (http://espn.go.com/magazine/keown_20020531.html)
No I think what he said was "I gots enough cigs to last the rest of my life. I'm rich biatch. . . . . . HONK HONK"
Wha? Who's an Arsenal supporter?
Quote from: fightonusc on 01/14/05, 07:16:15 PM
Wha? Who's an Arsenal supporter?
I am, and so is Crash Davis.
Costner is a gun advocate? I have found a new respect for him.
I think the fact that Tim Burke's name was misspelled in the manual ought to count.
ARRRSENE, Arsene Wenger,
With a packet of sweets
And a cheeky smile
Arsene Wenger's a fucking pedophile!
Well, without Fox Sports World, I'm not nearly big enough a fan to bring out chants like that, but I will say well done.
Being a soccer fan and not having Fox Sports World is like being an RBI player and not having an NES or a computer.
Quote from: fightonusc on 01/15/05, 02:00:01 AM
Being a soccer fan and not having Fox Sports World is like being an RBI player and not having an NES or a computer.
I can't refute this statement. Just reading the fixtures isn't good at all. However, when I got my dish setup, and I saw how much it was to add all the Cards games and the extra channels, I decided to go more basic. As soon as I start working again, I'm getting FSW, and I'm definitely getting the baseball package next spring.
Being able to watch the majority of the FA Cup ties is simply incredible. Especially when Oldham took out Manchester City.
Don't you dare desecrate the RBI board with soccer talk. Move it to Anything Goes...
Santana, Whitaker, Aldrete, Ripken, Evans, Grich, Murphy and Seitzer have been added. Lets keep it going!
Bumpst.
Rick Reuschel gave up back-to-back home runs to Bo Jackson and Wade Boggs to start the 1989 All-Star Game. \
Reggie Jackson tied to the baseball sterods scandal:
From the Las Vegas Review-Journal: (http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2005/Mar-21-Mon-2005/news/26120662.html)
"Baseball's steroids scandal might jeopardize Hall of Famer Reggie Jackson's role in Las Vegas' big league bid.
As the cleanup plays out, look for Major League Baseball to distance itself from anyone with ties to the mess.
Jackson, one of the most visible faces in the local bid, could be hurt by his association to a man alleged to be a steroids dealer.
According to sources cited by the New York Daily News, powerlifter Curtis Wenzlaff, who stayed at Jackson's Oakland, Calif., home for long stretches in the 1980s, provided Jose Canseco, Mark McGwire and others with illegal anabolic steroids.
Jackson did not use steroids and was not aware that Wenzlaff was dealing them, Wenzlaff told the Daily News.
But it was through his friendship with Jackson, after his retirement in 1987, that Wenzlaff was able to visit the Oakland A's clubhouse and meet Canseco and McGwire.
The revelations came out of Operation Equine, an FBI sweep in the early 1990s that led to 70 trafficking convictions, the largest steroids bust in the United States. "
And how is it that Reggie Jackson being the all-time strikeout king isn't worthy of the Hall of Shame, exactly?
How about the fact that Jose Canseco claims to have injected steroids into McGwire's ass, that's a Hall of Shame for 2 .
Quote from: ultimate7 on 04/06/05, 03:37:29 PM
How about the fact that Jose Canseco claims to have injected steroids into McGwire's ass, that's a Hall of Shame for 2 .
I picture them in one of those classy heart-shaped tubs like in Dumb and Dumber
Very romantic...
Here's one for Chili Davis, from BaseballLibrary.com: (http://www.baseballlibrary.com/baseballlibrary/ballplayers/D/Davis_Chili.stm)
"July 30, 1995 - Chili Davis of the Angels is charged with disorderly conduct following California's 8-3 win over the Brewers in Milwaukee. Davis allegedly slapped a fan who was taunting him. Chili also had a hit in the game."
Brian Downing, from Baseball Library (http://www.baseballlibrary.com/baseballlibrary/ballplayers/D/Downing_Brian.stm)
"Downing showed the intensity that would characterize his play throughout his career literally from the first pitch of his first game. Playing third base, he raced after a short foul pop-up that was apparently out of reach. He dived and caught it, but bruised his leg so severely that he was out for nearly six weeks."
Two things:
- How badly can you get a bruise that you can't play for six weeks.
- Way to make the most of your first big league experience. One play, one trip to the DL...
hey man, he was my favorite player, be careful. i believe that his first hit of his career was an inside the park homerun.
