Comments on: Baseball Flakes, Anecdotes and Other Oddities

By: Paulie Allnuts

Paulie Allnuts — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 14:49:54 +0000

@Lizzy Lizard: THE LIZARD SPEAKS! Grey will be happy as there is yet another female reader at the Razzball site!

By: Lizzy Lizard

Lizzy Lizard — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 11:09:42 +0000

It is too bad that in today’s baseball these antics would not be tollerated! sounds like they use to have fun out there on the field like in the days of my Softball Years!!!!!!

Lisa

By: Paulie Allnuts

Paulie Allnuts — Sat, 23 Apr 2011 17:41:30 +0000

For some reaon, hon, I think that you might be a tad bit biased. Not that I mind! It is wonderful to have a wife how not only is beyind me 100%, but enjoys playing fantasy baseball! And is a hotsie totsie as well! How lucky can a guy get?

By: Princess Sparrowhawk

Princess Sparrowhawk — Sat, 23 Apr 2011 12:19:51 +0000

Sweetheart, you are such a terrific writer! I am so proud that you are getting these well-deserved accolades.

By: Ian

Ian — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 20:45:59 +0000

Great stuff. One of my favorite books is “The Glory of Their Times” by Lawrence S. Ritter. A collection of old timers talking about the game that once was.

By: Ro Bauti

Ro Bauti — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 11:06:57 +0000

Great read Paulie. Looking forward to your book and will def check out your suggestions from earlier comments.

By: Paulie Allnuts

Paulie Allnuts — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 10:09:55 +0000

@Urban Achievers: The Series called "Baseball" As Buck O'Neill used to say, "There are many stories about Satch, and most of them are true." @Nomar Mr. Nice Guy: Great name. Thanks! @tHe sHiT: Hope I get the opportunity. Thanks!

By: tHe sHiT

tHe sHiT — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 06:39:23 +0000

Great stories! Very fun stuff to read. I look forward to reading more of your work.

By: Nomar Mr. Nice Guy

Nomar Mr. Nice Guy — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 05:49:40 +0000

Rube Waddell sounds like my future fantasy baseball team names.. Thanks for this, great read.

By: Urban Achievers

Urban Achievers — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 01:45:30 +0000

@Paulie Allnuts: I've also heard that 'ol Satch would knock lit cigarettes out of his teammates' mouths with that fastball of his on request. Another time he was playing in a ballpark that had a small, 6 inch or so hole in the fence in center field. Satchel bragged that he could throw a ball through it from second base. When his teammates challenged him, he threw and the ball rattled in the hole and fell out. His second attempt, however, never touched the fence. Great stuff. Which Ken Burns series are you referring to?

By: Urban Achievers

Urban Achievers — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 01:29:28 +0000

@Steve: If something will make you put a bullet in your head faster than drafting Hanley Ramirez, David Wright and Justin Morneau as your first three hitters, I don't know what it is.

By: Paulie Allnuts

Paulie Allnuts — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 00:31:17 +0000

@Philomath: Thanks! I am a fantasy baseball addict, fo sure, but I also love the game and its history. @AL KOHOLIC: You will always be amongst the first I share my material with.

By: AL KOHOLIC

AL KOHOLIC — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 23:06:45 +0000

awesome my friend,you write with such a passion for the game,you know im a fan of your articles stories or experiences,Keep up the great work and always send them my way if you can,thanks again.

By: Philomath

Philomath — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 22:55:10 +0000

Thanks for this article. It was a great read, and break, from the obsessive and compulsive stat crunching, opinion gathering and fingernail biting that is the fantasy baseball season. Look forward to more of these.

By: Paulie Allnuts

Paulie Allnuts — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 22:19:31 +0000

Thanks, Rastard. Maybe my next effort will focus on athletes urinating in their hands to soften them up. I used to think that Moises Alou was the only player to use this dubious technique, but Jorge Posada recently stated: “you don’t want to shake my hands during spring training.” Kerry Woods uses urine to ease blisters. For a severe headache, he recommends taking a “crap in you hat.”

