Comments on: Bill Stein

By: Jeb

Jeb — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 21:38:34 +0000

9. 8 um...no...actually....It's because I'm too obsessed with what my team is doing to worry about anyone else's team or park. Funny thing about Auburn fans down here; they're happier when Bama loses than when their own team wins.

By: Sox Fan In NYC

Sox Fan In NYC — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 21:12:42 +0000

8. That’s because Fenway is beautiful.

By: Jeb

Jeb — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 22:21:19 +0000

7. 0 6 Not to be overly contrary, guys, but the thought of flipping off Fenway Park has never even occurred to me.

By: a red sox fan from pinstripe territory

a red sox fan from pinstripe territory — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 23:06:22 +0000

6. Champ, thanks. That had to be it. You wouldn’t think a record like that would be sticker-worthy…maybe it was a down year for record-setting in the AL.

Josh, nice job on the Yankee Stadium piece. I laughed at the middle finger thing–I flip that place the bird every time, and that was a lot when I was passing it every few weeks while in a New York-Boston long distance relationship. (Which lives on as a Providence-Providence no distance relationship.)

By: Champ Summers

Champ Summers — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 06:48:56 +0000

5. 2 According to http://www.brainyhistory.com, :

“1981 Rangers’ Bill Stein sets AL record with 7 consecutive pinch hits”

This was one of my favorite post, Josh….
keep up the great work.

By: sly jones

sly jones — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 01:58:51 +0000

4. Nov. 5, in addition to being Expansion Day, is also the birthday of Art Garfunkel. I think that fits in, kinda.

By: Josh Wilker

Josh Wilker — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 20:50:49 +0000

3. 1 : Yes. Room for the Bill Steins of the world. Amen. 2 : Man, I want to know what that record was. You know, Stein was not that bad. He had actually become a semi-regular for the Chisox even before Expansion Day. His card in the 1970s online Strat league also shows him to be a somewhat useful guy in that he could play a few positions (poorly) and could hit left-handed pitching pretty well.

By: a red sox fan from pinstripe territory

a red sox fan from pinstripe territory — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 20:12:28 +0000

2. My introduction to Stein was a misleading one. It was one of the early Topps Sticker Albums, maybe ’82 or ’83, and Bill was one of the few who made the “records” page. I don’t know what the record was he actually set, but I did know that the guys who made this page (and similarly the ones on the Topps “Record-breaker” cards) were the greats. Full of guys like Steve Carlton, Pete Rose, Nolan Ryan. So I just assumed Bill Stein was this great ballplayer, but the reading of the above piece and the writing of this comment breaks my 25-year old record for consecutive minutes thinking about Bill Stein. A record about as exciting as the one Bill set.

(I could look up his record but I think it’ll be more fun to see if anyone knows what it was.)

By: Monkey Head

Monkey Head — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:04:59 +0000

1. I remember some time in the mid-1980s there was a movement to reduce MLB rosters to 24 guys to save the $40,000 or so that the 25th man got each year. Somebody said "But then we wouldn't have room for the Bill Steins of the world." The 25-man roster survived, but Stein didn't play after 1985. I may have just imagined all that, but I'll also imagine that Bill Stein was Curt Flood in his own way.