Resushel, Chil and Downing have been added. And by added I mean completely plagiarized. Going to pass on potatoes because that's too tough to describe in a sentence. Will add him for Ks though...
Did Canseco really say he shot up mcgwire in the ass? If so, then that is definitely going on there...
Quote from: Gantry on 04/07/05, 09:39:03 AM
Did Canseco really say he shot up mcgwire in the ass? If so, then that is definitely going on there...
I haven't read the book but, I'm pretty sure I heard that, maybe even from an interview with Jose.
Yup
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/02/10/60minutes/main673138.shtml
quote:
"You write repeatedly about injecting steroids and growth hormones with and into Mark McGwire," says Wallace. "Tell me about your firsthand experiences with McGwire and steroids."
"Just the first time injecting them in his buttocks," says Canseco, laughing, "it wasn't like you gave a lot of thought. It was something so common."
"What we did more times than I can count was go into a bathroom stall together, shoot up steroids," read Wallace from Canseco's book. "After batting practice or right before the game, Mark and I would duck into a stall in the men's room, load up our syringes and inject ourselves. I would often inject Mark."
"What we did more times than I can count was go into a bathroom stall together, . . . . . . . after batting practice or right before the game, Mark and I would duck into a stall in the men's room, load up . . . . . . and inject ourselves. I would often inject Mark."
There, I fixed the quote to be a bit more juicey.
You should be an editor...
And Mcgwire has made the list for his ass injections, true or otherwise....
Come on Gantry. Big Mac doesn't want to dwell on the past, he wants to concentrate on the future. A future of rapidly deteriorating health, a complete lack of sex drive, and probable early death.
His testicles are probably the size of M&Ms already. And I ain't talking about the peanut (nut, hehe) ones....
I want more Boggs stories, that loser...
I posted this in the first H.O.S. thingy, I don't know if it was ever picked up but here it is:
Dont know if some of these players are already in but after the 86 season Dwight Evans, Bill Buckner, Don Baylor, and Rich Gedman headed a movement to take away the world series bonuses that traditionally go to the grounds crew, reduced the Bat boys normal bonus and voted in a record 86,000 dollar bonus for each player. This can be found in Dan Shaughnessy's book Curse of the Bambino
Twins road play-by-play man John Gordon refers to his color man, Dan Gladden, as "The Dazzle Man".
Quote from: malnuboy on 04/16/05, 10:00:02 PM
I posted this in the first H.O.S. thingy, I don't know if it was ever picked up but here it is:
Dont know if some of these players are already in but after the 86 season Dwight Evans, Bill Buckner, Don Baylor, and Rich Gedman headed a movement to take away the world series bonuses that traditionally go to the grounds crew, reduced the Bat boys normal bonus and voted in a record 86,000 dollar bonus for each player. This can be found in Dan Shaughnessy's book Curse of the Bambino
Wow, what a bunch of pricks, there has to be more to this story. Why would these guys have an incentive to take away bonuses from the grounds crew?
We are halfway there folks! The second half will be the toughest but I think we can pull this off by the end of the year. Lets get some HOS updates!
As long as we're quoting our own older posts involving Dwight Evans...
Not sure this qualifies as "shame" per se...But I read once that Dwight Evans, while active in MLB, traded himself in a fantasy league because he "Needed pitching help"
For what it's worth, from the June 2003 article "and Red Sox outfielder Dwight Evans became a fantasy player and reportedly traded himself for pitching help late in the season."
That is a a good one, where did you read this?
Quote from: Gantry on 04/23/05, 02:51:01 AM
Quote from: malnuboy on 04/16/05, 10:00:02 PM
I posted this in the first H.O.S. thingy, I don't know if it was ever picked up but here it is:
Dont know if some of these players are already in but after the 86 season Dwight Evans, Bill Buckner, Don Baylor, and Rich Gedman headed a movement to take away the world series bonuses that traditionally go to the grounds crew, reduced the Bat boys normal bonus and voted in a record 86,000 dollar bonus for each player. This can be found in Dan Shaughnessy's book Curse of the Bambino
Wow, what a bunch of pricks, there has to be more to this story. Why would these guys have an incentive to take away bonuses from the grounds crew?
I guess it was just pure greed. I actually found where its written in the book I refrenced, there is also a decent lengthy quote from one of the bat boys at the time desribing the greedy players, I can post it if you like.
