who am i?
by gossamer on Mar 12, 2010 1:22 PM CST
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haven't done this in a while. anyway, some hints. and please no cheating.
i played 1 season for the rangers.
i stole 50 bases that season and hit better than .290 with an obp of .357
i played for 9 different teams (one team twice)
my team made the world series one season but i missed it due to drug suspension
throughout my career i battled cocaine addiction (though "i am not a crook")
currently i run a ministry and am working toward my master's degree in divinity
i am married to a gosphel singer who is 18 years older than me
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Who is Otis Nixon?
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
by Cecilio's Guante on Mar 12, 2010 1:25 PM CST reply actions
yep
i missed him til the rangers got tom goodwin
then i missed him til they got kenny lofton
and i missed him til they got borbon
he had a really good year here
Forget what year that was.
by Black Francis on Mar 12, 2010 4:15 PM CST up reply actions
I thought..
he was just playing off Nixon as the last name. Otis Nixon and President Richard Nixon.
by GregoryM on Mar 12, 2010 2:10 PM CST up reply actions
Well that makes the cocaine users of the world
feel much better.
Thanks for clearing that up.
"Big whoop, wanna fight about it?"
by lost in space on Mar 12, 2010 2:37 PM CST up reply actions
Hey don't shoot the messenger
"Big whoop, wanna fight about it?"
by lost in space on Mar 12, 2010 7:57 PM CST up reply actions
One of the top ten ugliest men in baseball
Willie McGee is way up there. Randy Johnson – not good.
"You promised me, Eckstein, that if I followed you, you would walk with me always. But I noticed that during the most trying periods of my life, there have only been one set of prints in the sand. Why, when I have needed you most, have you not been there for me?" David Eckstein replied, "Because my little legs had gotten tired, and you were carrying me." And I looked down and saw that I was still carrying David Eckstein.
Then he grounded out weakly to second.
He just had a goofy mullet
Hardly one of the ugliest players.
"You promised me, Eckstein, that if I followed you, you would walk with me always. But I noticed that during the most trying periods of my life, there have only been one set of prints in the sand. Why, when I have needed you most, have you not been there for me?" David Eckstein replied, "Because my little legs had gotten tired, and you were carrying me." And I looked down and saw that I was still carrying David Eckstein.
Then he grounded out weakly to second.
That's a name I haven't heard in a long time
"Big whoop, wanna fight about it?"
by lost in space on Mar 12, 2010 3:26 PM CST up reply actions
Obi Wan Kenobi?
Now there’s a name I’ve not heard in a long time. A long time…
"Drinks are on me if Lewis posts >168IP and an era lower than 3.86." by RangerMad on Jan 20, 2010 12:36 PM PST
by jam0152 on Mar 12, 2010 8:10 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
nice!
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Mar 13, 2010 2:49 PM CST up reply actions
I used to love his follow through after he hit a bomb.
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
by Cecilio's Guante on Mar 12, 2010 4:23 PM CST up reply actions
Man, top 10 is giving him credit
"Big whoop, wanna fight about it?"
by lost in space on Mar 12, 2010 2:44 PM CST up reply actions
Jorge Cantu
That’s on ugly man.
I may have to do a fanshot about this. I’m just sitting here thinking about goofy looking bastards.
"You promised me, Eckstein, that if I followed you, you would walk with me always. But I noticed that during the most trying periods of my life, there have only been one set of prints in the sand. Why, when I have needed you most, have you not been there for me?" David Eckstein replied, "Because my little legs had gotten tired, and you were carrying me." And I looked down and saw that I was still carrying David Eckstein.
Then he grounded out weakly to second.
* Rushes to remove avatar photo... *
The 40 Trumps All!!!
by thedirkatron on Mar 13, 2010 11:06 AM CST up reply actions
Eric Aybar
Looks like someone took a sledgehammer ot his nose when he was a kid.
But nobody is uglier than Pedro Astacio.
Morality you can fake. Fun you either have or you don't.
mmmmmmmmm
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
by Cecilio's Guante on Mar 13, 2010 8:32 PM CST up reply actions
Otis
played great for us. That was one of Doug Melvin’s more inspired moves.
"Thank God for Feldman." - Ron Washington to Eric Nadel, August 2008
My stepfather...
…who actually played pro ball long before I was born, idolized Otis Nixon. He thought every player should have speed, patience, and just hit for singles.
I think he died before Ichiro came to America.
But yeah he would have loved Ichiro. I think all real baseball fans have some love for Ichiro, whether they admit it or not.
by Black Francis on Mar 12, 2010 6:47 PM CST up reply actions
Well he's a "Jap" right?
So you’re excluded.
by Black Francis on Mar 12, 2010 9:05 PM CST up reply actions
I like Ichiro. Just for that comment alone.
"There's not a man alive who can whup me. I'm too fast. I'm too smart. I'm too pretty. I should be a postage stamp. That's the only way I'll ever get licked." --Muhammad Ali
I remember watching that, laughing as hard as Costas.
The whole interview was translated, and then boom, Ichiro speaks English.
'Waiting for a girl and she gets me into fights
Waiting for a girl we get drunk on Friday night'
you know he spoke english when came to the US, right?
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Mar 13, 2010 2:50 PM CST up reply actions
That was awesome
Someone compiled a list of Ichiro quotes. Love a bunch of them, but especially the one about it being a weakness to try to make yourself bigger than you are.
x
On playing in Cleveland: “To tell the truth, I’m not excited to go to Cleveland, but we have to. If I ever saw myself saying I’m excited going to Cleveland, I’d punch myself in the face, because I’m lying.”
"Sometimes you just want to sit back and watch somebody throw 100." - Jeff Passan on Neftali Feliz
"Baseball's all that's real" - JB
by Cecilio's Guante on Mar 13, 2010 7:12 AM CST up reply actions
AWESOME link
On crushing hated opponents during the World Baseball Classic: “I will make them [Taiwan and Korea] see that they won’t beat Japan for the next 30 years.”
On his personal battles with Dice-K: “I hope he arouses the fire that’s dormant in the innermost recesses of my soul. I plan to face him with the zeal of a challenger.”
On getting booed: “I actually welcome boos as part of the game. I really love to see that from my opponent’s fans. Last night I think that those fans didn’t boo hard enough.”
On great athletes: “Tiger is a great golfer, but … when you say athlete, I think of Carl Lewis. When you talk about (golfers or race-car drivers), I don’t want to see them run. It’s the same if you were to meet a beautiful girl and go bowling. If she’s an ugly bowler, you are going to be disappointed.”
Scout: He was a first-round pick right? Got a huge bonus?
KG: Oh yeah.
Scout: Well, he spent a lot of it on milkshakes.
by knockoutking on Mar 13, 2010 2:54 PM CST up reply actions
He may be married to someone 18 yrs older
but i bet she looks younger than him.
"My expectations today are that we're going to be extremely competitive and if we don't win our division, I'll be disappointed." Nolan Ryan
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