Comments on: Bill Russell

By: 75reds

75reds — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 00:54:14 +0000

I always thought Bill Russell looked like a muppet.

By: El Lay Dave

El Lay Dave — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 05:07:53 +0000

27. 23 Then, I was The Rocket for 6 batters. If I hadn't hit 5 straight batters, maybe I would've been in there longer. I think you were more Dock Ellis there!

By: a red sox fan from pinstripe territory

a red sox fan from pinstripe territory — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 00:31:18 +0000

26. Sorry–video is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ytxxUrZDDk

By: a red sox fan from pinstripe territory

a red sox fan from pinstripe territory — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 00:30:55 +0000

25. As long as we're bringing up past days of glory--here's video of me getting the final out of the 3rd place game at age 10 in Little League. I had no arm, but I got people out by pitching sidearm. It's so funny how my Yankee fan friend was on the team with all the best players that won every year, while ours was a rag-tag bunch. (And yes, they even wore pinstripes.) This third place finish was one of the best any of my organized teams ever did, lifetime.

By: rangers1994

rangers1994 — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 20:01:30 +0000

24. 22 Woo-hoo! That's the game, and although my memory wasn't exact, I can finally rest easy. What a relief (no pun intended).

By: Sox Fan In NYC

Sox Fan In NYC — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 19:53:53 +0000

23. I was so bad in little league. I so desperately wanted to be just like Jody Reed, The Rocket and Mike Boddicker(before he left for greenbacks in KC), but I was terrible. Fear of the ball like crazy. However, I kept saying ‘maybe tomorrow, I’ll ask to play the infield. Maybe tomorrow I’ll ask to pitch’…whatever it was that gave me the sack to ask, I finally achieved both. I was Jody Reed for a couple innings. Then, I was The Rocket for 6 batters. If I hadn’t hit 5 straight batters, maybe I would’ve been in there longer. But, I was there, I did it.

Seems my entire life’s great moments are the boiling points where I finally become Jody Reed and The Rocket. For months and years, I boil, waiting to finally take the step.

Afterwards, I’m always thinking ‘What the fuck were you waiting for?’ I try so freakin’ hard to live today and not tomorrow, but it isn’t always easy.

By: Josh Wilker

Josh Wilker — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 19:51:24 +0000

22. 20 : Clarification: the link in 21 doesn't exactly match your description, but Russel did make an error in the ninth that resulted in a 9-8 Mets win.

By: Josh Wilker

Josh Wilker — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 19:49:50 +0000

21. 20 :

http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYN/NYN197806050.shtml

By: rangers1994

rangers1994 — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 19:30:28 +0000

20. I'm reading Jim Norton's new book, I HATE YOUR GUTS, and one of the early chapters is about his disastrous Little League career, saying he played more like Ruth Gordon than Babe Ruth. About his one attempt at pitching he writes, "Taking my warm-up pitches before the game, I was having more trouble finding the plate than Karen Carpenter." I have this memory as a kid of Bill Russell making a two-out error against the Mets in the ninth innning of an 8-0 game, and the Mets going on to win 9-8. I have no proof that it ever happened, but I've never left a game early since, no matter what the score.

By: Jacob L

Jacob L — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 18:55:07 +0000

19. I was a disaster of a Little Leaguer, culminating in taking a routine fly ball on my eye in an incident eerily similar to what Joe describes in 2 . In looking back, I think my problem was just that I wanted it too bad. Even at a young age, I was, like Josh, all too aware of everything that might go wrong. As an adult softball player, I've had some measure of revenge, rising to a level best described as adequate. Still, I like playing pitcher because fielding the grounders at that range is all reaction. There's not enough time to think about screwing up.