The Dwight Evans one was from the June 2003 Sports Illustrated
MIAMI -- Former baseball star Jose Canseco and twin brother Ozzie were found liable Monday in a lawsuit by two men they beat up at a Miami Beach nightclub in 2001. A jury awarded Christian Presley and Alan Cheeks more than $700,000 in compensatory damages and left open the possibility of punitive damages. The panel of four men and two women reached the verdict after deliberating two days.
Presley had sought $1 million and Cheeks $500,000 in compensatory damages for their injuries as well as emotional scars from the fight at Opium Garden club.
The Cansecos declined comment after the verdict.
The jury awarded Presley $232,308 for injuries it determined were caused by Jose Canseco. Cheeks got $506,600 for injuries caused by both brothers, the jury found. A hearing to determine punitive damages was set for Tuesday.
Jose Canseco insisted he never struck either man, pushing Presley with his open palm when he got too close. Even though both Cansecos pleaded guilty in 2002 to criminal battery charges, they testified that it was Ozzie who did all the hitting.
The Halloween fracas was sparked after Presley accosted Jose Canseco's date, Amber Glick, who testified she was grabbed by someone she could not identify. Presley said he touched a feather on her Indian costume.
http://cbs.sportsline.com/mlb/story/8418334
Already on there:
http://dee-nee.com/rbi/hallofshame.shtml#CANSECO
Thanks to the article mclane posted on the Essential Reading (http://forums.dee-nee.com/index.php?topic=6691.0) thread, we have two new and one modified entry for Kevin Mitchell (http://dee-nee.com/rbi/hallofshame.shtml#MITCHELL):
- In 1990, he was four days late to spring training because he got injured eating a microwaved donut, requiring root canal work.
- Injured himself while eating a cupcake - though this is heavily documented, details are scant. It may be an offshoot of the oh-so-true donut injury.
- Became the first player in Cleveland Indians franchise history who was unable to complete an 850-yard training run.
Gantry, I also just thought of one for Kirby Puckett. Maybe something like this:
"While shopping at his local Scottsdale, AZ Home Depot, Puckett, after being correctly pointed out by one of McLane's coworkers who was selling him a carpet install, actually asked said carpet-selling employee if he could get a discount for being Kirby Puckett.
Puckett also, as heard by McLane, dropped approximately a half-dozen f-bombs in the span of two minutes outside the front of the store as McLane was loading his patio furniture.
McLane also says that Puckett is very tubby."
Make sure you refer to him as "Forum Legend Mark 'fkn' McLane."
Why was he droppping f-bombs?
Quote from: Gantry on 04/25/05, 04:38:01 PM
Why was he droppping f-bombs?
Just the way he talks, I guess.
For example, "get that fucking shit in there" in referring to the patio furniture. Or talking about the party he was gonna have, "I need a big fucking heater for the patio" or "I'm having this fucking party tonight." I was chuckling the whole time, thinking to myself, this guy talks like me when I'm shitfaced.
I can certainly see all this coming out of Kirby's mouth, good to know I have him pegged properly...
Quote from: fknmclane on 04/25/05, 04:41:11 PM
Quote from: Gantry on 04/25/05, 04:38:01 PM
Why was he droppping f-bombs?
Just the way he talks, I guess.
For example, "get that fucking shit in there" in referring to the patio furniture. Or talking about the party he was gonna have, "I need a big fucking heater for the patio" or "I'm having this fucking party tonight." I was chuckling the whole time, thinking to myself, this guy talks like me when I'm shitfaced.
This is especially funny when I think of Puckett's voice - he has a really high voice, kinda like Mike Tyson without the lisp.
From the book "The Bride of Anguished English":
"How do you figure this game? You really can't. Just when you think you have, someone throws you a great curveball, and there you are walking back to the dugout with your head between your legs." - Davey Lopes
From "The Bad Guys Won" (excerpted from Amazon.com):
During the 1986 NLCS, the Mets were convinvced that Mike Scott was scuffing baseballs. But Bob Ojeda was positive that third baseman Phil Garner was the one with the sandpaper.
"That SOB who was doing it was Phil Garner at third," Ojeda said. "He's a rat. He had this thing in the glove, and when the ball was thrown around, he's squeeze it and throw it to Scott. I'll go to my grave believing that."
Garner responded that "Is that a silly belief or what? Completely untrue."
How about posting the recent allegations on Lenny Dykstra?
