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NFT: Crash Davis breaks home run record

Jim in Fairfax : 8/4/2015 9:43 am
Well, the real life version anyway. Former Met Mike Hessmen, now with the AAA Toledo Mud Hens, hit his 433rd minor leauge home run. That breaks the all-time minor leauge record.


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a rather dubious honor.  
Victor in CT : 8/4/2015 9:53 am : link
Crash Davis
Dubious?  
Greg from LI : 8/4/2015 9:56 am : link
It's not the big leagues but he's managed to play pro baseball for 15+ years. I'm envious of that - I wish I had had the talent to play even one season at that level.
RE: Dubious?  
Victor in CT : 8/4/2015 10:35 am : link
In comment 12401121 Greg from LI said:
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It's not the big leagues but he's managed to play pro baseball for 15+ years. I'm envious of that - I wish I had had the talent to play even one season at that level.


just a quote from the Bull Durham. Crash didn't want anybody to know because it would tell the world he was a career minor leaguer.

Personally, getting paid to go play ball every day would have been better than LOTTO for me.
Aha  
Greg from LI : 8/4/2015 10:42 am : link
I haven't seen Bull Durham in a long time.

Although I still remember how awful Tim Robbins' attempts at a pitching motion were. Whatever faults Kevin Costner might have, he at least makes a convincing ballplayer. Charlie Sheen too for that matter.
RE: Aha  
Victor in CT : 8/4/2015 10:51 am : link
In comment 12401223 Greg from LI said:
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I haven't seen Bull Durham in a long time.

Although I still remember how awful Tim Robbins' attempts at a pitching motion were. Whatever faults Kevin Costner might have, he at least makes a convincing ballplayer. Charlie Sheen too for that matter.


Yes, Robbins threw like a girl, kinda like Scott Brunner playing baseball.

Corbin Bernsen also a real player.
The rose goes in the front, big guy.  
Csonka : 8/4/2015 11:36 am : link
It's incredible how poorly minor leaguers are paid. Unless you're a high pick and got a big bonus, minor leagues are brutal. It's a huge financial relief when a kid gets called up to the bigs.
RE: Aha  
Matt M. : 8/4/2015 11:43 am : link
In comment 12401223 Greg from LI said:
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I haven't seen Bull Durham in a long time.

Although I still remember how awful Tim Robbins' attempts at a pitching motion were. Whatever faults Kevin Costner might have, he at least makes a convincing ballplayer. Charlie Sheen too for that matter.


Charlie Sheen was a ballplayer. He played through HS and was supposed have been pretty good. He loves baseball and loves talking baseball. He said when they made Major League he had days where he threw over 100 pitches and then was out the next day. But, he was really pitching.

Robbins did look bad. but, they also hid it a little bit by making him have an unorthodox delivery.
No accomplishment in the minors is worth  
Rob in CT/NYC : 8/4/2015 12:58 pm : link
discussing.

- chris r
Pretty cool  
Mike in Long Beach : 8/4/2015 1:10 pm : link
Salaries in the minors are obviously pretty mediocre, so hopefully he continues in coaching.
RE: The rose goes in the front, big guy.  
BillKo : 8/4/2015 3:43 pm : link
In comment 12401341 Csonka said:
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It's incredible how poorly minor leaguers are paid. Unless you're a high pick and got a big bonus, minor leagues are brutal. It's a huge financial relief when a kid gets called up to the bigs.


There's an attempt now, headed up by a former minor leaguer/turned lawyer who is arguing that the wages paid are unconstitutional.

Saw this a few years ago, not sure how far it has gotten.
RE: RE: The rose goes in the front, big guy.  
Jim in Fairfax : 8/4/2015 8:39 pm : link
In comment 12401760 BillKo said:
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There's an attempt now, headed up by a former minor leaguer/turned lawyer who is arguing that the wages paid are unconstitutional.

Saw this a few years ago, not sure how far it has gotten.

He got little support and gave up. Nobody wants to be a minor leauger for long. If you're good, you won't be there long and don't care. If you're not, you're on thin ice and afraid to make waves.
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