OT - I'm bored, Part Pangos & Bell!

[jstewismybastardson]

They could've done it in the first series in Toronto. Guess they were afraid of getting plunked by beer bottles...

Matt Bush wasnt

/I shouldnt have

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

Im probably alone, naive, dumb whatever lol ... but I dont know really 100% if recovering alcoholic Matt Bush meant to throw at Bautista ... i guess you could convince me that he wanted to endear himself to his teammates idk I just figure hed just want to pitch to stay in the show after 12 years of being a bust

While possible, it would one one hell of a coincidence that it was Bautista that got accidentally plunked instead of Edwin or Donaldson.

 

[jstewismybastardson]

That whole Matt Bush story is crazy though ... he's under 24/7 supervision ... plus his dad is always at his side ... the anecdote where in spring training, he was on the field and then he was just gone, his dad and his special assistant couldnt find him on the field and they panic'd & thought he had taken off and gone to go get lit ... crazy


"Is that Matt?" Danny asks, pointing to a pitcher in the outfield. He watches the player toss a ball. "Nope, not him," he says. "Why can't I find him?"

This is particularly concerning because Danny is contractually obligated to keep an eye on his son, who turned 30 this year -- to live with him in the hotel room, monitor his curfew and take him to 12-step meetings. Those are just some of the conditions of Bush's tenuous return to professional baseball, his last chance to redeem a decade of blown opportunities that made him perhaps the biggest disappointment in the history of the MLB draft. He's not allowed to drive. He's not allowed to drink alcohol. Just one night earlier, the Rangers flew in his 12-step sponsor from San Diego for what they called a four-day sobriety and wellness visit, and now the sponsor joins Danny along the fence.

"Find him yet?" the sponsor asks, shielding his eyes against the sun, staring out at the field.

"Not yet," Danny says.

The last time Bush went missing from spring training was four years ago. He was playing for the Rays, throwing well out of the bullpen and finally on the brink of making his major league debut. He'd been clean and sober for several months when one day his roommate, Brandon Guyer, let him borrow his Dodge Durango to drive home from practice, just half a mile away. How much could go wrong? But an hour later, Bush was 40 miles away in Sarasota, Florida, buying beer at a gas station. "Just a few," he had told himself then. Next he was at a liquor store, stocking up on airplane bottles. "One final bender," he had decided. Then he was at a strip club, getting kicked out for trying to climb onstage. Then he was back behind the wheel and blacked out, speeding toward the wreck that so many in his life had long believed was coming. He careened into a 72-year-old motorcyclist, knocking the man off his bike, driving over his head and leaving him in critical condition as Bush sped away. The police caught up to Bush a few miles later and charged him with three felonies, including DUI with serious bodily injury and leaving the scene of an accident with an injury.

He was sentenced to 51 months in a Florida prison. He played right field on the prison softball team and then was released to a halfway house in Jacksonville, where he took a job for $8.05 an hour at Golden Corral. It was there that a Rangers employee had rediscovered him in the parking lot, still throwing 95 mph in sweatpants and sneakers, with a department of corrections GPS tracking device locked to his ankle.

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

That whole Matt Bush story is crazy though ... he's under 24/7 supervision ... plus his dad is always at his side ... the anecdote where in spring training, he was on the field and then he was just gone, his dad and his special assistant couldnt find him on the field and they panic'd & thought he had taken off and gone to go get lit ... crazy


"Is that Matt?" Danny asks, pointing to a pitcher in the outfield. He watches the player toss a ball. "Nope, not him," he says. "Why can't I find him?"

This is particularly concerning because Danny is contractually obligated to keep an eye on his son, who turned 30 this year -- to live with him in the hotel room, monitor his curfew and take him to 12-step meetings. Those are just some of the conditions of Bush's tenuous return to professional baseball, his last chance to redeem a decade of blown opportunities that made him perhaps the biggest disappointment in the history of the MLB draft. He's not allowed to drive. He's not allowed to drink alcohol. Just one night earlier, the Rangers flew in his 12-step sponsor from San Diego for what they called a four-day sobriety and wellness visit, and now the sponsor joins Danny along the fence.

"Find him yet?" the sponsor asks, shielding his eyes against the sun, staring out at the field.

"Not yet," Danny says.

The last time Bush went missing from spring training was four years ago. He was playing for the Rays, throwing well out of the bullpen and finally on the brink of making his major league debut. He'd been clean and sober for several months when one day his roommate, Brandon Guyer, let him borrow his Dodge Durango to drive home from practice, just half a mile away. How much could go wrong? But an hour later, Bush was 40 miles away in Sarasota, Florida, buying beer at a gas station. "Just a few," he had told himself then. Next he was at a liquor store, stocking up on airplane bottles. "One final bender," he had decided. Then he was at a strip club, getting kicked out for trying to climb onstage. Then he was back behind the wheel and blacked out, speeding toward the wreck that so many in his life had long believed was coming. He careened into a 72-year-old motorcyclist, knocking the man off his bike, driving over his head and leaving him in critical condition as Bush sped away. The police caught up to Bush a few miles later and charged him with three felonies, including DUI with serious bodily injury and leaving the scene of an accident with an injury.

He was sentenced to 51 months in a Florida prison. He played right field on the prison softball team and then was released to a halfway house in Jacksonville, where he took a job for $8.05 an hour at Golden Corral. It was there that a Rangers employee had rediscovered him in the parking lot, still throwing 95 mph in sweatpants and sneakers, with a department of corrections GPS tracking device locked to his ankle.

A similar story will be written about Johnny Manziel in a few years.

 

[KennyBanyeah]

A similar story will be written about Johnny Manziel in a few months.

Sadly I believe I've fixed that for you.

 

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When does Johnny Manziel become a member of the Montreal Alouettes?

 

[KennyBanyeah]

When does Johnny Manziel become a member of the Montreal Alouettes?

Well, his game is pretty much perfectly suited to the CFL, so he's got that going for him.. which is nice.

 

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Well, his game is pretty much perfectly suited to the CFL, so he's got that going for him.. which is nice.

Gunga galonga...Gunga a gunga.

 

[jstewismybastardson]

Odur almost knocked that bad hairdo off Donaldsons head too

 

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[jstewismybastardson]

bautistas

 

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This will likely have to wait until 2017.

 

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Apologies if already posted:

 

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Brunt: Gibbons firing may be close - Sportsnet.ca

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

Fuck me anybody but Bud Black. Why..

 

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Fuck me anybody but Bud Black. Why..

Shapiro wants to bring in any former Cleveland Indians he's familiar with

 

[pixburgher66]

Baseball's unwritten rules and "player enforced" code of conduct may piss me off more than hockey's. BATFLIPPING IS OKAY YOU CHODES. GET OVER IT. IT WAS ALSO LAST YEAR. And the slide wasn't great, but sure as hell wasn't punch worthy. I mean, hell, less than a year ago those were simply part of the game, right? Just playing *hard* right?

 

[Bloody Brian Burke]

Shapiro wants to bring in any former Cleveland Indians he's familiar with

Brutal, man. I thought we might actually be good for another season.

Like this JB and EE will be waiving their NTC's in July.

 

[pixburgher66]

Also on that subject, god hockey only fans need to shove it with their "oooooh, look at baseball thinking they know how to fiiiiiight! Hockey people don't bat an eye at that! Lulz". Yeah, shut up.