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Los Angeles Dodgers Longest Running Infield Ever: Garvey, Lopes, Russell, Cey!
Steve and Sean Garvey - SportsWalk of Fame on ION Sports
Steve Garvey of the San Diego Padres and the most memorable home run in Padres history!
Lunch With A Legend feat. Steve Garvey
Steve Garvey At bat
Steve Garvey Discusses Prostate Cancer Diagnosis
Garvey leads the campaign for Puig being an All-Star
AMERICA 2 NIGHT  FULL EPISODE JUNE 28TH 1978  STEVE GARVEY   KDFW-TV 4 DALLAS
1978 Aqua Cologne commercial with Steve Garvey
Dodgers Great Steve Garvey's Son Ryan Playing Baseball @ Riverside CC
Cheap Seats - S1E04 - Steve Garvey Billfish Classic/Bobby Bonilla Celebrity Night (Full Episode)
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Los Angeles Dodgers Longest Running Infield Ever: Garvey, Lopes, Russell, Cey!
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Los Angeles Dodgers Longest Running Infield Ever: Garvey, Lopes, Russell, Cey!

http://www.courtsidetweets.com It is unbelievable to imagine that four infielders could play together for almost nine years, but the Los Angeles Dodgers with...
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Steve and Sean Garvey - SportsWalk of Fame on ION Sports
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Steve and Sean Garvey - SportsWalk of Fame on ION Sports

Steve Garvey - SportsWalk of Fame Inductee on ION Sports, in San Pedro California.
  • published: 27 Nov 2012
  • views: 184
  • author: ion studios
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Steve Garvey of the San Diego Padres and the most memorable home run in Padres history!
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Steve Garvey of the San Diego Padres and the most memorable home run in Padres history!

http://www.courtsidetweets.com San Diego Padres' Steve Garvey creates chaos in San Diego with his dramatic postseason game-winning home run off Chicago Cubs'...
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Lunch With A Legend feat. Steve Garvey
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Lunch With A Legend feat. Steve Garvey

LA Dodger Great Steve Garvey joins Mark Willard and Mychal Thompson for a legendary lunch at Morton's the Steakhouse in Woodland Hills to discuss his playing...
  • published: 03 Nov 2011
  • views: 666
  • author: ESPNLA710
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Steve Garvey At bat
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Steve Garvey At bat

At bat.
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Steve Garvey Discusses Prostate Cancer Diagnosis
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Steve Garvey Discusses Prostate Cancer Diagnosis

Baseball legend Steve Garvey speaks about his experience with prostate cancer, his diagnosis, and his baseball career. Learn how he dealt with the news and a...
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Garvey leads the campaign for Puig being an All-Star
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Garvey leads the campaign for Puig being an All-Star

The story of how Dodgers legend Steve Garvey became Yasiel Puig's campaign manager, leading the #VOTEPUIG drive for the All-Star Game Check out http://MLB.co...
  • published: 01 Jul 2013
  • views: 2378
  • author: MLB
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AMERICA 2 NIGHT  FULL EPISODE JUNE 28TH 1978  STEVE GARVEY   KDFW-TV 4 DALLAS
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AMERICA 2 NIGHT FULL EPISODE JUNE 28TH 1978 STEVE GARVEY KDFW-TV 4 DALLAS

The setting of the show was moved from the fictional Fernwood, Ohio, to the fictional "Tri-City" area of Alta Coma, Petaluma, and the City of Merchandise in ...
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1978 Aqua Cologne commercial with Steve Garvey
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1978 Aqua Cologne commercial with Steve Garvey

1978 Aqua Cologne commercial with Dodgers great Steve Garvey Visit my blog at http://timewarptv.blogspot.com/
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Dodgers Great Steve Garvey's Son Ryan Playing Baseball @ Riverside CC
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Dodgers Great Steve Garvey's Son Ryan Playing Baseball @ Riverside CC

The son of Dodgers and Padres legend Steve Garvey is playing at Riverside Community College, and hoping to hear his name called in the Major League Draft.
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Cheap Seats - S1E04 - Steve Garvey Billfish Classic/Bobby Bonilla Celebrity Night (Full Episode)
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Cheap Seats - S1E04 - Steve Garvey Billfish Classic/Bobby Bonilla Celebrity Night (Full Episode)


  • published: 02 Feb 2013
  • views: 1074
  • author: JaZon Sklar
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Steve Garvey on Facing Tom Seaver and J.R. Richard
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Steve Garvey on Facing Tom Seaver and J.R. Richard

Former Dodger Steve Garvey talks about facing Tom Seaver and J.R. Richard. Former Dodger GM Dan Evans is sitting next to Garvey.
  • published: 16 Sep 2012
  • views: 462
  • author: TheBProTeam
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Fantasy Baseball w/ Ellis Valentine, Steve Garvey, Ken Brett, George Brett & Fred Lynn (pt 1)
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Fantasy Baseball w/ Ellis Valentine, Steve Garvey, Ken Brett, George Brett & Fred Lynn (pt 1)

Blast from the past. Season 1, Episode 10. w/ EValentine17, @SteveGarvey6 & @GeorgeHBrett,
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SegaVision Television presented by Steve Garvey commercial 1977
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SegaVision Television presented by Steve Garvey commercial 1977

Extremely rare commercial for SegaVision! 50" Big Screen TV from 1977. Steve Garvey. Watch hundreds of other classic '70s commercials at youtube.com/MrClassi...
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steve garvey interview
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steve garvey interview


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Steve Garvey Interview from Steve Garvey's Softball Classic 2010
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Steve Garvey Interview from Steve Garvey's Softball Classic 2010

Steve Garvey Steve Garvey?s Softball Classic 2010 Mingle Media TV was invited to come out and meet some of baseball?s greats? and support the fight against A...
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Lifestyles of Celebrity Pets Steve Garvey Interview Global Pet Expo
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Lifestyles of Celebrity Pets Steve Garvey Interview Global Pet Expo

Lifestyles of Celebrity Pets spoksperson DJ Rerun interviewed Steve Garvey at the Natural Balance booth at Global Pet Expo.
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Todd Hartley Promoting Steve Garvey's Interview for Men's Health Month
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Todd Hartley Promoting Steve Garvey's Interview for Men's Health Month

Steve Garvey will be discussing his prostate cancer diagnosis with Todd Hartley for Men's Health Month on Google+.
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Jose Canseco Interview from Steve Garvey's Softball Classic 2010
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Jose Canseco Interview from Steve Garvey's Softball Classic 2010

Steve Garvey Steve Garvey?s Softball Classic 2010 Mingle Media TV was invited to come out and meet some of baseball?s greats? and support the fight against A...
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Logan Huffman Interview from Steve Garvey's Softball Classic 2010
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Logan Huffman Interview from Steve Garvey's Softball Classic 2010

Steve Garvey Steve Garvey?s Softball Classic 2010 Mingle Media TV was invited to come out and meet some of baseball?s greats? and support the fight against A...
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Petros Papadakis Interview from Steve Garvey's Softball Classic 2010
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Petros Papadakis Interview from Steve Garvey's Softball Classic 2010

Steve Garvey Steve Garvey?s Softball Classic 2010 Mingle Media TV was invited to come out and meet some of baseball?s greats? and support the fight against A...
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San Diego Padres 1984
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San Diego Padres 1984

Footage from San Diego's KFMB News 8 A Year in Review. The San Diego Padres 1984 victory Vs. The Chicago Cubs.... Cubbusters!!! HA.
  • published: 07 Jul 2011
  • views: 19233
  • author: rmarpul
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Let's Play Ball with Steve and Candice Garvey 2
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Let's Play Ball with Steve and Candice Garvey 2

Part 2 of Patti Gribow's interview with Former Dodger Steve Garvey. Log on to wwww.thepattigribowshow.com for more exciting interviews!
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Baseball Legend Steve Garvey at the Emmys
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Baseball Legend Steve Garvey at the Emmys

Charity Wings interviews Steve Garvey live from the Emmys using Linqto.
  • published: 27 Sep 2013
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Steve Garvey interview on Anterior Total Hip Replacement as seen on American Health Journal
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Steve Garvey interview on Anterior Total Hip Replacement as seen on American Health Journal

See baseball great Steve Garvey discuss his experience with Anterior hip replacement.
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Steve Garvey---One of his greatest  baseball moments
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Steve Garvey---One of his greatest baseball moments

Allen stewart interviews Steve Garvey about his Baseball career--for on the road segment--- the show was bases in New Orleans.
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Steve Garvey-- Unedit
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Steve Garvey-- Unedit

