Thursday, January 30, 2014

#75 Terry Steinbach



CHASING :  to cause the removal of (a baseball pitcher) by a batting rally,
:  to swing at (a baseball pitched out of the strike zone)


I was ready to blow Steinbach out of the water and mention that he was the later, that he struck out a lot.
Didn't realize he is a .271 career batter...not too bad.
Although he struck out 17.5 percent of the time ranking him 931st on the all-time strikeout percentage list,
I'll let him off the hook. 

1988 All Star Game MVP

Won the World Series with Oakland in 1989.

Saturday, January 25, 2014

#74 Ruben Sierra



MOTORING: Whats your price for flight....



Sister Christian
Oh, the time has come
And you know that you're the only one
To say, okay
Where you going
What you looking for
You know those boys
Don't want to play no more with you
It's true

You're motoring
What's your price for flight
In finding mister right
You'll be alright tonight

Babe, you know
You're growing up so fast
And mama's worrying
That you won't last
To say, let's play
Sister Christian
There's so much in life
Don't you give it up
Before your time is due
It's true
It's true, yeah

Motoring
What's your price for flight
You've got him in your sight
And driving thru the night
Motoring
What's your price for flight
In finding mister right
You'll be alright tonight

[Instrumental Interlude]

Motoring
What's your price for flight
In finding mister right
You'll be alright tonight
Motoring
What's your price for flight
In finding mister right
You'll be alright tonight

Sister Christian
Oh, the time has come
And you know that you're the only one
To say, okey
But you're motoring
Yeaaaaah, motoring 

Isn't it great that you can do whatever you want on your own blog?

Tuesday, January 21, 2014

#73 Steve Ontiveros



TOUGH : adjective \ˈtəf\
: physically strong and violent

Not to be confused with the Steve Ontiveros that was the first player to sign a million-dollar contract
in Nippon Pro Baseball history.

He was however, the pitching coach for the Chinese National Team in the 2008 Olympics.

Baseball Reference says he won the 1994 AL Pitching title.
I can't figure out why though. 
Must be a mistake.

Sunday, January 12, 2014

Emotion Recap - Page 8


#64 Paul O'Neal - LAUNCHED
#65 Andy Pettitte - CONTROL
#66 Ruben Rivera - PHENOM
#67 Mike Stanley - PULLING
#68 John Wetteland - AGGRESSIVE
#69 Geronimo Berroa - LOOSE
#70 Dennis Eckersley - FOCUSSED
#71 Rickey Henderson - PROFESSOR
#72 Mark McGwire - PRECISION



Sunday, January 5, 2014

#72 Mark McGwire



PRECISION : noun \pri-ˈsi-zhən\
: the quality of being precise : exactness or accuracy


For some reason I have nothing against McGwire.
He's the only steroid guy I still respect.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
Silver Medal 1984 Summer Olympics
12× All-Star (1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000)
2× World Series champion (1989, 2011)
Gold Glove Award winner (1990)
3× Silver Slugger Award winner (1992, 1996, 1998)
1987 AL Rookie of the Year
1999 Lou Gehrig Memorial Award
1992 Home Run Derby winner
Major League Baseball All-Century Team
2011 World Championship Cardinals (coach)