To which Mack responded quietly, as Grove stormed off to the showers, “And to hell with you too, Robert.”

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            One time the fans in Baltimore got together and presented (Joe) Kelley a fine watch as a tribute to him.  Kelley took the watch to the clubhouse man for safekeeping until after the game, but the clubhouse attendant had to leave, so he turned it over to the umpire.  The umpire, George Burnham, said he would keep the watch until after the game.

            Well, during the game, Burnham called Kelley out on a close play at second base.  Kelley argued and argued, and eventually Burnham gave him one minute to get off the field, and pulled out a watch to time the minute.  Kelley slapped the watch out of Burnham’s hand, stomped on it and kicked it across the infield – not realizing that it was his own brand new watch that he was destroying.  George Burnham was called “Watch” Burnham as long as he remained in baseball.

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            In 1982, a Mets-Phillies game was delayed briefly when Dave Kingman’s glove needed to be fixed.  “To fix his glove,” Richie Ashburn remarked, “they should have called a welder.”

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           In 1983, a traveling Hillerich and Bradsby exhibit featured a Babe Ruth bat.  According to Dan Gutman in It Ain’t Cheatin’ If You Don’t Get Caught, the Seattle players were admiring the bat when outfielder Dave Henderson noticed that the round end of the bat didn’t exactly match the wood of the barrel.  The end was cracked, but the rest of the bat was not.

            “That’s a plug!” said Henderson.  “This bat is corked.”

(Ruth was caught using a trick bat in a game in August, 1923).

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            Q:   What would you get if you got Dusty Baker together with O.J. Simpson and the architect who designed the old park in San Francisco?

            A:    A butcher, a Baker, and a Candlestick maker.

QUOTES

 

            “Show me a guy who can’t pitch inside and I’ll show you a loser.”

- Sandy Koufax

            “All pitchers are liars and crybabies.”

- Yogi Berra

            “I’ve found that you don’t need to wear a necktie if you can hit.”

- Ted Williams

            “First I pray to God that nobody hits the ball to me.  Then I pray to God that nobody hits the ball to Steve Sax.”

- Shaky third baseman Pedro Guerrero, when asked what he is thinking

about in a late, tight situation while his Dodgers are in the field.

PHOTOS

Maybe you deserve to break your collarbone

when you fight like this, Zach.

Tribe General Manager Anton Chigurh. 

Now I know why this team is performing so well this year.

Future Hall of Famer Todd Helton (according to Possum).

AND NOW FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT

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This is my 11 year old nephew, Tommy Waring.  (Be patient after you click.  If it won't play for you, email Linda and she will email a copy to you.  She had a helluva time trying to figure out how to get this to work and finally opted for this method.)

Good luck to all this season.