Stick to your guns.
757690 (05-14-2013),Always Red (05-14-2013),Vottomatic (05-14-2013)
I had forgotten that LaCoss spent so much of his post-Reds career with the Giants and that he was still playing in 1991. He was a big part of the success of that '79 strike year team that didn't make the playoffs, despite putting up the best record in baseball across the split season.
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Good stuff.
* Attended the 1990 and 2010 Reds Division clinchers *
Go 76ers, Go Steelers and Go Bucks
Bob Borkowski (05-14-2013),Unassisted (05-14-2013)
The story he tells about Champ Summers in the Marvin Miller and Champ Summers tribute(he's got a guitar in his lap) is great.
Baseball's more about people than any other team sport,to me,and it's why I like it.
May the Lord bless
The 79' Reds had a couple pitchers in Frank Pastore and Mike LaCoss who had media careers in their post playing days.
"Boys, I'm one of those umpires that misses 'em every once in a while so if it's close, you'd better hit it." Cal Hubbard
Hilarious story about champ being buck naked in the clubhouse at Indianapolis drinking beer mere seconds before hitting a game winning homer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXp1t9P85xM
Never knew champ was such a folk hero.
I also like his storytelling technique of holding a guitar in his lap (but not playing it). I kept expecting him to break into song . I might try this during closing arguments at jury trials
Stick to your guns.
Was he at Dinky Donuts? Is he a dunker?
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"Sit over here next to Johnathan (Bench)...sit right here, he's smart."--Sparky Anderson
Equally as entertaining:
Aaron Harang eats breakfast http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11Lms7H3aas
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