Baseball player "oddballs" ; colorful stories to get some WS/baseball flavor up in here.

[berniecarbo]

I believe that was Concepcion in the dryer.

Pete Rose on Concepcion, he don't have to worry about pulled muscles because you can't pull bone.

 

[Kooky Kats]

 

[HymanKaplan]

Lasorda wasted more talent in his career than Dean Smith...

 

[LordEggForgotHisPassword]

Not so much about a player (though sort of) but the Templeton / Ozzie St. Louis thing and Templeton hating the fans / Whitey has always been interesting to me.

 

[Catman100]

Lasorda wasted more talent in his career than Dean Smith...

So is their current manager.

 

[80 Proof]

Was just talking about this one with a buddy yesterday.

 

[berniecarbo]

fastest pitcher ever

Steve Dalkowski - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[M4CAT]

During the 1981 World Series, George Steinbrenner showed up with a cast before meeting with the press and claimed he beat the shit out of Dodgers fans in an elevator. The Boss said, “I clocked them. There are two guys in this town looking for their teeth who will probably sue me.”

 

[JumperJack]