Allen Stewart Interviews Steve Garvey for a pilot t.v. show, on the road segment. the show was bases in New Orleans.
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Los An­ge­les Dodgers Longest Run­ning In­field Ever: Gar­vey, Lopes, Rus­sell, Cey!
http://​www.​courtsidetweets.​com It is un­be­liev­able to imag­ine that four in­field­ers could pl...
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Steve and Sean Gar­vey - SportsWalk of Fame on ION Sports
Steve Gar­vey - SportsWalk of Fame In­ductee on ION Sports, in San Pedro Cal­i­for­nia....
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Steve Gar­vey of the San Diego Padres and the most mem­o­rable home run in Padres his­to­ry!
http://​www.​courtsidetweets.​com San Diego Padres' Steve Gar­vey cre­ates chaos in San Diego w...
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Lunch With A Leg­end feat. Steve Gar­vey
LA Dodger Great Steve Gar­vey joins Mark Willard and My­chal Thomp­son for a leg­endary lunch ...
pub­lished: 03 Nov 2011
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Steve Gar­vey At bat
At bat....
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Steve Gar­vey Dis­cuss­es Prostate Can­cer Di­ag­no­sis
Base­ball leg­end Steve Gar­vey speaks about his ex­pe­ri­ence with prostate can­cer, his di­ag­nos...
pub­lished: 04 Jun 2013
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Gar­vey leads the cam­paign for Puig being an All-Star
The story of how Dodgers leg­end Steve Gar­vey be­came Yasiel Puig's cam­paign man­ag­er, leadin...
pub­lished: 01 Jul 2013
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AMER­I­CA 2 NIGHT FULL EPISODE JUNE 28TH 1978 STEVE GAR­VEY KD­FW-TV 4 DAL­LAS
The set­ting of the show was moved from the fic­tion­al Fer­n­wood, Ohio, to the fic­tion­al "Tri...
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1978 Aqua Cologne com­mer­cial with Steve Gar­vey
1978 Aqua Cologne com­mer­cial with Dodgers great Steve Gar­vey Visit my blog at http://timew...
pub­lished: 22 Dec 2008
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Dodgers Great Steve Gar­vey's Son Ryan Play­ing Base­ball @ River­side CC
The son of Dodgers and Padres leg­end Steve Gar­vey is play­ing at River­side Com­mu­ni­ty Col­leg...
pub­lished: 24 Apr 2012
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Cheap Seats - S1E04 - Steve Gar­vey Bill­fish Clas­sic/Bobby Bonil­la Celebri­ty Night (Full Episode)
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pub­lished: 02 Feb 2013
au­thor: JaZon Sklar
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Steve Gar­vey on Fac­ing Tom Seaver and J.R. Richard
For­mer Dodger Steve Gar­vey talks about fac­ing Tom Seaver and J.R. Richard. For­mer Dodger G...
pub­lished: 16 Sep 2012
au­thor: TheBPro­Team
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Fan­ta­sy Base­ball w/ Ellis Valen­tine, Steve Gar­vey, Ken Brett, George Brett & Fred Lynn (pt 1)
Blast from the past. Sea­son 1, Episode 10. w/ EValen­tine17, @Steve­G­ar­vey6 & @Ge­orge­HBrett,...
pub­lished: 04 Dec 2012
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SegaV­i­sion Tele­vi­sion pre­sent­ed by Steve Gar­vey com­mer­cial 1977
Ex­treme­ly rare com­mer­cial for SegaV­i­sion! 50" Big Screen TV from 1977. Steve Gar­vey. Watch...
pub­lished: 24 May 2011
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Cheap Seats Steve Gar­vey Celebri­ty Ski­ing Part 1\3 V28
Floor­wax! all rights re­served to espn....
pub­lished: 12 Apr 2009
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Cheap Seats - S4E10 - Steve Gar­vey Celebri­ty Ski­ing (Full Episode)
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A Visit with Base­ball Leg­end Steve Gar­vey-Part 6
A Visit with Base­ball Leg­end Steve Gar­vey-Part 6....
pub­lished: 08 Aug 2008
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STEVE GAR­VEY IN MAS­QUER­ADE (TV) - Part 5
Steve Gar­vey flash­ing the leather - a man fast enough and pow­er­ful enough to stop A NINJA ...
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steve gar­vey in­ter­view
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Steve Gar­vey In­ter­view from Steve Gar­vey's Soft­ball Clas­sic 2010
Steve Gar­vey Steve Gar­vey?s Soft­ball Clas­sic 2010 Min­gle Media TV was in­vit­ed to come out ...
pub­lished: 14 Jul 2010
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Lifestyles of Celebri­ty Pets Steve Gar­vey In­ter­view Glob­al Pet Expo
Lifestyles of Celebri­ty Pets spoksper­son DJ Rerun in­ter­viewed Steve Gar­vey at the Nat­u­ral ...
pub­lished: 26 Oct 2012
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Todd Hart­ley Pro­mot­ing Steve Gar­vey's In­ter­view for Men's Health Month
Steve Gar­vey will be dis­cussing his prostate can­cer di­ag­no­sis with Todd Hart­ley for Men's ...
pub­lished: 31 May 2013
1:06
Jose Canseco In­ter­view from Steve Gar­vey's Soft­ball Clas­sic 2010
Steve Gar­vey Steve Gar­vey?s Soft­ball Clas­sic 2010 Min­gle Media TV was in­vit­ed to come out ...
pub­lished: 14 Jul 2010
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Logan Huff­man In­ter­view from Steve Gar­vey's Soft­ball Clas­sic 2010
Steve Gar­vey Steve Gar­vey?s Soft­ball Clas­sic 2010 Min­gle Media TV was in­vit­ed to come out ...
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Pet­ros Pa­padakis In­ter­view from Steve Gar­vey's Soft­ball Clas­sic 2010
Steve Gar­vey Steve Gar­vey?s Soft­ball Clas­sic 2010 Min­gle Media TV was in­vit­ed to come out ...
pub­lished: 14 Jul 2010
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San Diego Padres 1984
Footage from San Diego's KFMB News 8 A Year in Re­view. The San Diego Padres 1984 vic­to­ry V...
pub­lished: 07 Jul 2011
au­thor: rmarpul
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Let's Play Ball with Steve and Can­dice Gar­vey 2
Part 2 of Patti Gri­bow's in­ter­view with For­mer Dodger Steve Gar­vey. Log on to wwww.​thepatt...
pub­lished: 03 Jun 2008
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Base­ball Leg­end Steve Gar­vey at the Emmys
Char­i­ty Wings in­ter­views Steve Gar­vey live from the Emmys using Lin­q­to....
pub­lished: 27 Sep 2013
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Steve Gar­vey in­ter­view on An­te­ri­or Total Hip Re­place­ment as seen on Amer­i­can Health Jour­nal
See base­ball great Steve Gar­vey dis­cuss his ex­pe­ri­ence with An­te­ri­or hip re­place­ment....
pub­lished: 17 Apr 2013
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Steve Gar­vey---One of his great­est base­ball mo­ments
Allen stew­art in­ter­views Steve Gar­vey about his Base­ball ca­reer--for on the road seg­ment--...
pub­lished: 13 Jul 2011
au­thor: allen stew­art
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Steve Gar­vey-- Uned­it
Allen Stew­art In­ter­views Steve Gar­vey for a pilot t.v. show, on the road seg­ment. the show...
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Sydney, October 28.. The Gulf emirate of Dubai unveiled passenger operations at its Al-Maktoum International airport, which is touted to be the world’s largest airport once completed. Al-Maktoum is built next to Dubai Jebel Ali Free Zone and its port in Dubai World Central, an economic zone the government hopes to turn into what it calls an ‘aerotropolis’ ... (ANI). Recommend Twitter. Comments(0). next>>  . Latest News....(size: 2.7Kb)




