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Transaction Oracle — A Timely Look at Transactions as They Happen Tuesday, February 19, 2002RetirementsP Kevin Tapani and C Joe Oliver announced their retirements. I don’t think we’ve seen the last of the retirement announcements, either; a lot of ancient players still floating around have received little interest like Harold Baines. Neither Tapani nor Oliver, of course, will be Hall of Famers. Tapani finishes at 143-125 with an ERA of 4.35 (ERA+ of 101) over 2265 innings. Dan Szymborski
Posted: February 19, 2002 at 02:37 AM | 24 comment(s)
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1. Dan 'The Boy' Werr Posted: February 19, 2002 at 02:57 AM (#554623)It was kind of eerily amusing to watch the crowd - and the scoreboard and camera guys - because they really were unsure of what to do. So the PA just played music, and the cameras found this guy in a Superman T-shirt who was a dancin' fool. And now that I think of it, it was actually entertaining. All that happens in Cincy is every 15 minutes or so, a drunk guy's buddies talk him into running onto the tarp and doing a "Pete Rose" slide. The smart ones will crawl into the tarp's roll tube afterwards...
This, of course, after watching Scott Rolen injure his back taking grounders before the game - Rolen would miss much of the remainder of the season with the injury.
And then to top it all off, the game was rained out, and played the next morning at 11 a.m. as part of a day-night doubleheader. There were under 1,000 fans in attendance, though they announced a crowd of over 43,000 based on the previous night's ticket sales. The beer vendors were shouting, "Beer! The breakfast of champions!" and "Beer - it's not just for breakfast anymore."
All this, of course, has nothing to do with Kevin Tapani and Joe Oliver, so in their honor, I'll raise a great big morning-brew toast to both of 'em. :)
Now, I can't believe that Tapani retired, but I suppose the insane destruction of his W/L record this year probably had some massive emotional effects. After all, he started 8-1, then dropped his ERA while losing 13 out of 14. I know that would encourage me to hang them up, rather than worry about laying down a 20 game losing streak to end an otherwise respectable career.
And I honestly didn't realise that Joe Oliver was still playing.
two no-hitters: Nolan Ryan's 6th and a strange four-headed no-hitter thrown by the Orioles.
I have not seen anything even remotely resembling a no-hitter before or since.
1. Ordonez' grand slam(as mentioned above)
Well, in his last season, I saw Gaylord Perry lose a no-hitter in the 8th inning, but the worst was missing the Tippy Martinez - Lenn Sakata Game by one day. My understanding is that this is the only time 3 runners were picked off first base to account for all 3 outs in an inning in MLB history. I also understand that some Blue Jays fans are still a might touchy about this game... ;-) ...
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I once saw Bob Gibson hit a home run over the left field fence at Candlestick Park.
In an old-timers game.
Gibson was 52 years old.
http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/B19780260.htm
I mainly remember it because of the fireworks after the grand slam. :)
http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/B19900694.htm
A real fun game. Hector Villanueva had a big game and was talking to a bunch of people behind the dugout after the game, long after everyone else had gone into the clubhouse. We found out later on the news that he had flown in some of his family from Puerto Rico to see him play and that this was the first time his parents had seen him play a major league game. A very good day to be Hector Villanueva.
http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/B19911343.htm
Too bad there isn't PBP to go with it.
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