zen archer Posted March 27, 2007 Report Posted March 27, 2007 Here is a guy that played for the White Sox in the late 70's Rusty Kuntz Quote
Brownian Motion Posted March 27, 2007 Report Posted March 27, 2007 Bob Purkey Early Wynn Minnie Minoso Satchel Paige Quote
RDK Posted March 27, 2007 Report Posted March 27, 2007 didn't he room with pete rose on the road?? Speaking of Pete Rose, when did he finally come clean? Caught him on Leno last night and he was openly talking about betting on the Reds (whom he was managing) to win. Quote
RDK Posted March 27, 2007 Report Posted March 27, 2007 Back to the subject: Yogi Berra - how many other ballplayers have a cartoon character named after them? Quote
JSngry Posted March 28, 2007 Report Posted March 28, 2007 Smoky Burgess, whose looks like his name should have been....Smoky Burgess. Quote
Ken Dryden Posted March 28, 2007 Report Posted March 28, 2007 (edited) What about journeyman Harry "Suitcase" Simpson, who always seemed to be getting traded? Eli Grba, a pitcher with an unpronouncable nameand worse stuff... Edited March 29, 2007 by Ken Dryden Quote
Dan Gould Posted March 28, 2007 Report Posted March 28, 2007 didn't he room with pete rose on the road?? Speaking of Pete Rose, when did he finally come clean? Caught him on Leno last night and he was openly talking about betting on the Reds (whom he was managing) to win. Couple of week ago. He declared that he bet on his team to win every single day, so how bad was it? He loved his team and believed they would win. Unfortunately, that is contradicted by the findings of Mr. Dowd, who figured out (and apparently proved to the satisfaction of MLB) that there were two starters that he never bet on. I guess its good that he didn't actually bet them to lose on those games, but its certainly a signal to the betting community when your manager won't bet on his team when those two guys pitch. So, Rose still has a deep problem with telling the truth, if Dowd's findings are to be believed. Its really gotten beyond pathetic, Rose's attempts to rehabilitate himself. He simply has no clue anymore that boat has sailed. And ironically, it all started when he gave the interviews and released the book declaring that he did bet, timed to coincide with the HoF announcements. He went from maybe having a shot at reinstatement to being persona non grata again, and this latest effort isn't doing anything to change that. Quote
Noj Posted March 28, 2007 Report Posted March 28, 2007 So, Rose still has a deep problem with telling the truth... Yet, he had no trouble hitting singles. It's a bummer he's such a sleaze. Him breaking the all-time hits record was one of my big childhood baseball memories, as I had a distant relative playing on the Reds at the time so my family was watching all their games. Quote
Soulstation1 Posted March 28, 2007 Report Posted March 28, 2007 nobody will ever get 4000+ hits again Quote
Neal Pomea Posted March 28, 2007 Report Posted March 28, 2007 Ferris Fain (he was fairest but was oh so vain) Juio Gotay (Polio Bowtie?) Zoilo Versalles Amos Otis (like a Jerry Reed song down in the swamp) Horace Clarke Quote
GA Russell Posted March 28, 2007 Report Posted March 28, 2007 Walt "No Neck" Williams You mention Zoilo V. When he came up he was Zorro Versalles. Quote
Quincy Posted March 28, 2007 Report Posted March 28, 2007 Boots Day, an Expos OF in the early '70s. And no, he wasn't really a bad fielder. Quote
alocispepraluger102 Posted March 28, 2007 Author Report Posted March 28, 2007 ferris fain granny hamner mudcat grant hopefully there is a female athlete somewhere with the nickname 'rip.' Quote
T.D. Posted March 29, 2007 Report Posted March 29, 2007 Smoky Burgess, whose looks like his name should have been....Smoky Burgess. I saw Burgess play (in person) late in his career, when he was a noted pinch hitter. Another famous PH (not to be confused with the wrestling namesake): Quote
chris olivarez Posted March 29, 2007 Report Posted March 29, 2007 Doc Ellis Pee Wee Reese Boog Powell Elroy Face Rich Folkers Quote
JSngry Posted March 30, 2007 Report Posted March 30, 2007 How could we forget... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scipio_Spinks Scipio Spinks (born July 12, 1947 in Chicago, Illinois) was a right handed pitcher in Major League Baseball for the Houston Astros and St. Louis Cardinals between 1969 and 1973. He had an overall Earned Run Average of 3.70. The last time he played in the major leagues was against the Chicago Cubs when he was tagged out at the plate on an attempt to score from second base. Indeed. Quote
Bill Nelson Posted March 30, 2007 Report Posted March 30, 2007 Everyone's favorite 'paisan', Roy Campanella. Then there's my fantasy tag team of Sexto Lezcano and Moose Skowron. Quote
T.D. Posted March 30, 2007 Report Posted March 30, 2007 (edited) I remember a trumpet-playing third baseman for the Cubbies: He married singer Sue Raney... Edited March 30, 2007 by T.D. Quote
alocispepraluger102 Posted March 30, 2007 Author Report Posted March 30, 2007 a very recent cubby pictcher who moved on to the bosox had 6 fingers on each hand, but, far as i know, he was spared a nickname. Quote
catesta Posted March 30, 2007 Report Posted March 30, 2007 a very recent cubby pictcher who moved on to the bosox had 6 fingers on each hand, but, far as i know, he was spared a nickname. No doubt a casualty of political correctness. Quote
catesta Posted March 30, 2007 Report Posted March 30, 2007 Frank Francis Frisch aka: "The Fordham Flash" Quote
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