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(Source. Spokane Indians). Carlos Beltran played for the Spokane Indians in 1996. . SPOKANE, Wash., - Former Spokane Indians outfielder, and current St ... Of the other six players, another former Spokane Indians player, Steve Garvey, won the award while helping the Los Angeles Dodgers best the New York Yankees in the 1981 Fall Classic ... The two opened the Academy in Beltran's native Puerto Rico ... Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig ... (noodl....(size: 3.5Kb)
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Steve Garvey to Make Special Appearance. My news for Investors. AtLeast one of the check box should be selected You are following news about Follow the latest news about DKS. PITTSBURGH, Oct ... to 8.00 p.m.) ... On Sunday, former Los Angeles Dodgers baseball player Steve Garvey will make an appearance in-store from 12.30 – 2.30 p.m.** Garvey was a 10 time All-Star, won four Gold Gloves and helped the Dodgers win the 1981 World Series ... ....(size: 3.5Kb)
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Former major Cleveland Indians pitcher and pitcher of the 10th perfect game in MLB history in 1981 Len Barker is appearing at the Ohio opening; former Minnesota Twins pitcher and World Series MVP Jack Morris will be appearing in South Dakota; current Iowa State Men's Basketball Head Coach Fred Hoiberg will be at the Iowa opening; and Los Angeles Dodger Steve Garvey “Mr. Clean” is appearing in the California opening....(size: 2.1Kb)
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(Source. Boston Red Sox) ... Leading up to the World Series, the tour included appearances with four-time World Series champion Jack Morris, 1986 New York Mets World Series champion and TBS analyst Ron Darling, 1981 Los Angeles Dodgers World Series champion Steve Garvey, plus celebrity fans including actor James Caan from ABC's "Back in the Game" and Sofia Vergara and Ed O'Neill from ABC's "Modern Family."....(size: 4.2Kb)
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A lot of bowlers are missing out. And they probably don’t even realize it ... And that’s sad. Because bowling with professionals in tournaments is something that is unmistakably fun ... I felt like I was joining the Dodgers and sharing the diamond with players like third baseman Ron Cey, shortstop Bill Russell, second baseman Davey Lopes and first baseman Steve Garvey (I must have been playing short-center, like on a softball team) ... It was fun....(size: 3.1Kb)
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LOUIS -- Steve Garvey wasn't thinking about the worst slump of his career when he hopped up behind the first-base dugout at Dodger Stadium that August day in 1977 ... By the end of this chance encounter, however, Garvey had made a friend for life ... The Dodgers publicity director, Steve Brener, was made aware of the Ruth family's presence near the dugout and encouraged Garvey to meet them ... "Steve Garvey," Candace replied....(size: 5.7Kb)
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LOUIS -- Steve Garvey wasn't thinking about the worst slump of his career when he hopped up behind the first-base dugout at Dodger Stadium that August day in 1977 ... By the end of this chance encounter, however, Garvey had made a friend for life ... The Dodgers publicity director, Steve Brener, was made aware of the Ruth family's presence near the dugout and encouraged Garvey to meet them ... "Steve Garvey," Candace replied....(size: 5.8Kb)
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2013-Michael Wacha, St. Louis Cardinals. 2012-Marco Scutaro, San Francisco Giants. 2011-David Freese, St. Louis Cardinals. 2010-Cody Ross, San Francisco Giants ... Louis Cardinals ... 1991-Steve Avery, Atlanta Braves ... 1984-Steve Garvey, San Diego Padres ... 1978-Steve Garvey, Los Angeles Dodgers....(size: 1.6Kb)
Steve Garvey

Garvey at Dodger Stadium in June 2010.
First baseman
Born: (1948-12-22) December 22, 1948 (age 63)
Tampa, Florida
Batted: Right Threw: Right 
MLB debut
September 1, 1969 for the Los Angeles Dodgers
Last MLB appearance
May 23, 1987 for the San Diego Padres
Career statistics
Batting average     .294
Hits     2,599
Home runs     272
Runs batted in     1,308
Teams
Career highlights and awards

Steven Patrick Garvey (born December 22, 1948), nicknamed "Mr. Clean" because of the squeaky clean image he held throughout his career in baseball, is an American former Major League Baseball first baseman and current Southern California businessman. Garvey was the 1974 NL MVP, 10-time All-Star, and holds the National League record for consecutive games played (1,207).

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Playing career[link]

Steve Garvey at bat in the mid-1970s against Cincinnati, in Dodger Stadium

Born in Tampa, FL to parents who had recently relocated from Long Island, New York,[1] from 1956 to 1961, Garvey was a bat boy for the Brooklyn Dodgers, New York Yankees and Detroit Tigers. Garvey played football and baseball at Michigan State University after graduating from Chamberlain High School. Garvey played his entire career in the National League West for two teams; the Los Angeles Dodgers (1969–82) and the San Diego Padres (1983–87). He batted right and threw right. In a 19-year career, Garvey was a .294 hitter with 272 home runs and 1308 RBI in 2332 games played.

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Garvey was part of the most enduring infield in baseball history[2] along with third baseman Ron Cey, shortstop Bill Russell and second baseman Davey Lopes. The four infielders stayed together as the Dodgers' starters for eight and a half years.

Garvey is one of only two players to have started an All-Star Game as a write-in vote, doing so in 1974. That year he won the NL MVP award, and had the first of six 200-hit seasons. Only 15 players in all of Major League Baseball history have had six or more 200 hit seasons (as of the end of 2010).

Garvey set a National League record with 1207 consecutive games played, from September 3, 1975, to July 29, 1983. The streak ended when he broke his thumb in a collision at home plate against the Atlanta Braves. It is the fourth-longest such streak in Major League Baseball history.

In the 1978 National League Championship Series, Garvey hit four home runs, and added a double for five extra base hits, both marks tying Bob Robertson's 1971 NLCS record; Jeffrey Leonard would tie the NLCS home run record in the 1987 NLCS.

In 1981, at a point in his career when it looked like he would one day rank among the game's all-time greats, Lawrence Ritter and Donald Honig included him in their book The 100 Greatest Baseball Players of All Time.

San Diego Padres[link]

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Steve Garvey's number 6 was retired by the San Diego Padres in 1989.

In December 1982 Garvey signed with the Padres for $6.6 million over five years in what some felt was a "masterstroke" to General Manager Jack McKeon's effort to rebuild the team.[3] Though San Diego had vastly outbid the Dodgers, McKeon particularly noted Garvey's value in providing a role model for younger players.[4] Additionally, Garvey's "box office appeal"--his impending departure from the Dodgers provoked some Girl Scouts to picket the stadium—helped San Diego increase its season ticket sales by 6,000 seats in Garvey's first year.[4] Sports Illustrated ranked the signing as the fifteenth best free agent signing ever as of 2008.[5]

His first season in San Diego allowed him to break the National League's record for consecutive games played, a feat that landed him on the cover of Sports Illustrated as baseball's "Iron Man."[6] (In an unusual homecoming, Garvey tied the record in his first appearance back at Dodger Stadium in Padre gold.[7])

It was Garvey's second season in San Diego, however, that would provide his highlight in a Padres uniform. Led by Garvey, winning his second National League Championship Series MVP award, the Padres won their first National League pennant over the Chicago Cubs in 1984.[8] Game 4, "the best game of the series, and one of the best games in memory," provided a particularly notable effort by Garvey.[9] His hot bat provided excellent insurance for the top of the order, including future Hall of Famer Tony Gwynn, who drew an intentional walk that Garvey converted into one of his four crucial RBI.[9] After supplying critical hits in the third, fifth, and seventh innings, Garvey capped off his efforts with a two-run walk-off home run off future all-time saves leader Lee Smith in the 9th inning.[9] As he rounded third base, Garvey, who after the game would be compared by teammates to fictional baseball hero Roy Hobbs, was met by fellow Padres who later carried him off the field in celebration.[9] Following the 7–5 Padres victory, grateful fans thronged against stadium barricades chanting Garvey's name.[8] Garvey, about to play in his fifth World Series, called the experience "the greatest playoffs I've ever seen."[10]

Honors[link]

He is a member of the Irish American Hall of Fame[11] and the Michigan State University Athletics Hall of Fame.[12] Steve Garvey Junior High School, in Lindsay, California, is named for him.[13] Garvey's jersey No. 6, worn when he was both a Padre and Dodger is retired by the Padres. His number was displayed at the site of his 1984 NLCS home run in right field at Qualcomm Stadium.

Post-baseball career[link]

Garvey, a Republican who harbored political ambitions after baseball, earned the nickname "Senator" from teammates. Those aspirations diminished after the public learned embarrassing details of his personal life.

Also, starting in the mid 1980s he began the Steve Garvey celebrity Blue Marlin tournament, as well as the Steve Garvey celebrity skiing challenge. These were featured on episodes of the ESPN Classic show Cheap Seats during its four season run.

Since 1988 he has been running Garvey Communications mainly involved in television production including infomercials. He is also the host of Baseball's Greatest Games. In addition he is hired out to do motivational speaking, mainly for corporations.

Garvey spent 15 years in the Community Affairs department for the Dodgers, where he was a greeter for VIP season ticket holders and a consultant for community relations.[14] He was fired by the team on July 8, 2011 after some very public comments he made critical of Dodger owner Frank McCourt and his involvement in a group trying to take over ownership of the team.[15] Garvey subsequently put together a group, that also included fellow former Dodger Orel Hershiser, that became involved in the bidding process for the Dodgers when the team was later put up for sale in 2012. His group did not make it past the first round of the bidding.[16][17]

Garvey, who made over $10 million in his career only to go broke afterwards,[18] currently serves as a member of the board of the Baseball Assistance Team, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization dedicated to helping former Major League, Minor League, and Negro League players through financial and medical hardships.