From the book "Called Up: Stories of Life and Faith from the Great Game of Baseball" (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/031025230X/qid=1114470194/sr=1-2/ref=sr_1_2/102-3226895-8080151?v=glance&s=books) by Dave "Snap" Dravecky:
Apparently, after the Astros lost 11 games in a row in 1988, pitcher Jim Deshaies bought a book on witchcraft with the intent of warding off evil spirits in the clubhouse. He performed a ritual in the clubhouse that involved chanting and burning of twigs in the clubhouse. One teammate who was not pleased was born-again Christian Glenn Davis, who was noticeably skeptical. But not only did the Astros win the next night, but Davis pulled a hamstring muscle during the game.
Score one for Satan!
Many good selections from the book "Baseball's Most Wanted II" (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1574883623/ref=sib_rdr_dp/102-3226895-8080151):
George Brett:
"Brett Sometimes smashed things in the clubhouse when he lost his temper. Once, at Royals Stadium, Brett took out his frustration on a trash can. He beat on it with a bat, then threw himself into the trash can. Teammate Jaime Quirk found Brett in the can covered in garbage."
Tom Brookens:
Brookens hit so poorly that he joked he scuffed his bat to "make it look like he hit the ball".
Brookens also once pulled a hamstring during a home run trot.
John Kruk:
Called a bar he owned in West Virginia "Third Base" because it was "the last place you stop before you go home."
Chet Lemon:
Was so obsessive about taking care of his bats while with the Tigers that he would "put his bats in a stretch sock and take it back to the hotel with him after the game."
Calvin Schraldi:
Was the losing pitcher in both Games 6 and 7 of the 1986 WS, with a 13.50 ERA (after posting a 1.41 ERA during the regular season).
Alan Trammell:
At a Halloween party one year, he dressed as Frankenstein. Wearing elevated boots, Trammell tripped, fell and injured his knee to the point that it required surgery.
From "Baseball's Most Wanted I" (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1574882295/ref=sib_rdr_dp/102-3226895-8080151):
Bob Ojeda:
In July 1991, Ojeda was shelled while pitching for the Dodgers against the Mets, losing 9-4. He later told reporters the poor performance was due to voodoo. He explained that his ex-wfe, with whom he was in a bitter alimony dispute, had been sticking pins in a voodoo doll with Ojeda's face on it.
Jeffrey Leonard:
Known as "Penitentary Face" for his ugly scowl, he taunted opposing pitchers with his "One Flap Down" home run trot (where he would circle the bases with one arm held against his side). Leonard sometimes carried his "nasty" bat to the plate. It featured obscenities scrawled on it, that he would waive in the catcher's face.
Charlie Kerfeld:
Caught eating a plate of ribs in the bullpen in July 1987.
Wally Joyner:
During his rookie season in 1986, was nearly killed when he was grazed by a butcher knife thrown from the upper deck of Yankee Stadium.
From Baseball Hall of Shame III:
Mike Schmidt:
Once reported for morning exercises during spring training in 1977 with his pants down at his knees. The conditioning coach was a stickler for players being on time, and when Schmidt was late getting dressed, he decided it would be better to show up on the field with his pants down around his ankles than be late.
Those are great, I have a newly found respect for Jeffrey Leonard. My opinion on Bobby Ojeda pretty much stayed the same though, fkn idiot.
Maybe Billy Ripken accidentally borrowed Jeffrey Leonard's "Nasty Bat" for baseball card photo day...
Jeffrey Leonard is definitely moreso the man after me having read that. I can't believe no one else has done the "one flap down" trot. Shit, wasn't there a forum member with that screen name? Now I get it.
i remember that 87 series when tom herr made comments to the press how he didn't like leonards one flap down showmanship.
didn't that knife thrown from the stands that hit wally joyner happen in 86 before the playoffs and he was unable to play or something like that? see it's not donnie moore's fault.
Great stuff all, I'll be doing some serious HOS work tomorrow. Enough for another front page update again. Dee-Nee!
And welcome aceofspades!
More from Baseball Hall of Shame 3:
Doug Corbett
During Corbett's rookie season, he had his jockstrap break and his cup fall down his pants leg during a game against the Brewers when pitching against Paul Molitor. You'll have to read the entire quote to see everything for yourself, but it's pretty classic.
Section on the jock breakage from Amazon.com (http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0671681478/ref=sib_vae_pg_117/102-3226895-8080151?%5Fencoding=UTF8&keywords=Molitor&p=S04C&twc=1&checkSum=9kEwQpe%2BQ7Q7CgQsM1xjmdlGFxy%2BG%2FzqbUnJf2gjTec%3D#reader-page)
Dave Righetti:
Threw a ball over the Yankee Stadium outfield fence from the mound after being pulled from a game after blowing a lead against the Blue Jays.
