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Thursday, March 14, 2013
Checking in on notorious goof-off Tubby Spencer, Washington Times, March 14, 1913: “The best thing about ‘Tub’ Spencer,” says the San Francisco Chronicle, “is the way he jollies the rest of the players.” They have evidently discovered Spencer early out on the coast.
Spencer is, bar none, my favorite character from baseball of 100 years ago. Among other things, he dove through a plate glass window because he was drunk and hungry and there was food on the other side, lived for several years as a hobo despite having a millionaire father, and was once kicked out of the city of Louisville for drunkenness.
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1. Jefferson Manship (Dan Lee) Posted: March 14, 2013 at 06:25 AM (#4388115)C: Butch Wynegar
1B: Billy O'Brien
2B/Manager: Marty McManus
3B: Brent Gates
SS: Candy Nelson
LF: Jud Daley
CF: Kirby Puckett
RF: Jack Rothrock
SP: Kevin Brown
SP: Billy Rhines
SP: Arnold Carter
SP: Bill Kennedy
SP: Mike Strahler
RP: Bobby Jenks
Awful name for a pitcher: Bruce Hitt
Fun Name: Dad Meek
All I can say is that if you were kicked out of Louisville for being drunk, you must have been really, really, really drunk.
It gives a new meaning to Jolly Old St. Nick. I nominate Ray for the job. :)
He is wearing what can only be described as "threads".
www.hardballtimes.com/main/blog_article/whats-johnny-bench-doing-on-mission-impossible/
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