He currently resides in Los Angeles and Palm Desert, California.[19]

Personal[link]

Garvey, known as "Mr. Clean," carried such a record for unblemished personal behavior during his playing days that manager Tommy Lasorda once commented, "If he ever came to date my daughter, I'd lock the door and not let him out."[18] In the mid to late-1980s, however, Garvey engaged in a series of simultaneous romantic relationships and fathering of children with multiple women that led to him being the subject of national ridicule.[18]

At the age of 22 Garvey married Cyndy Garvey, "a prospective medical-school student, who dropped that ambition to be at Steve's side as he pursued his baseball career."[18] They had two children, Krisha and Whitney. Their marriage lasted from 1971 until their divorce in 1983. Following a tempestuous marriage, she left Garvey for famed composer Marvin Hamlisch.[18] (Cyndi would later claim Garvey "gave me away" to Hamlisch after a private two hour conversation.[18]) Garvey later became romantically involved with his secretary, Judy Ross.[18] Hiding it from Ross, Garvey began a simultaneous affair with CNN correspondent Rebecka Mendenhall.[18] Garvey then added a third relationship when he became involved with San Diego medical products sales representative Cheryl Ann Moulton.[18] Garvey discovered in July 1988 that Moulton was pregnant with his child, a pregnancy Garvey subsequently contended was intentional on Moulton's part but without his consent.[18] (It ultimately took a court order before Garvey paid child support to Moulton.[18]) He then proposed to Mendenhall because of what he termed her "ultimatum" in November 1988, while Moulton was several months pregnant with his child.[18] Ross asserts that during this period—engaged to one woman and having a child with a second—Garvey then told her that he wished to be married to Ross and had broken up with Mendenhall.[18] In January 1989, less than two weeks after nonetheless announcing his engagement to Mendenhall, Garvey became involved with a fourth woman, Candace Thomas, whom he met at a benefit for the Special Olympics.[18] Over the next few weeks, Garvey and Thomas began a whirlwind courtship that included trips to the inauguration of President George H.W. Bush and the Super Bowl.[18] Mendenhall, unaware that Garvey was romancing a fourth woman and believing she and the former All-Star were to be married, then discovered she, also, was pregnant with Garvey's child.[18]

When these details became public, Garvey became the object of comedians' jokes and satirical bumper stickers as his post-baseball political ambitions were widely seen to have disappeared under the weight of the sex scandals.[18] Garvey, in the midst of what he later termed a "midlife disaster," sued Cyndi, his ex-wife, for access to his two children.[18] His daughters, who found his protestations of affection insincere, testified in court that they did not love their father and did not wish to see him.[18] (Cyndi was briefly jailed for her refusal to allow Garvey access to the girls.[18]) Under the shadow of multiple lawsuits and damage to his reputation, Garvey lost business opportunities, declared himself broke, and found himself paying half his monthly television earning in child support.[18] He and Candace Thomas married in 1989.[20] That same year Cyndy Garvey published a tell-all book in which she revealed the details of her marriage with Steve.[21][22]

See also[link]

References[link]

  1. ^ WFAN radio interview Steve Garvey on Mike and the Mad Dog, April 18, 2008
  2. ^ "Steve Sax – Los Angeles Dodgers Steve Sax". Losangelesdodgersonline.com. http://www.losangelesdodgersonline.com/stevesax.php. Retrieved November 8, 2011. 
  3. ^ Ivan Maisel (April 4, 1983). "San Diego – 04.04.83 – SI Vault". Sports Illustrated. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1120668/index.htm. Retrieved November 8, 2011. 
  4. ^ a b Steve Wulf (April 25, 1983). "Incredibly, Steve Garvey's return to L.A. as a Padre – 04.25.83 – SI Vault". Sports Illustrated. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1120752/3/index.htm. Retrieved November 8, 2011. 
  5. ^ "What a deal! (cont.) - Jon Heyman". Sports Illustrated. May 15, 2008. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/writers/jon_heyman/05/14/heyman.bestfreeagents/1.html. Retrieved November 8, 2011. 
  6. ^ "Steve Garvey, Baseball, San Diego Padres – 04.25.83 – SI Vault". Sports Illustrated. April 25, 1983. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/cover/featured/8847/index.htm. Retrieved November 8, 2011. 
  7. ^ Steve Wulf (April 25, 1983). "Incredibly, Steve Garvey's return to L.A. as a Padre – 04.25.83 – SI Vault". Sports Illustrated. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1120752/index.htm. Retrieved November 8, 2011. 
  8. ^ a b Steve Wulf (October 15, 1984). "Led by MVP Steve Garvey, San Diego charged from way behind". Sports Illustrated. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1122703/index.htm. Retrieved November 8, 2011. 
  9. ^ a b c d Steve Wulf (October 15, 1984). "Led by MVP Steve Garvey, San Diego charged from way behind". Sports Illustrated. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1122703/5/index.htm. Retrieved November 8, 2011. 
  10. ^ Steve Wulf (October 15, 1984). "Led by MVP Steve Garvey, San Diego charged from way behind". Sports Illustrated. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1122703/2/index.htm. Retrieved November 8, 2011. 
  11. ^ "Walter O'Malley finally honored in NYC, inducted into Irish American Baseball Hall of Fame | Irish Sports". IrishCentral. http://www.irishcentral.com/sport/Walter-OMalley-finally-honored-in-NYC-inducted-into--50155942.html. Retrieved November 8, 2011. 
  12. ^ "MSU Athletics Hall of Fame inducts 10 new members". The State News. http://statenews.com/index.php/article/2010/10/msu_athletics_hall_of_fame_inducts_10_new_members. Retrieved November 8, 2011. 
  13. ^ Steve Garvey – Brooks International Speakers & Entertainment Bureau
  14. ^ By Jeff PearlmanSpecial to Page 2 (Archive (March 3, 2008). "Pearlman: No love from Nomar – ESPN Page 2". ESPN. http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=pearlman/080303. Retrieved November 8, 2011. 
  15. ^ Brown, Tim. "Fed-up Dodgers fire Garvey". Sports.yahoo.com. http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=ti-brown_garvey_fired_dodgers_mccourt_070811. Retrieved November 8, 2011. 
  16. ^ Orel Hershiser joining Steve Garvey-led team exploring possibility of purchasing Dodgers should franchise go up for sale
  17. ^ Source: Dodgers begin narrowing bids
  18. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u Rick Reilly (November 27, 1989). "America's Sweetheart". Sports Illustrated. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1069161/1/index.htm. Retrieved November 8, 2011. 
  19. ^ Schrotenboer, Brent. "Revisiting the Padres of '84". SignOnSanDiego.com. http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/2009/jun/27/84padscaps152624/. Retrieved November 8, 2011. 
  20. ^ Published March 3, 2003. "Steve Garvey’s public exile". Sportsbusinessdaily.com. http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2003/03/20030303/This-Weeks-Issue/Steve-Garveys-Public-Exile.aspx. Retrieved November 8, 2011. 
  21. ^ Mizell, Hubert (August 10, 2003). "Bryant reminds us we never know athletes". St. Petersburg Times. http://www.sptimes.com/2003/08/10/Columns/Bryant_reminds_us_we_.shtml. Retrieved November 8, 2011. 
  22. ^ Virginian Pilot

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Bobby Bonilla
Third baseman / Right fielder
Born: (1963-02-23) February 23, 1963 (age 49)
Bronx, New York
Batted: Switch Threw: Right 
MLB debut
April 9, 1986 for the Chicago White Sox
Last MLB appearance
October 7, 2001 for the St. Louis Cardinals
Career statistics
Batting average     .279
Home runs     287
Runs batted in     1,173
Teams
Career highlights and awards

Roberto Martin Antonio "Bobby" Bonilla (play /bˈnjə/, born February 23, 1963 in The Bronx, New York) is a former player in Major League Baseball who played from 1986 to 2001.

Contents

Playing career[link]

Bonilla was signed out of high school by Pittsburgh Pirates scout Syd Thrift. His rise through the Pirates' farm system came to a halt during spring training in 1985 when he broke his right leg in a collision with teammate Bip Roberts. The White Sox then acquired him through the Rule 5 Draft. After making his major league debut with Chicago, Bonilla was regularly hazed by veteran players and Negro League Baseball star Buck O'Neil who put shaving cream in his shoes. Syd Thrift, then the Pirates' General Manager, reacquired the unhappy Bonilla in exchange for pitcher Jose DeLeon. Bonilla also played from 1984 to 1988 with the Mayaguez Indians of the Puerto Rican Winter League.[1]

Pittsburgh Pirates[link]

Bonilla became the Pirates' starting third baseman in 1987, but after committing 67 errors over his next two seasons, manager Jim Leyland moved him to right field. There he formed a formidable combination alongside stars Barry Bonds and Andy Van Slyke and helped propel the Pittsburgh Pirates to two of their three straight NL East titles from 1990 to 1992. During a 1989 incident, Bonilla was reportedly reprimanded for his assault on clubhouse attendant Gabe Thomas. He later claimed he was only upset because Thomas was allegedly told by Bonilla to remove the mesh from the seating at Three Rivers so his family could keep their distance from other fans. His family never made the trip from D.C.

