04/24/24
January 27, 2004
'While a kid with the San Francisco Giants in the late 1950s, he had fallen asleep at the end of the dugout when the Giants mounted a rally against the Dodgers.
With the Giants trailing by two, ninth inning, bases loaded, one out, he was approached by Manager Bill Rigney.
"Mr. Wagner!" Rigney said, rousing his outfielder. "If it wouldn't be too much trouble, would you please go up to bat and hit? Preferably a home run?"
Wagner rubbed his eyes, trotted to the plate and promptly … well, what do you think he did?'
posted by jasonspaceman to baseball at 07:54 AM - 11 comments
Wow, what a sad story. Not the whole hitting-a-homer-after-sleeping bit, but the LA Times link.
posted by jeffmshaw at 11:07 AM on January 27, 2004
Jeffm, man that is sad, and I'm already sad this morning. Thanks a bunch Jason.
posted by billsaysthis at 11:23 AM on January 27, 2004
I still don't know what the hell happened, because I assume it's in the LA Times link, and they can suck my crank if they think I'm registering to get bombed with emails. However, the column by Terry Pluto is great. For those of you who love a good sports book, pop over and grab a copy of The Curse of Rocky Colavito. It's tremendous fun and a great look at some REALLY long-suffering fans (sorry, jg).
posted by wfrazerjr at 12:06 PM on January 27, 2004
Non-registered folks can use mine: username jeffmshaw, password 1deeznutz. Yes, I am 12 years old. /takes one for the team
posted by jeffmshaw at 12:09 PM on January 27, 2004
they can suck my crank if they think I'm registering to get bombed with emails. Don't you have a dummy account to use for sign-ups? It's like ordering from Columbia House while at college, posing as the previous resident.
posted by garfield at 12:15 PM on January 27, 2004
Nope. I'm against newspapers trying to gather information in this way by limiting my ability to get information. Fuck 'em.
posted by wfrazerjr at 12:27 PM on January 27, 2004
username: sportsfilter password: password (or sportsfilter, I can't remember. it worked yesterday)
posted by rocketman at 12:42 PM on January 27, 2004
bselig for the username and password works for most newspapers.
posted by jasonspaceman at 12:45 PM on January 27, 2004
lol@jasonspaceman!
posted by billsaysthis at 01:11 PM on January 27, 2004
'When it was determined he needed glasses, he put them on, looked in the clubhouse mirror and let out a shriek. "Whadda ya know!" he shouted. "I'm colored!"' That is good stuff.
posted by mr_crash_davis at 01:36 PM on January 27, 2004
Struck out?