The 2005 Hall of Shame dee-nee-a-thon

[Gantry]

Don't you dare desecrate the RBI board with soccer talk.  Move it to Anything Goes...

[Gantry]

Santana, Whitaker, Aldrete, Ripken, Evans, Grich, Murphy and Seitzer have been added.  Lets keep it going!

[fightonusc]

Bumpst.

Rick Reuschel gave up back-to-back home runs to Bo Jackson and Wade Boggs to start the 1989 All-Star Game. \

[fightonusc]

Reggie Jackson tied to the baseball sterods scandal:

From the Las Vegas Review-Journal:

"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?

[ultimate7]

How about the fact that Jose Canseco claims to have injected steroids into McGwire's ass, that's a Hall of Shame for 2 .

[ericdavisfan]

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

[fightonusc]

Very romantic...

Here's one for Chili Davis, from BaseballLibrary.com:

"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."

[fightonusc]

Brian Downing, from Baseball Library

"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...

[TβG]

hey man, he was my favorite player, be careful.  i believe that his first hit of his career was an inside the park homerun.

[Gantry]

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...

[ultimate7]

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.

[ultimate7]

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."

[RedBarron]

"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.

[Gantry]

You should be an editor...

And Mcgwire has made the list for his ass injections, true or otherwise....

[fightonusc]

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.

[Gantry]

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...

[malnuboy]

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

[BeefMaster]

Twins road play-by-play man John Gordon refers to his color man, Dan Gladden, as "The Dazzle Man".

[Gantry]

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?

[Gantry]

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!