Comments on: Ken Landreaux

By: John Collins

John Collins — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 21:00:05 +0000

17. Landreaux was also notable for having the longest hitting streak in Twins history. In the middle of an otherwise mediocre 1980 season, he hit in (I believe) 31 straight games, eclipsing the mark of 28, held by an even more obscure Twin, Lenny Green. Landreaux always signed autographs "KT Landreaux".

By: spudrph

spudrph — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 04:07:21 +0000

16. 15 I thought the same thing. And that is far from a cure for doldrums. I remember reading or hearing Billy Joel say that, while composing, he would call a friend of his and ask, "What do you think of this," and play him a phrase on the piano. The friend would reply, "You can't use that, that's Schubert." As always, brilliant, sensitive, funny, blah blah blah. This NEEDS to be a book.

By: walbers

walbers — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 05:11:48 +0000

15. stomach virus? or….maybe…..”morning sickness”? that would sure cure your doldrums….LOL

rgds
will

By: sansho1

sansho1 — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 23:34:44 +0000

14. I seem to remember Landreaux being pretty vocal about wanting to be an everyday player, but he never could hit lefties. His 1983 splits:

vs RHP — .297 .342 .485
vs LHP — .130 .204 .130

Mike Devereaux shows up on his list of comps.

By: El Lay Dave

El Lay Dave — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 22:34:39 +0000

13. 5 I remember that Landreaux catches the ball and then smiles and makes a victory hop (not a leap) as if he wanted to celebrate but in his CF outpost was still too far away from the crowd meeting in the infield to fully participate. I didn't think he struck out much, but you're right, not only did he seem like a #2, he looked the part with a nice, quiet controlled swing. Just not enough results.

By: Eric Enders

Eric Enders — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 21:56:41 +0000

12. Funny, my memory of the last out of the '81 Series involves Steve Howe tossing the ball to Steve Garvey. Of course, I was four, so take that with a grain of salt.

By: DougS

DougS — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 21:25:45 +0000

11. 6 7 OTOH from my original comment, that's probably the only really memorable thing that I can remember him doing with the Dodgers. It was just a matter of chance that the last out was a simple fly ball hit to him. As Toy Cannon and Marty say, he really wasn't that useful to the Dodgers on the whole, and contributed to their mediocrity between the '81 and '88 titles. That's why I was kind of surprised to see him doing PR-type stuff for the Dodgers. Don Newcombe — and obvious asset. Ken Landreaux — not so much.

By: Noel

Noel — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 20:10:11 +0000

10. The first year I ever played fantasy baseball was 1987. I was a Dodger fan and mistakenly loaded up on Dodgers, including Ken Landreaux. As you can see, I knew little about how to play fantasy baseball. I also remember liking Ken's last name, probably because of my birthplace, Evreux, France. Needless to say, I finished last.

By: Marty

Marty — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 20:02:05 +0000

9. I remember Landreaux flubbing a lot of fly balls during his time on the Dodgers. Whenever an outfielder botched a play, my group of friends always said "Man, he really Landreauxed that one".

By: Joe Romano

Joe Romano — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 19:27:48 +0000

8. Ripping up the same street over and over again is a New York phenomenon as well. The two possibilities are (1) incompetence - lack of coordination between the utility companies; or (2) corruption - if they do everything at once there is less money to be made and fewer jobs. Both possibilities are equally plausible.