John Tudor:
After giving up five ER in four plus innings as the Cardinals lost Game 7 of the 1985 World Series, Tudor tried to punch out an electrical fan and had to be taken to the hospital. This came after Tudor had acted snippy to the media before the game, leading one writer to comment that "I guess the shit finally hit the fan."
I don't know what you're talking about. The 1985 World Series never happened.
Fuck amazon.com
All the page 4 updates have been added. Down to 76 RBI'ers, keep em coming!
Leonard talks a little bit bout the One Flap Down (http://espn.go.com/mlb/playoffs2002/s/2002/1014/1446016.html)
Not sure if this has been posted before (read it last night in a book called Tales from the Dugout (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0809229501/qid=1114612225/sr=8-3/ref=pd_ka_1/103-3328205-0344660?v=glance&s=books&n=507846))
After hitting his first career homerun, LA Dodger Bobby Ojeda asked the fan who caught it if he could have the ball. The fan told him he wanted 3 autographed baseballs in return. Bobby agreed, and started looking for a pen. The fan said: No, i mean three Orel Hershiser autographed balls.
Rick Sutcliffe
October 1981
Rick Sutcliffe was the NL Rookie of the Year in 1979, but that didn't mean Tommy Lasorda liked him. In fact, it was widely known that Lasorda and Sutcliffe got along poorly. After Lasorda left Sutcliffe off the Dodgers' 1981 postseason roster, Sutcliffe burst into Lasorda's office, overturned his desk and smashed chairs. "There was a lot of booming and banging going on in Tommy's office, chairs getting busted up and all," recalled Dusty Baker, a Dodger outfielder at the time. Within a couple months, Sutcliffe was a Cleveland Indian.
Reference: DodgerBlues.com (http://www.dodgerblues.com/content/features_moments.html#bevaqua)
Don Sutton
August 20, 1978
Don Sutton, the ace right-hander, and Steve Garvey, the power-hitting first baseman, were never close. Despite his outgoing personality that made him popular with the fans, Garvey wasn't particularly well-liked by his teammates. Usually players kept quiet, but when Sutton criticized him in a Washington Post story that was picked up across the country, Garvey snapped. He confronted Sutton in the visitors' clubhouse at Shea Stadium and Sutton confirmed he had made the comments. The argument escalated from there, with Sutton enraging Garvey by making a vulgar remark about Garvey's wife.
Garvey recalled the incident: "It was, did you say this? And if you did, why? Then he started to bring her (Cyndy) into it. ... He poked me in the chest and that was it. All of a sudden, we were pushing and shoving. I got scratched in the eye." They were locked together, rolling on the floor for several minutes before teammates pulled them apart. As one player said, "Hey, this team is always hugging (after home runs). Those guys were just hugging on the floor."
Source: DodgerBlues.com (http://www.dodgerblues.com/content/features_fights.html#sutton)
Man, I becoming at Don Sutton fan, I wish he woulda kicked Garvey's ass
Jeff Reardon
July 28, 1983
Reardon had fallen into disfavor with Expos fans after blowing several recent games. However, that certainly didn't prepare him for what would happen to his wife Phebe between games of a doubleheader against the Cardinals. Appearing with several other player's wives on-field as part of a food drive for the poor, Phebe was booed loudly as soon as her last name was mentioned. The booing was so bad that she eventually fled the field in tears.
Source: Baseball Hall of Shame (http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/0671687662/ref=sib_rdr_next3_ex130/102-3226895-8080151?%5Fencoding=UTF8&keywords=Reardon&p=S03P&twc=2&checkSum=viZHZhDv%2FpX5VVl8HgJ8nGn2qlBIDM95g3oXmtEdOLc%3D#reader-page)
If anyone can find a link to this, they would be the Hero of the Week:
Dwight Gooden, Darryl Strawberry, Lenny Dykstra, Rafael Santana, Tim Teufel, Kevin Mitchell and Howard Johnson
Were among the Mets who recorded the "Super Bowl Shuffle" wannabe track "Get Metsmerized" one game into the 1986 season. It is apparently one of the most unlistenable pieces of junk ever recorded. Santana could barely speak English, Dykstra sounded like he was eating rocks, and Strawberry and Gooden were clearly high. Plus, mastermind George Foster had never thought about giving any proceeds to charity. Teufel calls the final result "unlistenable".