New York Mets[link]

In 1992, he was signed as a free agent by the New York Mets to a (then) very lucrative 5 year, $29 million contract ($48,028,456 today). But without his fellow Pirate stars around him, his offensive production dropped. His stay in New York would also be marred by a number of incidents, such as threatening sportswriter Bob Klapisch that he would "show him the Bronx" in response to his book on the 1992 Mets, The Worst Team Money Could Buy: The Collapse Of The New York Mets (ISBN 978-0803278226).[2] On another occasion, he called the press box during a game to complain about an error that he was charged with.[3]

Orioles/Marlins/Dodgers[link]

Finally, in 1995, Bonilla was traded by the Mets with a player to be named later to the Baltimore Orioles for Damon Buford and Alex Ochoa.

After helping the Orioles to the American League Championship Series in 1996, he was once again granted free agency and signed with the Florida Marlins. Reunited with his old manager, Jim Leyland, he helped the Marlins win the 1997 World Series. He spent the 1998 season with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Back to the Mets[link]

In 1999, the New York Mets reacquired Bonilla from the Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for Mel Rojas. Again, his level of play did not measure up to expectations and he had numerous clashes with manager Bobby Valentine over lack of playing time. His tenure in New York culminated in an infamous incident during Game Six of the 1999 NLCS where the Mets were eliminated by the Braves in an eleven inning game while Bonilla reportedly sat in the clubhouse playing cards with teammate Rickey Henderson.

Atlanta Braves[link]

The New York Mets placed Bonilla on unconditional waivers in 2000. He spent the 2000 season playing for the Atlanta Braves. The Mets agreed to pay out the remainder of Bonilla's contract by deferring the $5.9 million that he was due. The Mets will pay him 25 equal payments of $1,193,248.20 every July 1 from 2011 until 2035, assuming an annual interest rate of 8% during the period 2011–2035.[4]

St. Louis Cardinals[link]

In 2001, he was signed by the St. Louis Cardinals, but was released due to an injury and the success of his replacement, Albert Pujols. He played his final game on October 7, 2001.

Overall, Bobby Bonilla was a six-time All-Star, and had career statistics of 2,010 hits, 287 home runs, 1,173 runs batted in, and a career .279 batting average.

See also[link]

References[link]

External links[link]


Preceded by
Darryl Strawberry
Will Clark
National League Player of the Month
April & May 1988
April 1990
Succeeded by
Will Clark
Andre Dawson

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Tom Seaver

Tom Seaver on September 28, 2008.
Pitcher
Born: (1944-11-17) November 17, 1944 (age 67)
Fresno, California
Batted: Right Threw: Right 
MLB debut
April 13, 1967 for the New York Mets
Last MLB appearance
September 19, 1986 for the Boston Red Sox
Career statistics
Win–loss record     311–205
Earned run average     2.86
Strikeouts     3,640
Teams
Career highlights and awards
Member of the National
Empty Star.svg Empty Star.svg Empty Star.svg Baseball Hall of Fame Empty Star.svg Empty Star.svg Empty Star.svg
Induction     1992
Vote     98.8% (first ballot)

George Thomas "Tom" Seaver (born November 17, 1944), nicknamed "Tom Terrific" and "The Franchise", is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He pitched from 1967-1986 for four different teams in his career, but is noted primarily for his time with the New York Mets. During a 20-year career, Seaver compiled 311 wins, 3,640 strikeouts, 61 shutouts and a 2.86 earned run average. In 1992, he was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame by the highest percentage ever recorded (98.84%), and has the only plaque at Cooperstown wearing a New York Mets hat. As of 2010, Tom Seaver and Gil Hodges (played for the Mets in 1962-63) are the only Met players to have their jersey numbers retired by the team (Gil Hodges' number was retired as a manager even though he also played for the Mets).

He won the National League Rookie of the Year Award in 1967, and three NL Cy Young Awards as the league's best pitcher. Seaver is the Mets' all-time leader in wins, and is considered by many baseball experts as one of the best starting pitchers in the history of baseball.

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Early life & development[link]

Seaver was born in Fresno, California to Betty Lee Cline and Charles Henry Seaver.[1] Pitching for Fresno High School, Seaver compensated for his lack of size and strength by developing great control on the mound. Despite being an All-City basketball player, he hoped to play baseball in college.

He joined the United States Marine Corps Reserves on June 28, 1962. He served with AIRFMFPAC 29 Palms, California through July 1963.[2] After six months of active duty in the Reserves, Seaver enrolled at Fresno City College.

In anticipation of the following season, he was being recruited to pitch for the University of Southern California by legendary Trojan coach Rod Dedeaux. Unsure as to whether Seaver was worthy of a scholarship, he was sent to pitch for the Alaska Goldpanners of Fairbanks, Alaska, in 1964. After a stellar season – in which he pitched and won a game in the national tournament with a grand slam — he was awarded a scholarship to USC. As a sophomore, Seaver posted a 10-2 record, and he was drafted in the tenth round of the 1965 Major League Baseball Draft by the Los Angeles Dodgers. When Seaver asked for $70,000, however, the Dodgers passed.[3]

In 1966, he signed a contract with the Atlanta Braves, who had drafted him in the first round of the secondary June draft (20th overall). However, the contract was voided by Baseball Commissioner William Eckert because his college team had played two exhibition games (although Seaver hadn't played). Seaver intended, then, to finish the college season, but because he had signed a pro contract, the NCAA ruled him ineligible. After Seaver's father complained to Eckert about the unfairness of the situation, and threatened with a lawsuit, Eckert ruled that other teams could match the Braves' offer.[3] The Mets were subsequently awarded his signing rights in a lottery drawing among the three teams (the Philadelphia Phillies and Cleveland Indians being the two others) that were willing to match the Braves' terms.

Professional playing career[link]

New York Mets[link]

Rookie of the Year[link]

Seaver spent one season with the Jacksonville Suns of the International League, then joined New York in 1967. He won 16 games for the last-place Mets, with 18 complete games, 170 strikeouts, and a 2.76 ERA, all Mets records to that point, and was named the National League Rookie of the Year. He was also named to the 1967 All-Star Game, and got the save by pitching a scoreless 15th inning. In 1968, he won 16 games again, and recorded over 200 strikeouts for the first of nine consecutive seasons, but the Mets moved up only one spot in the standings, to ninth.

1969 Championship season[link]

In 1969, Seaver and the Mets won their first World Series championship. Seaver won a league-high 25 games and his first National League Cy Young Award. He also finished runner-up to Willie McCovey for the League's Most Valuable Player Award.

On July 9, before a crowd of over 59,000 at New York's Shea Stadium, Seaver threw 8 13 perfect innings against the division-leading Chicago Cubs. Then, rookie backup outfielder Jimmy Qualls lined a clean single to left field, breaking up Seaver's perfect game.

In the first-ever NLCS game, Seaver outlasted Atlanta's Phil Niekro for a sloppy 9-5 victory. Seaver was also the starter for the Mets' first World Series game, but lost a 4-1 decision to the Baltimore Orioles' Mike Cuellar. Seaver then pitched a 10-inning complete-game for a 2-1 win in Game Four to put the Mets on the cusp of their first championship.

At year's end, Seaver was presented with both the Hickok Belt as the top professional athlete of the year, and Sports Illustrated magazine's "Sportsman of the Year" award.[4][5]

Continued excellence[link]

On April 22, 1970, Seaver set a major league record by striking out the final 10 batters of the game in a 2-1 victory over the San Diego Padres at Shea Stadium. Al Ferrara, who had homered in the second inning for the Padres' run, was the final strikeout victim of the game. In addition to his 10 consecutive strikeouts, Seaver tied Steve Carlton's major league record with 19 strikeouts in a nine-inning game,.[6] The Mets also won the game in which Carlton struck out 19, with Carlton victimized by Ron Swoboda's pair of 2-run homers in a 4-3 Mets victory in St. Louis on September 15, 1969. (The record was later eclipsed by 20-strikeout games by Kerry Wood, Randy Johnson, and twice by Roger Clemens.) By mid-August, Seaver's record stood at 17-6 and he seemed well on his way to a second consecutive 20-victory season. But he only won one of his last ten starts, including four on short rest, to finish 18-12. Nonetheless, Seaver led the National League in both ERA and strikeouts.

Seaver at Shea Stadium, 1974.

His 1971 season was arguably Seaver's finest year, when he led the league in ERA (1.76) and strikeouts (289 in 286 innings) while going 20-10. However, he finished second in the Cy Young balloting to Ferguson Jenkins of the Chicago Cubs, due to Jenkins' league-leading 24 wins, 325 innings pitched, and exceptional control numbers. Seaver himself has said that 1971 was his best season.

