The Hall of Shame dee-nee-thon

[Shooty]

Tom Henke was the star of an embarrassing Aqua Velva commercial in the late 80's/early 90's.  

[fknmclane]

Highlights from this page (http://eeeeeegp.com/Notes98/Dec98Notes1.html) with Will Clark:


-dropped an f-bomb on national tv and got away with it
-purported racist (the site chalks it up to youthful exuberance, all his teammates liked him)
-twice replaced Raffy Palmeiro (the Sandberg wife fucker,) once in Texas (where Raffy went nuts, calling Clark every name in the book) and once in Baltimore, when Palmeiro left, ironically, for Texas

[fknmclane]

Roger McDowell hocked a loogie from behind the bushes, hitting Kramer and Newman.


From an old baseball video I have called Baseball Funny Side Up:
(not sure if these qualify, but what the hell)
-HoJo and Roger McDowell were kings of the "hotfoot."
-Bert Blyleven was an avid nose-picker, as evidenced by two separate videos of him getting in to his knuckle

[fknmclane]

From baseballlibrary.com --- Glenn Davis



In January 1991 the Astros sent Davis to Baltimore in exchange for young starters Pete Harnisch and Curt Schilling and young outfielder Steve Finley. While the Orioles had visions of 40 home runs from Davis in the friendly confines of Memorial Stadium, the move turned out to be a colossal bust for the club. While Davis managed just three injury-plagued and unproductive seasons for Baltimore, Harnisch, Schilling and Finley would all go on to enjoy long and distinguished careers in the National League.

-wow, that is an incredibly shitty trade

[fightonusc]

(More, mainly from www.astrosdaily.com)

Alan Ashby:

On disabled list five times in his career, and according to him, Joe Niekro was to blame every time. "All the broken fingers and broken toes I can remember were caused by the knuckler," Ashby said.

Denny Walling and possibly Mike Scott:

Aug. 8, 1988: Mike Scott blanks the Dodgers, 10-0, to pull within 1-1/2 games of the division lead. Scott excels despite a black eye caused when a weighted doughnut flew off Denny Walling's bat in warmups and hit Scott in the face. His teammates score four times in the first and six in the eighth to ease his pain.

More Walling: Fired as hitting coach of NY Mets in June 2004 after the team hit a lousy .246 and averaged just 4.1 runs per game.

Glenn Davis:

Coming from a broken home with an alcoholic mother, he would be taken and later adopted by the family of future Orioles pitcher George "Storm" Davis at age 17.

On Opening Day in 1990, Glenn Davis ties a major-league record when he is hit by pitches three times in an 8–4, 11-inning loss to the Reds.

April 18, 1991 - Orioles 1B Glenn Davis commits four errors in an 11-inning 4-3 loss to the Brewers to tie the American League single game mark originally set in 1939 by Jim Wasdell of the Senators.

August 1, 1993 -  During the Orioles' 2-1 loss to the Red Sox, Baltimore's Glenn Davis is knocked unconscious by a foul ball lined off the bat of Jeffrey Hammonds into the Orioles' dugout. Davis, who is recovering from a broken jaw, did not sustain any further damage.

Kevin Bass

Does a mean impersonation of Sammy Davis Jr. (Actually, I can see the resemblence: http://www.astroland.net/bass.html)

Struck out with a runner on in the 16th inning to end the Astro's 1986 season by becoming the final out of their 7-6 loss to the Mets in game 6 of the NLCS. The Astros had rallied to tie the score in the 14th and had scored two runs in the bottom of the 16th to draw to within one.

[GDavis]

Oh the shame!

[malnuboy]

Probaly not stong enough to grant hall of shame status but Mookie Wilson has recorded a gospel music CD with his 3 kids and wife
http://www.racematters.org/mookiewilsonsongfight.htm

[Bonny]

Tony Pena guaranteed that the Royals would win the AL Central this year.

[Gantry]

Good work fellas, gotta break it all down...

[fightonusc]

Mike Aldrete:

His brother Rich was a "scab" who crossed the picket lines and was one of the non-union replacement players who almost saw action during the 1994-95 strike; meanwhile, Mike was one of the 700 union members on strike.

[fightonusc]

Doyle Alexander:

Went on disabled list in 1983 after, when being pulled from a 3-2 loss to the Mariners in what would be Gaylord Perry's 300th win, he punched a wall in frustration and broke two knuckles in his hand. This would land him so deep in George Steinbrenner's doghouse that he would be released and picked up by the Blue Jays, which actually was the best thing ever to happen to him...

[fightonusc]

Tony Armas -

Lead American League in strikeouts twice.

Played alongside Venezuelan president/crook Hugo Chavez in an exhibition game in Havana in 1999 against a Cuban team managed by Fidel Castro.

[Ryno23]

Ryne Sandberg. .  my favorite player of all time. .. I named my kid after him . . .but:

In September 1997, the man with the highest fielding percentage of any 2B in MLB history allowed what would be the winning run to score on an error. . . . on Ryne Sandberg Day at Wrigley Field.

[Gantry]

Added Ozzie Smith, Dave Smith and Dickie Thon - starting off slow....

You guys think I should strike the remaining players on the first page or simply delete them?  I think if we delete them it will be easier to read and makes the page smaller...

[fightonusc]

I see your point about just deleting them, although I think it does give us a sense of accomplishment to see a bunch of names crossed off. Kind of like the open case board on "Homicide: Life on the Streets". It's your call, though...

[Gantry]

We'll crossout for now and delete later if we start getting close or get sick of scrolling.  I like the accomplishment idea...

Up to 50 - added Trammel & Pettis, plus the addition to kerfeld's entry.  Going to pass on Downing and Cruz ones, not sure if they hit the spot.  Might add later...

[fknmclane]

Don't forget Bob Brenly and his 4 errors in an inning.  And add more shame to GDavis with the terrible trade he ruined.

I like the crossing out idea.

[Gantry]

53 - Added Blyleven, Brenley and Gaetti.  Also added to Jim Rice's entry to add his legendary porno collection, forgot about that one...

Passing on McDowell, Will Clark and Henke.  Any more info on the Henke commercial?  Is the Clark racism stuff legit or at least talked about?  What is hotfoot?

[fknmclane]

The racist stuff isn't exactly legit.  I guess you could call it an undeserved reputation.  But I remember hearing about it when I was a kid.

A hotfoot (my memory is fuzzy) is when you stick a book of mathches or a firecracker in some chewed bubble gum and attach it to a guys foot.  You then keep a safe distance as the matches light up or the firecracker goes off and the dude has a burned foot.  

[Gantry]

Added Geena, Mookie, Pena, Mike Scott (since he got his with the donut, I choose him over Walling) and Bass - now up to 57.  It should be up to 58 but I'm off one after counting.  Something ain't right...