On October 28, 1986, an estimated 2.2 million people jammed downtown Manhattan for the New York Mets' World Series victory parade. One person was notably absent from the celebration: Mets pitcher Dwight "Doc" Gooden. Though team reps claimed that their prodigiously talented young hurler had "overslept," the hotshot player was actually watching the parade at home while coming down from a night of heavy partying at the home of his cocaine dealer.
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- 7/14/2016
- Rollingstone.com
Welp, the Joel Peralta pine tar story just got positively stupid. I hope Davey Johnson, the man who Rays manager Joe Maddon has openly called a "pussy" is proud of his damn self.
Peralta was suspended for eight games by Major League Baseball today in what can only be described as a trajesty (that's right, trajesty) of justice.
People are saying that Mlb had no choice but to suspend Peralta for having pine tar in his glove. Bullshit. He was already ejected from a game without throwing a pitch. That could and should have been enough.
If Mlb did have to suspend him, then Peralta could have been benched for one game. Instead, Peralta is being sidelined for as many games as Sammy Sosa was for using a corked bat.
| Related: Joe Maddon Says Davey Johnson Made A "Pussy Move" |
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Peralta was suspended for eight games by Major League Baseball today in what can only be described as a trajesty (that's right, trajesty) of justice.
People are saying that Mlb had no choice but to suspend Peralta for having pine tar in his glove. Bullshit. He was already ejected from a game without throwing a pitch. That could and should have been enough.
If Mlb did have to suspend him, then Peralta could have been benched for one game. Instead, Peralta is being sidelined for as many games as Sammy Sosa was for using a corked bat.
| Related: Joe Maddon Says Davey Johnson Made A "Pussy Move" |
| Related: Davey Johnson Continues Old Man Feud, Calls Maddon "Weird...
- 6/21/2012
- by Bison Messink
- Celebsology
This Joe Maddon / Davey Johnson old man spat is getting really good.
It began earlier this week, you'll recall, when Nationals managers Johnson transgressed baseball's unwritten rules by busting former Nationals (and current Rays) pitcher Joel Peralta for having pine tar in his glove. Maddon ripped into Johnson, calling it a "pussy move" after the game.
Now, the feud has digressed into a strange war of words fit for the Grumpy Old Men film series.
"I don't know him that well, but I thought he was a weird wuss anyways," Johnson said of Maddon before continuing on in an effort to highlight his own befuddlement over Maddon's active use of Twitter:
"I don’t want to get in a shouting match with Joe," Johnson told the media on Wednesday. "I looked him up on the internet and found out he has a Tweeter, so he can get to more people than me.
It began earlier this week, you'll recall, when Nationals managers Johnson transgressed baseball's unwritten rules by busting former Nationals (and current Rays) pitcher Joel Peralta for having pine tar in his glove. Maddon ripped into Johnson, calling it a "pussy move" after the game.
Now, the feud has digressed into a strange war of words fit for the Grumpy Old Men film series.
"I don't know him that well, but I thought he was a weird wuss anyways," Johnson said of Maddon before continuing on in an effort to highlight his own befuddlement over Maddon's active use of Twitter:
"I don’t want to get in a shouting match with Joe," Johnson told the media on Wednesday. "I looked him up on the internet and found out he has a Tweeter, so he can get to more people than me.
- 6/21/2012
- by Bison Messink
- Celebsology
Where's George Brett when you need him?
Washington Nationals manager Davey Johnson broke form with baseball's oh so important unwritten rules last night, instructing umpires to inspect the glove of Rays pitcher Joel Peralta for pine tar. Rays manager Joe Maddon called Johnson's play "bogus," "bush" and a "pussy move." And Maddon is one hundred percent correct (video of Maddon discussing the incident below).
Peralta pitched for the Nationals in 2010, so his former teammates must have known that Peralta likes to load his glove with pine tar, which is illegal for pitchers, but not the least bit uncommon. Johnson, acting on inside information on Peralta, requested that umpires inspect Peralta's glove. Umps found what they called a "significant amount of pine tar" and Joel Peralta was ejected before he even threw a pitch.
The problem with what Davey Johnson did is that his info on Peralta was ill-gotten. It didn't...
Washington Nationals manager Davey Johnson broke form with baseball's oh so important unwritten rules last night, instructing umpires to inspect the glove of Rays pitcher Joel Peralta for pine tar. Rays manager Joe Maddon called Johnson's play "bogus," "bush" and a "pussy move." And Maddon is one hundred percent correct (video of Maddon discussing the incident below).
Peralta pitched for the Nationals in 2010, so his former teammates must have known that Peralta likes to load his glove with pine tar, which is illegal for pitchers, but not the least bit uncommon. Johnson, acting on inside information on Peralta, requested that umpires inspect Peralta's glove. Umps found what they called a "significant amount of pine tar" and Joel Peralta was ejected before he even threw a pitch.
The problem with what Davey Johnson did is that his info on Peralta was ill-gotten. It didn't...
- 6/20/2012
- by Bison Messink
- Celebsology
Ouch.
Washington Nationals outfielder Bryce Harper doesn't have any home runs in his career yet, but he does have an impressive statistic on his record: He had to get ten stitches after nailing himself in the face with a baseball bat during Friday's game.
Frustrated after making an out in the 7th inning, Harper apparently hit a wall in the dugout tunnel with his bat -- which ricocheted off the wall and came back to smack him in the face, right above his left eye. The Washington Post said it sent "copious blood" gushing immediately.
"Harper sheepishly emerged from the trainers room late Friday night, a golf ball-sized welt protruding from his forehead and clumps of blood in his hair," they report.
"I just got caught up in the moment," says Harper. "I want to do so well. It just got me. It started bleeding and I was like, 'Ah,...
Washington Nationals outfielder Bryce Harper doesn't have any home runs in his career yet, but he does have an impressive statistic on his record: He had to get ten stitches after nailing himself in the face with a baseball bat during Friday's game.
Frustrated after making an out in the 7th inning, Harper apparently hit a wall in the dugout tunnel with his bat -- which ricocheted off the wall and came back to smack him in the face, right above his left eye. The Washington Post said it sent "copious blood" gushing immediately.
"Harper sheepishly emerged from the trainers room late Friday night, a golf ball-sized welt protruding from his forehead and clumps of blood in his hair," they report.
"I just got caught up in the moment," says Harper. "I want to do so well. It just got me. It started bleeding and I was like, 'Ah,...
- 5/12/2012
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
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