By: Paulie Allnuts

Paulie Allnuts — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 22:13:49 +0000

@the bat rastard: Hey, Rico, are you LMAO at the article, or at the sad state of my team? @Casey Blake's Beard: Dunn and Soria seems obvious. Again, check out all questions with Grey/Rudy

By: Paulie Allnuts

Paulie Allnuts — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 22:09:00 +0000

@xopchipili: Ah, Turk! When he was successful hinting, he would dress the animal, and take a take a bite out of the creatures heart in order to become one in spirit. Yeah, he belongs.@Steve: Thanks for the reference. I haven't read October 64, but have read Halbertson's Summer of 49, which is a terrific read as well. @Greg: I like Walker, Johnson, Lowrie, Izturis, Espinosa, Aviles. But Grey I am not. I am just your average schmohawk fantasy schmuck. @Steve: Well, the Mets make me cry. I can only pray that MLB does to the Wilponzi's what they have done to the Dodgers.

By: the bat rastard

the bat rastard — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 22:08:57 +0000

Great job bro. Keep up the good work, this is classic stuff. If only your Razz team was doing as good…lmao.

By: Casey Blake's Beard

Casey Blake's Beard — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 22:01:35 +0000

Dunn and Soria or Gardner and CJ Wilson?

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 21:50:17 +0000

Kershaw and the Dodgers just made me cry.

By: Greg

Greg — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 21:47:15 +0000

please rank these 2nd baseman. I playing roulette with them

Neil Walker, Kelly Johnson, Macier Izturis, Jed Lowrie, Aviles, Epinoza. It’s an obp and slugging league if that helps.

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 21:40:57 +0000

@Paulie Allnuts: This:

http://www.amazon.com/October-1964-David-Halberstam/dp/0449983676

is one of my favourite sports books of all time. Much of it is centered around Gibson and what a great man he was – and of course what an incredible pitcher he was.

If you haven’t read it, you should.

By: xopchipili

xopchipili — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 21:39:31 +0000

“The last true eccentrics in the game were Mike Fidrich and Bill “Spaceman” Lee.”

Don’t underestimate Turk Wendell!

By: Paulie Allnuts

Paulie Allnuts — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 21:36:52 +0000

@Steve: Neither the manager nor catcher was thrilled with the idea, but Satchel do what he was gonna do. Paige's control was legendary. Before games, he often would place a piece of plywood in back of home plate, and notch five nails in the board. He would then go to the mound, and punch the nails through the board with his formidable heater. He never needed more then nine pitches to complete the task.

By: Paulie Allnuts

Paulie Allnuts — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 21:33:03 +0000

@Wake Up: Thanks! Great name for a team. As his career was winding down, someone on the Cubs had the idea that Rabbit would make a great manager. One day he was out on the street outside Ebbets Field in Brooklyn hawking papaers, crying out "Read all about it! Maranville fired." His prophecy rang true, as he was canned the next day.

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 21:31:32 +0000

@Paulie Allnuts: Can't imagine the next three batters up in Paige's team thanking him for that.

By: Paulie Allnuts

Paulie Allnuts — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 21:26:57 +0000

@Panic: They wouldn't let any of these characters within a mile of the ballpark. At least without ensuring that they were on tiralin or on antipsychotic medication.@shibboleth: My wife and I had the opportunity last summer to see Ken Burns and crew in Washington DC lecturing, answering questions from the audience, and previewing the 10th Inning. The last true eccentrics in the game were Mike Fidrich and Bill "Spaceman" Lee. @Urban Achievers: Thanks! You are absolutely correct about Satch. In the Ken Burns Series, Buck O'Neill tells a great story about Satch and Josh Gibson. Josh was looked on as the greatest hitter in the Negro Leagues, and Paige the greates pitcher. They played on the same team for some years, but Paige always said that he was going to go head to head with Gibson at some future time and they would see who would prevail. Some years later, they met as rivals in the Negro League World Series. I believe that Satch retired the first two batters, but then allowed a hit. Satch called out his manager and catcher, and told them that he was going to walk the next two batters, loading up the bases, and face off with Gibson. And so he did. When Josh came to the plate, he proceeded to taunt him, telling him what pitch he was going to through, and where he was going to throw it. He struck Gibson out with 3 pitches.

By: Steve

Steve — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 21:18:29 +0000

Great stuff Paulie (happy emoticon).

Morneau out again (sad emoticon).

By: Wake Up

Wake Up — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 21:18:20 +0000

Great read! I like reading about baseball lore. Last year a leaguemate named his team the Maranville Rabbits.

By: Urban Achievers

Urban Achievers — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 21:10:16 +0000

Excellent! You should write a book. Another great who used to call in his outfield and strike out the side was Satchel Paige