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Doug
Liquidating my collection for the 3rd and final time. Time for others to enjoy what I have enjoyed over the last several decades. Money could be put to better use.
Doug
Liquidating my collection for the 3rd and final time. Time for others to enjoy what I have enjoyed over the last several decades. Money could be put to better use.
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jbox
<< <i>I can't stop watching the look on Beltre's face at the end. Lol!
jbox >>
+1 priceless!!
PS - I also love your avatar: Arsenio from Amazon Women on the Moon!
<< <i>I can't stop watching the look on Beltre's face at the end. Lol!
jbox >>
I can't stop looking at Arsenio 's Face, best avatar ever!!!!!!!!!
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<< <i>I can't stop watching the look on Beltre's face at the end. Lol!
jbox >>
+1 priceless!!
PS - I also love your avatar: Arsenio from Amazon Women on the Moon! >>
Looks like I was late to the Arsenio Face party, after quoting jbox, I scrolled down and saw mygotta's post. Great minds think alike
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<< <i>I can't stop watching the look on Beltre's face at the end. Lol!
jbox >>
+1 priceless!!
PS - I also love your avatar: Arsenio from Amazon Women on the Moon! >>
Looks like I was late to the Arsenio Face party, after quoting jbox, I scrolled down and saw mygotta's post. Great minds think alike
I figured it would take longer for someone to identify the source of my avatar! I just added it today.
jbox
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Thanks for posting.
<< <i>Has to be a very short list of guys more goofy than Beltre. Anyone come to mind? >>
How about just plain crazy? Check out these two ... Piersall I knew about; Bergen I did not:
Marty Bergen’s short career as a catcher known more for his defensive abilities than his batting lasted between 1896 – 1899. As a member of the Boston Beaneaters, Bergen was known for sudden and unexpected flashes of violence, like the time he slapped a teammate during a team breakfast for no apparent reason. This sort of behaviour worsened after the death of his son in 1899 when he became convinced that enemies were trying to assassinate him and that his teammates were conspiring against him. He even went so far as to begin regularly walking sideways so as to avoid anyone sneaking up behind him.
When he was left off the team in 1900 because of complaints from other players, sadly, Bergen murdered his wife and two children before taking his own life. According to a New York Times obituary, he slit his throat with such force that his head was almost severed from his body.
Despite a successful career as a Major Leaguer, Jimmy Piersall is best known for his battle with bipolar disorder. His struggles with mental illness eventually became the subject of the book and movie Fear Strikes Out.
During the 1952 season, Piersall got into a fistfight with Yankees infielder Billy Martin, who had problems of his own. After the fight, he then got into a scrap with a teammate in the Red Sox clubhouse. After several other incidents, including Piersall allegedly spanking a teammate’s child during a game, the center fielder was demoted to the Minors.
While there, Piersall was ejected from four separate games for a variety of goofball moves including shooting a water gun on home plate. Shortly after this, Piersall went for treatment where he was diagnosed with “nervous exhaustion.” He spent two months in a mental health facility and missed the remainder of the season.
He returned the next year and earned himself MVP votes.
Perhaps the funniest story of Piersall’s career was the time he came to the plate wearing a Beatles wig and playing air guitar on his baseball bat. In Fear Strikes Out, Piersall comments that: “Probably the best thing that ever happened to me was going nuts. Who ever heard of Jimmy Piersall, until that happened?”
Doug
Liquidating my collection for the 3rd and final time. Time for others to enjoy what I have enjoyed over the last several decades. Money could be put to better use.
Doug
Liquidating my collection for the 3rd and final time. Time for others to enjoy what I have enjoyed over the last several decades. Money could be put to better use.
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How about just plain crazy?
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I'm out of the loop on him, but will Nyjer Morgan get there? At a White Sox game we had a "last dude you'd want to fight" discussion. This was a few years ago and I picked Carlos Zambrano. I was quickly shouted down that Nyjer is the scariest dude cause he's nuts. Not Milton Bradley nuts, but "come at you with a broken beer bottle and bag of oranges nuts." Fans along the first baseline agreed.
Nyjer Morgan and Carlos Zambrano appear on sports cards and memorabilia.