For me, nothing will ever top Nolan Ryan hitting Robin Ventura with a pitch, and then the 23-year-old CHARGING THE MOUND against the old-timer. Nolan grabbed him in a headlock and began punching away, a la Ric Flair. It was classic.
I was born in a manger, like that other guy. You know, he wore a hat?
Originally posted by Big BadFor me, nothing will ever top Nolan Ryan hitting Robin Ventura with a pitch, and then the 23-year-old CHARGING THE MOUND against the old-timer. Nolan grabbed him in a headlock and began punching away, a la Ric Flair. It was classic.
I just wish that Nolan had chosen to brush back Frank Thomas instead of Robin Ventura. Would have been fun to see Nolan's reaction to that beast strolling out to the mound.
"You used it to shove your miserable daughter down our throats week in and week out...not anymore!" - Ric Flair gives me hope, Raw 3/18/02
"I thought it was cool how HHH just tossed Jericho out of the ring and made him vanish, possibly into another dimension, at the end of the match." - Dr. Unlikely says the funniest thing I've ever read on Wienerville.
The entire All-Star Randy Johnson v John Kruk at-bat. If anybody ever wants to see a grown man scared out of his mind, watch Kruk after Johnson lobbed a fastball right over his head.
I'd have to say Randy Johnson has two moments.... the exploding bird and the john kruk at-bat. Awesome.
Also i was watching a game i believe two years ago with my family. The cards were playing a night game with the giants. The stadium was filled with all kinds of night bugs ( i dont know what they were ). Dunston (sp?) cracked a long fly ball out to bonds... the camera cuts away and shows the ball falling into the palm of bonds glove AND THEN bouncing out and over the wall for a homerun. The look on his face with his mouth wide open was priceless!
I am the JOBBER TO THE STARS. You better remember that.
I saw Bill Buckner hit an inside-the-park homerun somewhere around 1988 (post-error). It was to the right field corner, and the RF tripped, and landed in the seats. It took about a minute and a half for Buckner to round the bases.
The pitcher who got busted scuffing balls, and pitched the nail file from his pocket right in front of the ump deserves a mention.
wasn't that one of the niekros (phil?) while a member of the twins?
the ventura-ryan moment was great...the minor league game last year involving former pawtucket red sock izzy alcantara was pretty comical, too.
Marge: Mr. Scorpio, this house is almost too good for us. I keep expecting to get the bums rush. Scorpio: We don't have bums in our town, Marge, and if we did, they wouldn't rush, they'd be allowed to go at their own pace.
According to one of the commentators for the Channel 4 Padres broadcast, the Padres pitching coach has a similar story.
Apparently, as the umpire was approaching him to check to see if the ball was scuffed, he calmly took the file out of his glove and dropped it down his shirt right in front of the ump. He knew that the ump couldn't make him take off his shirt.
-- Kevin Mitchell bare-handing the foul ball in left field
"The best reason for committing loathsome & detestable acts -and let's face it, I am considerably something of an expert in the field - is purely for their own sake. Monetary gain is all very well, but it dilutes the tastes of wickedness to a lower level that is obtainable by anyone will an overdeveloped sense of avarice. True and baseless evil is as rare as the purest good - and we all know how rare THAT is." - Acheron Hades, THE EYRE AFFAIR by Jaspar Fforde
Originally posted by Guru ZimDammit, I just checked Google. It is Joe.
I always get them confused.
I thought it was Joe, because a few days after it happened, he went on Letterman to talk about it.
"The best reason for committing loathsome & detestable acts -and let's face it, I am considerably something of an expert in the field - is purely for their own sake. Monetary gain is all very well, but it dilutes the tastes of wickedness to a lower level that is obtainable by anyone will an overdeveloped sense of avarice. True and baseless evil is as rare as the purest good - and we all know how rare THAT is." - Acheron Hades, THE EYRE AFFAIR by Jaspar Fforde
I've always been partial to the dove-killer Randy Johnson myself as well. About the Kruk incident, I don't remember that, but he might've done something similar with Larry Walker in either '98 or '99 (Jacobs Field, maybe it was 2000).
Jose Canseco will never live that down.
Also, I truly enjoy it when Andruw Jones waltzes up to a fly ball... and then drops it. Cracks me up every single time. He almost did it last week.
Tommy Lasorda's ordeal in the third base coach's box at the All-Star Game last year was pretty damn funny, but I gotta go (like others) with Canseco and the Johnson-Kruk at bat as the top two.
1 - I don't recall who it happened to, but how about the hot shot back to the mound, resulting in the ball sticking in the pitcher's glove. He had to toss the glove to first to get the out. I believe it's happened twice.
2 - Dibble gettting pi$$ed off at himself and throwing the ball at Doug Dascenzo following a bunt, or into the centerfield bleachers following a homer (hitting an elderly school teacher in the process), or tearing off his throwback jersey following a blown save.
3 - Red's starting pitcher Tom Browning, on a day when he wasn't scheduled to pitch, wandering accross the street from Wrigley and watching the game from the rooftops. In FULL UNIFORM.
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[It's where I sit]
1. It's extra innings and the Cubs have used all their available pinch hitters. WGN cameras show Don Zimmer catching holy hell from a Wrigley fan/manager in the crowd, and Zimmer reacting to it. Pitcher Les Lancaster has to bat for himself, and laces the game-winning double down the left field line. The camera comes back to Zimmer, giving the fan a return dose of the aforementioned holy hell.
2. Wild Thing Mitch Williams gets a rare at-bat in a night game at Wrigley, with the Cubs seemingly well ahead. He bashes a three-run homer to left field, then promptly gives up enough runs on the mound to make that hit the winning one.
198?, Braves vs. Mets
Extra innings again, and the Braves are out of hitters and are down to Rick Camp pitching. Camp gives up three runs in the top of the 13th inning, then comes to bat in the bottom of the inning with two men on...and proceeds to hit his only major league home run to tie the game. Len Dykstra looked to be in near-tears trying to chase it down. The Mets eventually won the game, but THAT was damn funny.
***Outrighted to Jersey City (IL) April 15, 2002***
Agreed (with waldo, that is). I'm much more bothered by the fact that George wants to take the Yanks out of Yankee Stadium, and kill the tradition along with it, than I am by the fact that he's going to make himself another fortune in doing so.
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