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quote:Originally posted by Chief Nocahoma:
I'm not sure but I think his name is Ken Guthrie.
quote:Originally posted by billy141:
... and I would like to know the expertise of Mr. Guthrie...
quote:Originally posted by Chief Nocahoma:
I'll tell you who I believe Ken Guthrie is. Ken is a man who spends countless hours coaching and teaching young men how to play this wonderful game called baseball. He doesn't do it for fame or money, he does it because he loves baseball and the young men he coaches. I personally would like to thank the Ken Guthrie's of the world for caring enough to take time away from their own families to do this. Baseball needs more Ken Guthrie's and men like him.
quote:Originally posted by Ken Guthrie:
I'd like to know who the clown is too. He acts like he knows everything.
Heck, why doesn't he just come out and tell us his real name. Anybody can hide behind some fake handle.
quote:Originally posted by Ken Guthrie:
I'd like to know who the clown is too. He acts like he knows everything.
Heck, why doesn't he just come out and tell us his real name. Anybody can hide behind some fake handle..
quote:Originally posted by gametimer:
Fan gets surprise with Souvenier
Posted on July 11, 1999 at 3:10 PM | Category: Rangers News
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SAN DIEGO -- A baseball tossed to a San Diego Padres fan by Texas right fielder Juan Gonzalez turned out to be a hot potato for the red-faced Rangers.
Padres fan Deborah Calimlin had been asking Gonzalez for a ball during Saturday's game. When he finally tossed her one, it had the inscription "Here's your ... ball, redneck" written on it.
The Rangers had some explaining to do because the woman turned the ball over to a Padres official, who showed it to Rangers spokesman Brad Horn.
Gonzalez, who's been booed for asking out of the All-Star game because he wasn't voted in as a starter, had nothing to do with the inscription, Horn said.
"This ball was never intended to leave the playing surface," Horn said Sunday. "It was the bullpen's shenanigans with the outfield."
Horn said center fielder Ruben Mateo and left fielder Rusty Greer were having problems getting balls thrown to them from the bullpen so they could warm up in the field between innings.
When the bullpen finally threw out a ball, it was the one with the offending message, which Horn said was written by bullpen catcher Ken Guthrie. The message was intended for Greer.
After going into the Rangers bullpen chasing a foul ball, Gonzalez picked up a ball laying on the ground there and tossed it to Calimlin, whose seat is along the railing, Horn said.
The Rangers will make a formal apology to Calimlin and plan to give her a ball autographed by Gonzalez, Horn said.
Guthrie didn't face any kind of disciplinary action, according to Horn.
quote:Originally posted by funneldrill:
That is classic Gut!!!
Best bullpen story I was told happened to the Rangers back in the 70's. This story was told to me by Frank Lucchessi, who at that time was an assistant coach.
It was late in the game, the Rangers were up by alot, so the bullpen didn't think they'd be needed. So the bullpen, led by Sparky Lyle and Jim Kern had bartered all their baseballs with the fans sitting down there for hotdogs, cokes, nachos, etc. If you remember how the bullpens were set up at old Arlington Stadium, you know exactly how easy this would have been.
The Twins got a couple runs in, had a few runners on and the phone rings in the bullpen..."get Sparky and Kerny up!" The players knew they could not ask the fans for the balls back so they did the only thing they could...they got up and threw a "phantom" bullpen. They were actually out there warming up without using a baseball. The dugout never knew while it was going on and thank goodness the inning ended without needing a pitching change.
quote:So the bullpen, led by Sparky Lyle and Jim Kern had bartered all their baseballs with the fans sitting down there for hotdogs, cokes, nachos, etc.
