The Baseball Analysts: Calcaterra: Great Moments in Frivolity, Part I

Taking a break from being a hopped-up spokesman for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame…Craig Calcaterra does some fine Designated Hitting.

Billy Crystal signed with the Yankees and faced Pirates’ pitcher Paul Maholm in his only at bat. He struck out, but looked pretty good doing it, especially for a sixty year-old man. Since it was a one-day contract, the Yankees released him that afternoon. Brian Cashman regrets the decision, however, after watching Robinson Cano post a .151/.211/.236 line in April.

A book reveals that Mickey Mantle had an affair with Doris Day during the filming of “That Touch of Mink” back in 1962. Day denied the reports at the time, but Mantle’s wife fled to Paris to be with pop singer Frankie Avalon and then immediately filed divorce papers. The whole thing was splashed all over the New York tabloids.

Former Blue Jays’ third baseman Ed Sprague admits that, over the course of his Major League Career, he took amphetamines and Androstenedione and once hit a home run with a corked bat. As a result, Game 2 of the 1992 World Series is retroactively awarded to the Atlanta Braves. The teams are currently scheduled to meet at the end of the 2008 season to play a deciding Game 7. Jack Morris is set to start for the Jays, assuming someone can wake him up from his afternoon nap.