Okay, this may be the most morbid forum topic ever; if it bothers you, go read something else. This idea struck me today after the recent passing of perennial dead-pool favorite Bob Hope and the U.S. government's aborted plan to sell "terrorism futures" (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3106559.stm (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3106559.stm)).
Here's my topic: In a dead pool consisting of RBI players, who would you pick first? Donnie Moore is out, of course, as are any others that I've forgotten about. Darryl Strawberry, with his history of drug abuse and cancer, is too easy, so we'll disregard him, too. Do you go for age (Reggie Jackson)? History of violent behavior (Jose Canseco)? Illegal drug use (the Mets)? General insanity (Kevin Mitchell)? Likelihood of assassination (Bill Buckner)? I'm really curious what you guys will come up with.
For the uninitiated: A "dead pool" is a wager placed on who will be the first to die in a give set of people. In this thread, for example, we're guessing which RBI Baseball player will die first.
I think this really could go somewhere. I'm in.
My money is on Mitchell, though some RBI'er is due for a DUI death...
I'm in... I vote keith hernandez
I vote for Steve Olin....shiiiiiitttttt
If we're doing this I want Straw....Come on, cancer, addictions....this guy doesn't have much time left.
If I could actually choose, I would WISH death upon Schiralldi...bastard has blown more games for me than any other player possibly could ever top...but I alos hate Puckett...I mean the SI article really told his sordid tale of sleazebag-iness....(yeah I just coined sleazebag-iness). But the most likely to die first...give me Mike Scott...or *fingers crossed* Ozzie Smith...
They're still a bit too young; might have to wait till 2025 or so. ;)
Sorry, GDavis, I threw out Strawberry in the opening post on this thread, because he's too easy (for the reasons you mentioned).
I'd forgotten about Bobby Ojeda's brush with death. Makes me leery of him, though - I worry that he could be one of those guys that's hard to kill and ends up living until 100 despite having no functioning limbs. Lenny Dykstra drove drunk once and nearly killed a couple of his Phillies teammates back in the early 90's, so he's probably in the same boat.
I gotta say I like Canseco for this - I'm sure we're not far from the day when he and Ozzie (his twin brother) are found in a ditch after a bar fight. Or maybe McGwire will hire a hit man to shut him up about the steroids.
Pedro Guerrero. Lots of drugs--probably living in a third world country. DEAD!
And he has the IQ of a blender - Pedro is an excellent choice, he may end up blowing out his brains cleaning out his gun...
I'll take Grich then. He was already an old man when RBI was made.
What about Doyle? That bastard was like 50 when RBI came out....he's gotta be in intensive care somewhere...
Since the RBI board is slow lately, reviving old posts may be a good idea. I liked this one, I'm going with Don Sutton, he always seemed so old to me, plus it would continue the CA pitcher trend.
I predict that Tom Brookens will die during a mustache riding session with Larry "Don't call me Lawrence" Herndon.
I think it is a ral toss up between pedro and daryl....by the way, this is a quality thread.
Quote from: CurtFlood on 03/09/04, 03:27:02 PM
I predict that Tom Brookens will die during a mustache riding session...
I'm afraid to ask...
"Who wants a mustache ride?"
"I do! I do!"
I'm going with Ultimate on this one...Don Sutton.
I'm going with Doverbi on this one. :'(
That's a good call. If he's already dead, then you can't have him.
What if he really is dead?
Quote from: fknmclane on 03/11/04, 12:53:32 AM
What if he really is dead?
You still can't have him
I'm taking Rich Go-Go Gedman. The guy's a fucking blimp
(http://www.northshorespirit.com/images/jpgs/coach_rgedman.jpg)
I'm suprised no one has taken Don Baylor yet.
Quote from: Mets_bs on 03/11/04, 09:55:04 AM
I'm suprised no one has taken Don Baylor yet.
What's your cause of death? I say he blows out Prior's arm and gets lynched by Cubs fans. Then again, he is fat, too, so the heart's always a safe bet.
He better not being that he's no longer the Cubs manager. I think he was having cancer treatments last year while coaching for the Mets.
Quote from: BeefMaster on 03/11/04, 10:21:09 AM
Quote from: Mets_bs on 03/11/04, 09:55:04 AM
I'm suprised no one has taken Don Baylor yet.
What's your cause of death? I say he blows out Prior's arm and gets lynched by Cubs fans. Then again, he is fat, too, so the heart's always a safe bet.
Does he still coach for the Cubbies? I thought they had a guy named Dusty Baker on the bench.
Don Baylor is a fat tub of goo but I don't think he'll be the first to go. Another good vote has gotta be for Wade Boggs. If that guy really drinks as much as they say, a terrible accident could befall him.
Quote from: ultimate7 on 03/11/04, 10:23:03 AM
He better not being that he's no longer the Cubs manager. I think he was having cancer treatments last year while coaching for the Mets.
Yeah, he was diagnosed and underwent traetment for Bone Marrow Cancer.
With Baylor, maybe you could also have some long term effects of him getting beaned so many times.
Sorry, brain fart. I was thinking of some weird amalgam of both Baker and Baylor.
I do it all the time too. Anytime something goes wrong for the Cubs I'm cursing out Baylor, and then my wife reminds me its Dusty now.
Quote from: JoeDirt on 03/10/04, 08:57:23 AM
I'm going with Doverbi on this one. :'(
A moment of silence....today marks one month to the day of fallen brother Dove's last post. :'( :'( :'(
I can't believe this wasn't bumped back when we had the other Death Pool.
You know what's weird that I just noticed? No RBIers died in the 1990s.
PS: Quick Edit rules.
Also none died in the '70s
Good bump of Gantry's most hated thread