Sample rap lyrics include:
"My name is HoJo, I'm here to say
Our team is going all the way
With pitching, power, speed and style
Results guaranteed to make you smile"
However, it didn't stop Straw from recording his own solo rap single, which is enough for another thread.
UPDATE:
"Get Metsmerized" lyrics (http://blog9.worldmagblog.com/blog9/archives/014291.html)
Quote from: fightonusc on 04/29/05, 01:51:41 PM
UPDATE:
"Get Metsmerized" lyrics (http://http://blog9.worldmagblog.com/blog9/archives/014291.html)
Fixed Link (http://blog9.worldmagblog.com/blog9/archives/014291.html)
I just read the lyrics - it's some amazing crap. And how the heck did Rick Aguilera and Rafael Santana manage to get parts in the song?
Because of Kenny Roger's recent incident with camera men, ESPN had top list of these types of incidents. #1 was Danny Cox, skuffling with a cameraman in what looked like an airport, but I'm not sure, because I missed most of it. I tried googling for it, but came up empty. Anyone have any information to back this up?
Also, Gantry: is there a mod for this software to search within a single thread?
Not sure if the article was posted, but here's the one describing how Pedro Guerrero's low IQ prevented him from understanding stuff. It said he can't perform simple tasks , such as writing a check or making a bed, and receives a small weekly allowance from his wife, Hirsch said.
He has an IQ of 70.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/baseball/mlb/news/2000/06/06/roundup_ap/
Damn, even Forrest Gump was smarter than that.
From his HOS entry, I swear I posted the bottom one about getting acquitted because of the low IQ, but I couldn't find the post
Suspended from the Mexican League in 1999 - details are sketchy
Was parading around with OJ Simpson's post-Nicole girlfriend Christine Prodey, apparently on coke binges and having sex. OJ didn't take too kindly to this and called 911 on them. Cops showed up and Prody was arrested, though I'm not sure what happened to Pedro...
Arrested in September of 1999 for trying to buy 33 pounds of cocaine from an undercover agent
Was acquitted of drug conspiracy charges in June of 2002 after his attourney argued his low IQ prevented him from understanding that he agreed to a drug deal. You have got to be shitting me...
That article is 6 friggin' yrs old.
Again with the hating anything younger than 25 years old?
I thought you turned a turner Joe, I really did.
Robby Thompson needs an entry:
1986 Giant Robby Thompson sets a major league record when he is thrown out four times trying to steal in the 12-inning 7-6 victory over the Reds.
QuoteJuly 23, 1991: After Cincinnati pitcher Rob Dibble threw a ball at Cub Doug Dascenzo and was thrown out of the game, West was bumped by Cubs Andre Dawson in the same game; Dawson was suspended for one game and fined $1000. On the check he wrote to the league, Dawson wrote in the memo "donation to the blind."
Totally forgot Kirby visited my old Depot and made an ass of himself. Holy shit he was a round dude.
Quote from: fightonusc on 04/29/05, 01:33:13 PM
If anyone can find a link to this, they would be the Hero of the Week:
Dwight Gooden, Darryl Strawberry, Lenny Dykstra, Rafael Santana, Tim Teufel, Kevin Mitchell and Howard Johnson
Were among the Mets who recorded the "Super Bowl Shuffle" wannabe track "Get Metsmerized" one game into the 1986 season. It is apparently one of the most unlistenable pieces of junk ever recorded. Santana could barely speak English, Dykstra sounded like he was eating rocks, and Strawberry and Gooden were clearly high. Plus, mastermind George Foster had never thought about giving any proceeds to charity. Teufel calls the final result "unlistenable".
Sample rap lyrics include:
"My name is HoJo, I'm here to say
Our team is going all the way
With pitching, power, speed and style
Results guaranteed to make you smile"
However, it didn't stop Straw from recording his own solo rap single, which is enough for another thread.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpvufrpAhls
strawberry's rapping is the worst thing ever...it makes no sense...the lyrics are a bunch of baseball terms and poor syntax
george foster claiming the mets are better than the big red machine. ha!
YES!!!
the musical gems of the 86 mets continue...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ol75BB7ly4k&NR=1
this is awesome
When you're hot, you're HOT!!
Wow...this is impressively bad.
Tough look for Bob Boone: https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/32128466/washington-nationals-vp-bob-boone-resigns-team-covid-19-vaccine-requirement-source-says