Seaver had four more twenty-win seasons (20 in 1971, 21 in 1972, 22 in 1975 and 21 in 1977 (7 wins for the Mets, then 14 more after being traded to the Reds). He won two more Cy Young Awards (1973 and 1975, both with the Mets).

During his tenure with the Mets, Seaver made 108 starts in which he pitched 9 or more innings and allowed 1 run or less. His record in those starts is 93 - 3 with 12 no-decisions. In seven of the 12 no-decisions, he pitched 10 or more innings. In the 12 no-decisions, he pitched a total of 117 innings, allowing 56 hits and 5 earned runs, compiling a 0.38 ERA.

Between 1970 and 1976, Seaver led the National League in strikeouts five of the seven seasons, finishing second in 1972 and third in 1974. Seaver also won three ERA titles as a Met. A famous quote about Seaver is attributed to Reggie Jackson: "Blind men come to the park just to hear him pitch." Seaver was perhaps the foremost latter-day exponent of "drop and drive" overhand delivery, but his powerful legs protected his arm, and ensured his longevity. Seaver was frequently compared to fellow Hall of Fame pitcher Christy Mathewson.

1977 trade[link]

By 1977, the free agency period had begun and contract negotiations between Mets ownership and Seaver were not going well. Seaver wanted to renegotiate his contract to bring his salary in line with what other top pitchers were making, but chairman of the board M. Donald Grant, who by this time had been given carte blanche by Met management to do what he wished, refused to budge. Longtime New York Daily News columnist Dick Young regularly wrote negative columns about Seaver's "greedy" demands. As for Seaver, he attempted to resolve the impasse by going to then-team owner Lorinda de Roulet, who along with then-GM Joe McDonald, had negotiated in principle a three-year contract extension by mid-June. But before the contract could be signed, Young wrote an unattributed story in the Daily News claiming that Seaver was being goaded by his wife to ask for more money because she was jealous of the fact that Nolan Ryan was making more money with the California Angels. Upon being informed of the story, Seaver informed de Roulet that he immediately wanted out, and asked McDonald to immediately trade him, feeling that he could not co-exist with M. Donald Grant.[7]

In one of two trades that New York's sports reporters dubbed "the Midnight Massacre" (the other involved struggling outfielder Dave Kingman), Seaver was traded to the Cincinnati Reds on June 15, 1977 (the trading deadline for that year) for Pat Zachry, Steve Henderson, Doug Flynn, and Dan Norman. Seaver would go 14-3 with Cincinnati and win 21 games that season,, including an emotional 5-1 win over the Mets in his return to Shea Stadium. Seaver struck out 11 in the return, and also hit a double. Seaver, who was immensely popular in New York, also received a lengthy ovation at the 1977 All-Star Game, which was held in New York's Yankee Stadium. His departure from New York sparked sustained negative fan reaction, as the Mets became the league's worst team, finishing in last place the next 3 seasons. Combined with the Yankees' resurgence in the market, attendance dipped in 1978, and plunged in 1979 to 9,740 per game. M. Donald Grant was fired after the 1978 season, and Joe McDonald was fired after the 1979 season following a sale of the team to publishing magnate Nelson Doubleday, Jr..[8] In a sardonic nod to the general manager, Shea Stadium acquired the nickname "Grant's Tomb".[citation needed]

Cincinnati Reds[link]

After having thrown five one-hitters for New York, including two no-hitters that were broken up in the 9th inning, Seaver finally recorded a 4-0 no-hitter against the St. Louis Cardinals on June 16, 1978 at Riverfront Stadium. It was the only no-hitter of his professional career.

Seaver was 75-46 during his time in Cincinnati. He led the Cincinnati pitching staff notably in 1979, when the Reds won the Western Division crown and (along with Mario Soto) in the strike-shortened 1981 season, when the Reds posted the best record in the major leagues. He was a close runner-up to Fernando Valenzuela for the 1981 Cy Young Award, a year in which he was 14-2, and was voted third and fourth in two other seasons. He suffered through an injury-ridden 1982 campaign, finishing 5-13.

Return to New York[link]

On December 16, 1982, Seaver was traded back to the Mets, for Charlie Puleo, Lloyd McClendon, and Jason Felice. On April 5, 1983, he tied Walter Johnson's major league record of 14 Opening Day starts, shutting out the Philadelphia Phillies for six innings in a 2-0 Mets win. (He made two more such starts with the Chicago White Sox in 1985 and 1986 for a record total of 16 opening day assignments.) Despite a 9-14 record that season, Seaver had high expectations going into 1984 and intended to finish his career where he started it.

300 wins[link]

Seaver and the Mets were stunned on January 20, 1984 when he was claimed in a free-agent compensation draft by the Chicago White Sox. The team (especially GM Frank Cashen) had incorrectly assumed that no one would pursue a high-salaried, 39-year-old starting pitcher, and left him off the protected list. Faced with either reporting to the White Sox or retiring, Seaver chose the former. The result for the Mets was an opening in the starting rotation that allowed Dwight Gooden to be part of the team.[citation needed]

Seaver pitched two and a half seasons in Chicago, crafting his last shutout on July 19, 1985 against the visiting Indians. In an anomaly, Seaver won two games on May 9, 1984; he pitched the 25th and final inning of a game suspended the day before, picking up the win in relief, before starting and winning the day's regularly scheduled game. This unexpected win set up one of Seaver's most memorable moments.

After Seaver's 298th win, a reporter had pointed out to White Sox catcher Carlton Fisk that following his upcoming start in Boston, Seaver's next scheduled start would be in New York, and that the possibility existed that he might achieve the mark there. Fisk emphatically stated that Seaver would win in Boston, and then would win his 300th.

On August 4, 1985, Seaver recorded his 300th victory at New York against the Yankees, throwing a complete game. Coincidentally, it was Phil Rizzuto Day – Seaver would later become Rizzuto's broadcast partner for Yankee games. Lindsey Nelson, a Mets radio and TV announcer during Seaver's Mets days, called the final out for Yankees TV flagship WPIX.

Final season[link]

Late in 1985, his next-to-last season, Seaver almost returned to the Mets, as general manager Frank Cashen was poised to make a late-season trade. However, manager Davey Johnson vetoed the idea, and Seaver instead ended his career with the Boston Red Sox in 1986 after being traded for Steve Lyons in mid-season. Seaver's 311th and last win came on August 18, 1986 against the Minnesota Twins. At the time of his retirement, Seaver was third on the all-time strikeout list (3,640), trailing only Nolan Ryan and Steve Carlton. No major league pitcher ever has matched his feat of striking out ten consecutive batters.[6] His career average of 6.85 strikeouts per nine innings is second only to Nolan Ryan (9.55)of any Hall of Famer with at least 300 wins. Seaver's lifetime ERA of 2.86 was third among starting pitchers in the Live Ball Era, behind only Whitey Ford (2.73) and Sandy Koufax (2.76). (Jim Palmer and Andy Messersmith both have a career earned run average of 2.86 as well.) Seaver also holds the record for consecutive 200-strike-out seasons with nine (1968–1976). Seaver's 61 career shutouts are second only to Warren Spahn (63) in the Live Ball Era. His career win-loss record percentage of .603 is one of the highest of any Hall of Fame pitcher with 300 wins in the Live Ball Era, and his record of 7.84 hits per nine innings is second only to Nolan Ryan (6.56) for all Hall of Fame pitchers with at least three hundred wins, and first among all HOF pitchers in any era with 300 wins, 3000 strikeouts, and a winning percentage of .600 or better. A knee injury prevented him from appearing against the Mets in the 1986 World Series between the Mets and Red Sox, but Seaver received among the loudest ovations during player introductions prior to Game 1. Roger Clemens attributes the time he shared with Seaver as 1986 Red Sox teammates as instrumental in helping him make the transition from thrower to pitcher. The Red Sox did not offer Seaver a contract to his liking for the 1987 season. His 1986 salary was $1 million; the Red Sox offered $500,000, which Seaver declined. When no new contract agreement was reached, Seaver was granted free agency on November 12, 1986.

In 1987, with their starting rotation decimated by injury, the Mets sought help from Seaver. Though no actual contract was signed, Seaver joined the club on June 6, and was hit hard in an exhibition game against the Triple-A Tidewater Tides on June 11. After similarly poor outings on the 16th & 20th, he announced his retirement, saying, "I've used up all the competitive pitches in my arm!" The Mets retired his uniform number 41 in 1988 in a special Tom Seaver Day ceremony. As of 2010, Seaver remains the only Met player to have his uniform number retired. Casey Stengel and Gil Hodges had their numbers retired as Met managers, and Jackie Robinson had his number retired by all teams. Their numbers—14 (Hodges), 37 (Stengel), 41 (Seaver), and 42 (Jackie Robinson) -- were posted in large numerals on the outfield fence at Shea Stadium, and are posted on the left field corner wall at Citi Field.

