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Post by tomservo on Feb 27, 2007 21:52:42 GMT -5
Third Base: Mike Schmidt Great player, even greater mustache. Fun Fact: Mike Schmidt has only eaten ribs once in his life, this was in 1975. However, since then he's been able to get a taste of smoked bbq sauce anytime he wants by simple licking his massive 'stache.
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Post by tomservo on Feb 27, 2007 21:59:01 GMT -5
OF Reggie Jackson No one was documented wearing a mustache in an MLB game since Wally Schang in 1914 until 1972 when Reggie Jackson brought the look back. True story, taken from www.baseballlibrary.com/baseballlibrary/submit/Markusen_Bruce5.stmIn 1972, Oakland A's star Reggie Jackson reported to spring training in Arizona, replete with a fully-grown mustache, the origins of which had begun to sprout during the 1971 American League Championship Series. To the surprise of his teammates, Jackson had used part of his off-season to allow the mustache to reach full bloom. By the time that spring training began in 1972, the mustache had reached epic proportions-at least by major league baseball's conservative standards of the day. Why did Jackson's facial hair cause such a furor, while Allen's spring training mustache had created barely a ripple two years earlier? After all, both were high-profile players, among the most talented power hitters of the era. Unlike Allen, Jackson boasted that he would not only keep the mustache in place for Opening Day, but would add a beard, as well. Given Jackson's celebrity status--and the fact that no major league players had been documented wearing a mustache in a regular season game since Wally Schang of the Philadelphia A's in 1914--the mustache affair made major news in 1972. The new mustachioed look created a stir in A's camp, quickly cornering the attention of owner Charlie Finley and manager Dick Williams. "The story as I remember it," says former A's first baseman Mike Hegan, "was that Reggie came into spring training with a mustache, and Charlie didn't like it. So he told Dick to tell Reggie to shave it off. And Dick told Reggie to shave it off, and Reggie told Dick what to do. This got to be a real sticking point, and so I guess Charlie and Dick had a meeting, and they said well, 'Reggie's an individual so maybe we can try some reverse psychology here.' Charlie told a couple of other guys. to start growing a mustache. Then, [if] a couple of other guys did it, Reggie would shave his off, and you know, everything would be OK." According to former A's third baseman and team captain Sal Bando, Finley wanted to avoid a direct confrontation with Jackson over the mustache. "Finley, to my knowledge, did not want to go tell Reggie to shave it," says Bando. "So he thought it would be better to have all of us grow mustaches. That way, Reggie wouldn't be [such] an individual."
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Post by nyjyrk on Mar 30, 2007 17:53:42 GMT -5
Are you going to continue , servo?
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Post by ericbrat20 on Apr 3, 2007 12:16:26 GMT -5
I got a couple more contenders for closer. Maybe we can do a bullpen. Rich "Goose" Gossage Sparky Lyle
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Post by geebus on Apr 3, 2007 22:42:44 GMT -5
if you're going for a closer its dennis eckersley
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Post by nyjyrk on Apr 12, 2007 20:37:32 GMT -5
I'd go with Fingers myself, but Eck is definately in the bully. Along with Quizenberry, Gossage, and Franco.
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Post by tomservo on Apr 22, 2007 15:25:05 GMT -5
Sorry guys, I've been ridiculously busy for the last few weeks. I will definitely continue this though, maybe get a few more up tonight. Thanks for your patience.
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