Baseball '06

[RICHARD]

WOW, What a Red Sox game...


Maddux a Dodger?

[Karen]

Poor Paul, we were out for a late dinner and the game was on, behind his head on a big-screen TV. So I kept updating him on the progress, not that he cares even a smidgen about baseball, and then had to explain as the place errupted with that game-ending Dave Ortiz classic. Go, Big Papi! And I even loved him explaining to the eager reporter that he was just doing his job, in a pretty low-key but polite and happy way.

[elizabethann]

AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I feel another World Series coming!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OMG! I'm getting ahead of myself!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I looked on ebay last night for Red Sox tickets. I may bite the bullet and buy some for a Yankees game. Wouldn't that be awesome!!!??? I get shivers just thinking about it.

[areias]

Oooh, other Red Sox fans!

I went to a game last month, but it was vs. the devil rays. (And of course, Red Sox won) I used to go see Yankees vs. Red Sox all the time when I was little, but I would love to go now.

[elizabethann]

Wow, this guy went from a World Series to working in a department store? Sad. Does anybody remember this player? I think I do.



Former Major Leaguer Charged With Skipping Child Support
Holton Arrested At Manchester Discount Store

MANCHESTER, N.H. -- A former Major League baseball pitcher has been arrested on charges he skipped out on thousands of dollars of child support.

Former Baltimore Oriole and Los Angeles Dodger Brian Holton is being held in Manchester on charges from Wisconsin that he owes nearly $43,000 in child support.

Baseball-almanac.com says Holton, 46, earned $347,000 in his final year as a relief pitcher for the Orioles in 1990. He pitched for the Dodgers for four years in the 1980s and two years for the Orioles.

Holton lives in Manchester. He was arrested at his job at a discount store on Wednesday after police in Maquon, Wis., called Manchester police with word Holton was wanted.

Court records show Holton reported $12,166 income in 2004 and $17,517 in 2003.

[Lady's Human]

When people go from six figure salaries to being without income it's not uncommon for them to fall on hard times, as their life as a pro athlete is all about now, not later.

JR Richards, who threw over 100 MPH on a routine basis for the Houston Astros was found living under a bridge in Houston a few years ago.

Most sports don't have much of a pension plan for their players, and the average Pro career is very short. Until recently, the leagues did not offer much in the way of financial advice for new players, so they were kids with bunches of money, and spent accordingly. This left them with little to nothing fo rtheir future.

[RICHARD]

JR Richards, who threw over 100 MPH on a routine basis for the Houston Astros was found living under a bridge in Houston a few years ago.

Richards, A 6 foot 6 pitcher had a stroke, early in his career.

He was a monster and was pretty intimidating on the mound. He never pitched in the majors again-it's really sad to hear about him ending up living like that.

(I got into a fight with an Astros fan at a game about Richards and his stroke.
This loudmouthed punk was ragging me about the fact that the Dodgers would win the West because he was on the Disabled List.....I told him that if we won the division because of an injury/illness it wasn't worth it.....)


Karen,
That reminds me of a great story.

There was a bar that would give out free drinks after every homerun by the home team.....During one very important game the bar was packed.

One of the hometeam players jerks a tater into the stands.

THE CROWD WENT WILD!!!!!

The bartender, pouring for the house, gets halfway through before ANOTHER ball goes to the stands......


He finishes his job and starts to pour the second round...

He finished pouring THAT ROUND and when he gets back to the game he notices that the score is one run short.....


He finally realizes that he poured the second round of drinks on a REPLAY OF THE HOMERUN!!!