Hall of Fame[link]

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Tom Seaver's number 41 was retired by the New York Mets in 1988.

Seaver was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame on January 7, 1992. He received the highest-ever percentage of votes with 98.84% (on 425 of 430 ballots), higher than Nolan Ryan's 98.79% (491 of 497), and Ty Cobb's 98.23% (222 of 226). Three of the five ballots that had omitted Seaver were blank, cast by writers protesting the Hall's decision to make Pete Rose ineligible for consideration. One ballot was sent by a writer who was recovering from open-heart surgery and failed to notice Seaver's name. The fifth "no" vote was cast by a writer who said he never voted for any player in their first year of eligibility.[9] Seaver is the only player enshrined in the Hall of Fame with a Mets cap on his plaque. He was also inducted into the New York Mets Hall of Fame in 1988, the Marine Corps Sports Hall of Fame in 2003 and the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame in 2006.

In 1999, Seaver ranked 32nd on The Sporting News' list of the 100 Greatest Baseball Players, the only player to have spent a majority of his career with the Mets to make the list. That year, he was also a nominee for the Major League Baseball All-Century Team. Baseball purists often compare him to Christy Mathewson for his combination of raw power, pinpoint control, intelligence, and intense scrutiny of his performance. Seaver was the foremost latter-day exponent of "drop and drive" overhand delivery that utilitized his powerful legs, took strain off of his arm, and helped ensure his longevity. He always credited the training he received in the Mets organization, citing the long careers of teammates Jerry Koosman, Nolan Ryan and Tug McGraw as further proof. Seaver could also help himself at the plate. A good-hitting pitcher and proficient bunter, Seaver hit 12 home runs during his career, along with a relatively solid lifetime average for a pitcher of .154.

Hank Aaron stated that Seaver was the toughest pitcher he ever faced. Seaver approached Aaron before his first All-Star Game in 1967 and asked Aaron for his autograph. Seaver felt the need to introduce himself to Aaron, as he was certain "Hammerin' Hank" would not know who he was. Aaron replied to Seaver, "Kid, I know who you are, and before your career is over, I guarantee you everyone in this stadium will, too." In an ESPN poll among his peers, Bob Gibson, Juan Marichal, Jim Palmer, Nolan Ryan, Steve Carlton, Bert Blyleven, and Don Sutton all agreed Seaver was "the best" of their generation of pitchers.

On September 28, 2006, Seaver was chosen as the "Hometown Hero" for the Mets franchise by ESPN. Seaver made a return to Shea Stadium during the "Shea Goodbye" closing ceremony on September 28, 2008, where he threw out the final pitch in the history of the stadium to Mike Piazza. He and Piazza then opened the Mets' new home, Citi Field with the ceremonial first pitch on April 13, 2009.

Broadcasting career[link]

Since retirement, Seaver has sometimes been a television color commentator, working variously for the Mets, the New York Yankees, and with Vin Scully in 1989 for NBC. Seaver replaced Joe Garagiola[10] as NBC's lead baseball color commentator. He worked as an analyst for Yankees telecasts on WPIX from 1989-1993 and for Mets telecasts on WPIX from 1999-2005, making him one of three sportscasters to be regular announcers for both teams; the others are Fran Healy and Tim McCarver. He has also worked as a part-time scout, and as a spring training pitching coach. Seaver's TV experience dates back to his playing career, when he was invited into the TV booths for the 1977 and 1978 World Series on ABC and NBC, respectively.

Personal life[link]

Seaver married the former Nancy Lynn McIntyre on June 9, 1966. They are parents of two daughters. They live in Calistoga, California, where he started his own his 3.5-acre (14,000 m2) vineyard, Seaver Family Vineyards,. Seaver Family Vineyard [11] on his 116-acre (0.47 km2) estate in 2002.[12] His first vintage was produced in 2005.[13][14] He presented his two cabernets, "Nancy's Fancy" and "GTS", in an April 2010 wine-tasting event in SoHo to positive reviews.[15]

His media nickname referred to the cartoon character Tom Terrific.

See also[link]

Footnotes[link]

  1. ^ Baseball Hall Of Fame
  2. ^ Marine Corps Sports Hall of Fame, Retrieved July 1, 2007
  3. ^ a b Golenbock, Peter (2002). Amazin': The Miraculous History of New York's most Beloved Baseball Team. New York: St. Martin's Griffin. pp. 187. ISBN 0-312-30992-9. 
  4. ^ "Hickock Belt Tom Seaver". Hickokbelt.com. http://hickokbelt.com/winners/past-winners/winners/tom-seaver/. Retrieved 19 November 2011. 
  5. ^ Leggett, William (December 22, 1969). "TOM SEAVER - 12.22.69". Sportsillustrated.cnn.com (Time Inc.). http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1083193/index.htm?eref=sisf. Retrieved 19 November 2011. 
  6. ^ a b http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/NYN/NYN197004220.shtml Box Score of 19-strikeout game, April 22, 1970
  7. ^ Madden, Bill (June 17, 2007). "The true story of The Midnight Massacre - How Tom Seaver was run out of town 30 years ago". New York Daily News. http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/mets/2007/06/17/2007-06-17_the_true_story_of_the_midnight_massacre-1.html?print=1&page=all. Retrieved May 29, 2011. 
  8. ^ http://www.baseball-almanac.com/teams/metsattn.shtml
  9. ^ USA Today. December 22, 2006. http://www.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/columnist/bodley/2006-12-21-bodley-ripken-hall_x.htm. 
  10. ^ Martzke, Rudy (January 31, 1989). "NBC plans innovative ways to fill baseball void". USA Today: p. 3C. 
  11. ^ [1]
  12. ^ Asimov, Eric (December 28, 2005). "Warming Up in the Vineyard, Tom Terrific". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/28/dining/28seav.html. 
  13. ^ Lindbloom, John (August 26, 2010). "St. Helena gets a taste of Seaver and Sinatra". St. Helena Star (Napa, CA: Lee Enterprises, Inc.). http://napavalleyregister.com/star/business/st-helena-gets-a-taste-of-seaver-and-sinatra/article_0bcc08a9-c1b7-5b4b-b3ff-5e5d3aae92ec.html. Retrieved September 24, 2011. 
  14. ^ James, Marty (October 8, 2009). "Tom's terrific life after baseball". Napa Valley Register (Napa, CA: Lee Enterprises, Inc.). http://napavalleyregister.com/calistogan/sports/tom-s-terrific-life-after-baseball/article_1cd6a4b7-4daa-5294-97b3-810e20721b30.html. Retrieved September 24, 2011. 
  15. ^ Belson, Ken (April 26, 2010). "Seaver's Tales of Wine and Roses". The New York Times. http://bats.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/04/26/seavers-tales-of-wine-and-roses/. 

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Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Tommy Helms
National League Rookie of the Year
1967
Succeeded by
Johnny Bench
Preceded by
Bob Gibson
Steve Carlton
Mike Marshall
National League Cy Young Award
1969
1973
1975
Succeeded by
Bob Gibson
Mike Marshall
Randy Jones
Preceded by
Joe Namath
Hickok Belt Winner
1969
Succeeded by
Brooks Robinson
Preceded by
Juan Marichal
A. Messersmith & Phil Niekro
Steve Carlton
National League Wins Champion
1969
1975
1981
Succeeded by
Bob Gibson & Gaylord Perry
Randy Jones
Steve Carlton
Preceded by
Juan Marichal
National League ERA Champion
1970-1971
Succeeded by
Steve Carlton
Preceded by
Ferguson Jenkins
Steve Carlton
Steve Carlton
National League Strikeout Champion
1970-1971
1973
1975-1976
Succeeded by
Steve Carlton
Steve Carlton
Phil Niekro
Preceded by
Bob Forsch
No-hitter pitcher
June 16, 1978
Succeeded by
Ken Forsch

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Ellis Valentine
Right fielder
Born: (1954-07-30) July 30, 1954 (age 57)
Helena, Arkansas
Batted: Right Threw: Right 
MLB debut
September 3, 1975 for the Montreal Expos
Last MLB appearance
October 2, 1985 for the Texas Rangers
Career statistics
Batting average     .278
Home runs     123
Runs batted in     474
Teams
Career highlights and awards

Ellis Clarence Valentine (born July 30, 1954 in Helena, Arkansas) is a former right fielder in Major League Baseball. He was drafted by the Montreal Expos in 1972; playing for the Expos, he was elected a National League All-Star in 1977 and received a Gold Glove Award in 1978. He also played for the New York Mets, California Angels and Texas Rangers, before retiring in 1985 after being hit in the jaw by a ball.

On April 15, 1977 he hit the first ever home run at Olympic Stadium.[1]

Valentine is known to have one of the best if not the greatest outfield arms in the history of Major league baseball.

