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Mike Davis. Former OF for both the Athletics and Dodgers with a little bit of pop and speed. He's the only player I remember reading in the transactions in the newspaper back in the late 80's when he was with the Dodgers, he was hit in the head diving back to first base on a throw-back from the pitcher and his reason for being put on the DL was listed as "woozy".
Mike Davis. Former OF for both the Athletics and Dodgers with a little bit of pop and speed. He's the only player I remember reading in the transactions in the newspaper back in the late 80's when he was with the Dodgers, he was hit in the head diving back to first base on a throw-back from the pitcher and his reason for being put on the DL was listed as "woozy".
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The only foulball I ever caught in three decades of attending games, came off of the bat of Mike Davis.
And the reason that Kirk Gibson's famous homerun in the '88 Series was a game winner, was that just before that event, Davis had drawn a walk off Dennis Eckersley.
F......Ron Fairly....a no power, good OBA firstbaseman for the Dodgers, sort of the Mark Grace of his generation. Fairly went on to become a horrible announcer who did little but recycle cliches, when he wasn't losing track of the count. The Giants were saddled with him for a few years, and then he went to Seattle.
Kind of a goofball lefthander for the Giants in the '80's. Is remembered for being the first pitcher in All Star history to give up a grandslam..to Fred Lynn if my memory is correct.
As a rookie he once misread the sign and took off on a stolen base attempt...but the pitch was fouled. Giants manager Frank Robinson yelled at him from the dugout, the firstbase coach called timeout and lectured Attlee on the signs...then he misread the sign again on the very next pitch and took off once more...and made it for the only stolen base of his career.
Before there was Deion Sanders, there was Bo. More of a spectacular player than a consistent one, Bo struck out too often and walked too infrequently to have a decent OBA. What he did do was hit some jaw dropping homeruns, show off his high veloicity arm with impossibly long throws, and once famously, rather than crashing into the wall after making a catch, Bo ran up the wall and kicked himself back down to the field. He also had the habit of snapping his bat in half over his massive thigh following a strikeout, which Bo did an awful lot.
He had a couple of productive years with the Royals but his frequent injuries kept him out of the lineup a great deal. A 1991 football injury led to hip replacement surgery and Bo missing the whole 1992 season. He was able to play in parts of two more, but his great speed was gone and he retired after that, leaving behind some great highlights in both sports.
Bo Jackson - two-sport athlete who played 8 baseball seasons, mostly with the Royals. Remembered for occasional spectacular performances in both pro sports, he was a lifetime .250 hitter whose strikeout to walk ratio was more than 4 to 1, but his 162-game average was 33 Hrs and 97 RBIs. A Heisman Trophy winner at Auburn, Jackson reportedly signed with the Royals after being given an ultimatum by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers (who had drafted him) to choose between the two sports.
Al Kaline, outfielder. Played 22 seasons with the Detroit Tigers, from 1953 to 1974. Had 3007 hits, was an 18 time American League All-Star, and a 10 time Golden Glove winner. Went into the HOF in 1980 and in his first year of eligibility. Stayed with the Tiger organization for well over two decades doing play by play and commentary with another Tiger great-George Kell. Is still with the Tigers as a consultant I believe...
Kaline was to the Tigers what Yaz was to the Red Sox.
The other Bill Lee - (Big Ball) righty pitcher with the Cubs, Phils, and Braves of the 30s & 40s and apparently no relation to the Red Sox lefty. He won a total of 169 games (50 more than the Spaceman) and was runner-up in 1938's NL MVP voting to Ernie Lombardi, going 22-9.
Originally he was a top prospect in the Cardinals organization. In 1933, Cardinals GM, Branch Rickey, called the Cubs' Bill Veeck, Sr. and offered him two pitchers--Lee and Clarence Heise. According to Bill Veeck, one of Rickey's favorite tricks was to offer another team two players and trust that the other team would take the wrong one. In the case of Lee and Heise, Rickey knew that all but one Cubs pitcher was right-handed, and expected the Cubs to take Heise, a left-hander. But they instead chose Lee. And Clarence? He pitched a total of two innings in the majors for St. Louis.
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