dee-nee.com updates for 8/16/2004

[Gantry]

Biggest update to the actual site was my reorganization of the RBI Baseball FAQ. I broke everything down into categories, making it much easier to find the RBI info you so desperately crave. Along the way I made a bunch of small updates for some woefully outdated information. It still has some erroneous info, but I plan to add at least 10 questions and alter 10 more by the time I leave for Ohio on Friday. So stay tuned...

A new entry for the RBI Hall of Shame - Charlie Kerfeld and his strange negotiating habits. Hopefully every RBI'er will make the list, so send me any embarassing or odd moments involving an RBI player...

On the RBI hacking front, nightwulf and I made more headway into the internals of the game. We pooled our talents to create the ultimate online RBI ROM - you can now select the same team as your opponent and pause from either controller. Think of the possibilities!

[fightonusc]

I thought maybe the fact that Marty Barrett scored the winning run in the longest game in professional baseball history probably is worth mentioning somewhere on the site. The game also featured future RBIers Wade Boggs, Cal Ripken and Bobby Ojeda, who pitched a whole inning out of the 33 played to, ahem, "earn" the victory...:

Source: BaseballLibrary.com:
http://www.baseballlibrary.com/baseballlibrary/chronology/1981JUNE.stm#day23

"Tuesday, June 23rd
IN THE NEWS: Dave Koza scores Marty Barrett with a bases-loaded single in the bottom of the 33rd inning, giving Pawtucket a 3–2 win over Rochester and ending the longest game in professional baseball history. The game had been suspended April 19th after 32 innings and eight hours, seven minutes of play, but the continuation took only 18 minutes to complete. Bob Ojeda pitches one inning to earn the win. Future ML stars Wade Boggs and Cal Ripken go a combined 6-for-25."

[fightonusc]

Oh yeah, and he also sued the Red Sox team doctor for misdiagnosing his torn ACL, and received a $2.4 million settlement...

http://www.redsoxconnection.com/barrett.html

[Dryden]

For the hall of shame, you might want to consider adding Ryne Sandberg's wife's (Cindy) famed indiscretions with Rafael Palmeiro, which led to Sandberg retiring for a while and Palmeiro getting traded.

Always a classic.

[ultimate7]

While I believe Sandberg's wife had an affair with Palmeiro, the trade and the retirement were years apart, I'm not sure how much of an effect the affair could have had on his retirement.

[Dryden]

He pretty clearly identified the reason for his retirement as being personal...  then he got divorced, then he returned to the Cubs...  draw your own conclusions.

[ultimate7]

Well my point is that if the Cubs traded Palmeiro because of this in 1989, then Ryno retired in 1994, it's not like he retired because he just found out about it.

[BeefMaster]

Someone mentioned in another thread that it's rumored that Rey Sanchez got in on the action as well.  Can't remember the thread; might've been when Ryno23 joined the forum.

I'd never heard about that as the reason for his retirement until hearing it from fknmclane.  I'd always heard/assumed that it was because he was hitting .238 with little power despite being one of the highest-paid players in the game.

[ultimate7]

If my wife was cheating on me with Rey Sanchez, I wouldn't retire, I'd kill myself.

[fightonusc]

Someone mentioned in another thread that it's rumored that Rey Sanchez got in on the action as well.  Can't remember the thread; might've been when Ryno23 joined the forum.

I'd never heard about that as the reason for his retirement until hearing it from fknmclane.  I'd always heard/assumed that it was because he was hitting .238 with little power despite being one of the highest-paid players in the game.

Apparently, his wife thought he was hitting with little power, too...

[Ryno23]

He retired in 94 for 3 reasons:

1) Personal (it was divorce time. . .too many years of too much shit)

2) Wasn't pulling his weight.  He said himself that it was fair to other ball players that he was making all this money and not playing well

3)  The impending strike.  Ryno was a guy who believed you got paid to play ball and that's exactly what he thought they should have done.

3a) The sheer fact that the wife was getting boned by rey rey sanchez probably fried Ryno's braind and damn near turned him queer. .  .. then he realized his wife turned out to be a skank ho and he dealt with the problem

[Gantry]

Good stuff boys, I added sandberg's wife banging and Barretts misdiagnosed acl to the page.  Also added the fact that Barrett made the last out of the 1986 World Series.  I didn't add that he made the winning run in the longest game because it's more of an accomplishment than shameful...

[Dryden]

I've also heard Dave Martinez's name come up w/ respect to Cindy Sandberg (see here ), but never anything about Rey Sanchez.  Couldn't even find anything mentioning it on the web...  Case of mistaken identity?

[Gantry]

ok, I'll change sanchez to davy martinez until someone can provide web evidence...  Well done per usual dryden

[ultimate7]

Dave Martinez makes a lot more sense, he seemed more like a ladies man, just can't imagine Rey Sanchez.

[BDawk]

Guys nemed Sanchez are awesome.

[BeefMaster]

Ryno23 mentioned Sanchez in this post.  I'd never heard of any of this stuff before Dee-Nee, so I have no idea how accurate the info is.

[fightonusc]

Bob Stanley once missed a few games after he slipped down the stairs while taking out the trash: http://www.stevetheump.com/strange_injuries.htm. He is also a fat fuck who cost the Red Sox the World Series, much more so than Buckner.

[Gantry]

Stanley has been added and Dirty Sanchez has been changed to Dave Martinez.  Good work fellas, three more down!

[fknmclane]

Gantry can you use my "cock-inhaling hoebag" line to describe Ryno's wife? It's only fitting.