References[link]

  1. ^ The Official Major League Baseball Fact Book 2002. The Sporting News. 2002. pp. 437. ISBN [[Special:BookSources/0-89240-670-8|0-89240-670-8]]. 

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Ken Brett
Pitcher
Born: (1948-09-18)September 18, 1948
Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Died: November 18, 2003(2003-11-18) (aged 55)
Spokane, Washington
Batted: Left Threw: Left 
MLB debut
September 27, 1967 for the Boston Red Sox
Last MLB appearance
October 3, 1981 for the Kansas City Royals
Career statistics
Record     83-85
Strikeouts     807
Earned run average     3.93
Teams
Career highlights and awards

Kenneth Alven ("Ken") Brett (September 18, 1948 – November 18, 2003) was a Major League Baseball pitcher and the second of four Brett brothers who played professional baseball, the most notable being the youngest, George Brett.
Ken played for 10 teams in his 14-year MLB career.

Born in Brooklyn, Ken Brett grew up in southern California and was an athlete in El Segundo, a suburb of Los Angeles.[1]

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Baseball career[link]

1967 World Series[link]

At age 17, he was the fourth overall pick in the 1966 baseball draft, selected by the Boston Red Sox as a pitcher; the 19 other MLB teams coveted him as a sweet-swinging center fielder. Fifteen months later, Brett was called up to the major leagues from Single-A ball, he participated in the final week of a heated American League pennant race in September 1967. Boston won the league title by defeating the Minnesota Twins on the final day of the season, finishing a single game ahead of both Detroit and Minnesota, and three games ahead of Chicago. Brett was not expected to be on the post-season (World Series) roster to face the St. Louis Cardinals, but was added as an emergency replacement for an injured Sparky Lyle, a transaction requiring the commissioner's approval.[2]

Days later on October 8, Ken Brett became the youngest pitcher ever in the World Series, appearing in relief in Game 4. He pitched a scoreless eighth inning, yielding just a walk. In Game 7, he entered the game with the bases loaded in the top of the ninth inning and induced Tim McCarver to ground out to the first baseman to end the inning. At just 19 years (& three weeks), he gave up no hits in 1 13 scoreless innings in his two appearances.[3]

"Nothing ever fazed him. We had no hesitation about putting him on the World Series roster, none at all," recalled Dick Williams, Boston's rookie manager that year. "He had the guts of a burglar."[4]

1968–81[link]

Shortly after the 1967 World Series, Brett spent six months in the Army Reserve and missed spring training in 1968 and, in his first Triple-A outing back, was left in the game for nine innings. He developed arm trouble and endured a couple of surgeries, and his career never lived up to early expectations. He would later state that the worst curse in life is unlimited potential.

He gave up Hank Aaron's 700th home run on July 21, 1973, while with the Phillies. "I won the game, so it didn't matter that much to me," Brett said. "Aaron gave me an autographed picture the next day, and I stood there and tore it up in mock anger. I always took the game seriously, but I also had a good time playing it."[5]

Although a much-traveled pitcher who played for 10 MLB teams over a 14-year career, Ken Brett did have remarkable career moments. He was the winning pitcher of the 1974 All-Star Game, where he was the only member of the host team Pittsburgh Pirates on the National League squad. Earlier that year on May 27, 1974, Brett held the San Diego Padres hitless into the ninth inning before settling for a 2-hit shutout win in the first game of a doubleheader. In the second game he had a pinch-hit triple to help the Pirates sweep.

Two years later on May 26, 1976, while pitching for the visiting White Sox, he had a no-hitter going with two out in the ninth in a scoreless game against the California Angels. Jerry Remy's slow roller down the third base line was allowed to roll unplayed by Jorge Orta and amid some controversy, was scored a hit rather than an error. Brett pitched 10 innings and won the game 1–0, in 11 innings. (box score [6]).

Throughout his career, Brett was best known as an outstanding hitting pitcher, perhaps the best of his era. In 347 career at bats, he recorded 91 hits (29 for extra bases), yielding a .262 batting average and slugged an impressive .406. He hit 18 doubles, 1 triple, and 10 home runs with 44 RBI. While with the Philadelphia Phillies in 1973, he hit a home run in four consecutive pitching starts (from June 9 to June 23). In his All-Star year of 1974 with the Pirates, he hit a remarkable .310 (27 for 87), appearing in 43 games (27 as a starting pitcher and 16 as pinch hitter). His .310 batting average was higher than six of the eight starting position players on the Pirates in 1974, a team that won the National League Eastern division title. "I took a lot of pride in my ability to hit," he said. "In high school, I was also an outfielder and a pretty good hitter. I always thought my being able to hit helped me in games, and I pinch-hit a lot for pitchers, although there were a couple times in Pittsburgh when I hit for Kurt Bevacqua. He didn't like that much. I never took extra batting practice or anything like that. On days when I pitched, I'd get my swing in during batting practice." Dodgers Manager Tommy Lasorda was an admirer of Ken Brett's hitting ability and once remarked that "if we'd drafted him, we'd have put him in center field and he'd have stayed there."

Following the 1975 season, Brett played primarily for teams in the American League, which had instituted the designated hitter in 1973. This significantly limited his at bats in the second half of his career, not only as a starting pitcher, but also as a pinch hitter. In 1978 with the California Angels Brett transitioned to relief pitching.

In 1979, he returned to the National League as a reliever with the Los Angeles Dodgers. At the end of his career, Brett and his youngest brother George were teammates on the Kansas City Royals. Ken was added to the Royals roster in August 1980, the year the Royals finally won the American League pennant and George hit .390 and was the AL MVP.

Brett was released by the Royals following the 1981 season and retired from baseball shortly thereafter. He had a career record of 83–85, with an ERA of 3.93 in 349 games, with 184 starts and 51 complete games.

Brett played for 10 major league teams, but in his nine team changes Ken had been traded a mere six times, and released the last three. "I'll never forget the first time he came on in relief for the Royals," George recalled. "The bullpen was out in right field and they opened up the gate, and he came running in like an airplane -- arms spread out like wings, banking left, banking right, banking left and banking right. I'm on the mound with Jim Frey, our manager, and Jamie Quirk, who I'd played with for years and was Ken's dear friend. And I looked at Jamie and he looked at me, and I said, 'Now I know why he's been traded 10 times.' "

He wore his frequent change of uniforms as both a badge of honor and a badge of humor. In a commercial for Miller Lite beer in 1984, he raised a glass in a salute to the town he thought he was in, only to be told he was not in that town. He spun through his mental rolodex and named every major and minor league town he could think of. The punchline -- "Utica?" -- led to a minor league manager's job in Utica.[7]

In addition to the 10 MLB teams, Ken Brett had also played on several minor league teams.[8]

Post-playing career[link]

He served as a minor league manager in Utica in 1985, then worked as a broadcaster, providing color commentary for the Seattle Mariners in 1986, then the California Angels for the next eight years. Brett then coached baseball at the collegiate level, and co-owned minor league baseball and hockey teams and a sporting goods company in Spokane, his home since 1998, with his brothers John, Bobby, & George Brett.

Brett, along with his brother and several MLB all-stars made their guest appearances on ABC's "Fantasy Island", Season 1, Episode 10. Brett had no lines, but pitched for the camera and waved. As an inside joke between brothers, George Brett was embarrassed twice on the show - once by dropping a routine infield ball, and a second time by being struck out by a non-athlete who was there fulfilling his fantasy. George has since said that Ken pointed out he'd be the perfect "fool" for those moments.

Brett died on November 18, 2003 in Spokane, after a six year battle with brain cancer, which included two operations.[9]

References[link]

  1. ^ Sports Illustrated - "Love and Hate in El Segundo" - Jack Brett & his sons - 1981-08-17
  2. ^ Big brother was George Brett's inspiration - The Boston Globe - 2004-10-28
  3. ^ "1967 World Series - STL vs. BOS". Baseball-Reference.com. http://www.baseball-reference.com/postseason/1967_WS.shtml. Retrieved 2009-07-26. 
  4. ^ Ken Brett was a Red Sox phenom The Boston Globe - 2003-11-20
  5. ^ *Where are they now?: Ken Brett - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - 2003-07-13
  6. ^ "Retrosheet Boxscore: Chicago White Sox 1, California Angels 0". Retrosheet.org. 1976-05-26. http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/1976/B05260CAL1976.htm. Retrieved 2009-07-26. 
  7. ^ Former Blue Sox manager dies The Utica (NY) Observer-Dispatch - 2003-11-20
  8. ^ "Ken Brett". The Baseball Cube. 1948-09-18. http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/B/Ken-Brett.shtml. Retrieved 2009-07-26. 
  9. ^ Ken Brett succumbs - The Spokane Spokesman-Review - 2003-11-20

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