Obscure Brewers game

[jaybird2001wi]

I have an idea. Why don't we name some obscure Brewer players and give a useless fact about them? I will start....

 

Former Brewers 2nd baseman Pedro Garcia gave MC Hammer the nickname "Hammer" as a kid when he was the batboy for the Oakland Athletics because he resembled Hank Aaron as a child.

[recte44]

I was the President of the Mike Birkbeck Fan Club when I was in 8th grade (1987).

 

I went to a game, down by the dugout, flagged him down and asked him to sign an autograph- told him I was president of his fan club. His response- "I don't care, kid."

 

Stay classy, Mark.

[jaybird2001wi]

The first ball I ever got in batting practice was in 1991 when the Brewers were playing the White Sox. During the entire batting practice, I kept on hassling Dan Plesac the whole bp for a ball and he kept saying, "Hold on kid, I will get you one." Then when bp ended, he came up to me in the bleachers (I was with my dad and older brother) and he said, "Here you go, kid. He signed it for me." That brightened my night and he was officially one of my most favorite Brewers ever. Plesac was a class act all the way. I was 8 years old then.

[craigharmann]

The night after Pat Listach hit his first career homer in Boston, I was at the game the next night, and got his autograph and as he was signing, I said, congratulations on your homerun. He said thanks. Nothing huge and exciting, but I thought I was pretty cool.

[funkyplaidcoat]

Terry Francona went on to manage the Red Sox to a World Series title in 2004.

 

I kid, I kid....

 

During a batting practice in '92, Tony Fossas (the mechanic) was with the Red Sox and came over to talk to somebody next to me. I remember being suprised he had a foreign sounding accent. [rick aguilera reference deleted...I'm melding memories]

[pitchleague]

before game 3 of the 82 series, I was able to flag down Chuck Porter to autograph my WS Ball that I "caught" off the ground of the bleachers during batting practice.

 

Yep, an almost-nine-year-old me didn't care who it was and I got Chuck Porter.

[funkyplaidcoat]

remember when Ricky Bones killed a guy?

 

That means we traded Gary Sheffield for a convicted murderer.

[Paul77]

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remember when Ricky Bones killed a guy?

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Thats wasn't Bones. That was Julio Machado.

[Paul77]

I pretended to be Pat Listach's cousin for most of his rookie year.

[funkyplaidcoat]

Thats wasn't Bones. That was Julio Machado.

 

i'm an idiot. Bones was an all-star.

[brettac1]

Wes Helms has the dreamiest eyes I have ever seen.

 

No lie.

[1992casey]

Paul Householder: huge Jimi Hendrix fan

 

Del Crandall (manager and broadcaster): I used to play with his kids.

[Paul77]

I got a Christmas card from Eric Owens and his girlfriend.

 

Edited spelling

[gypcasino]

Back when I was at UW-Oshkosh in the early '90s Tom Tellman was also enrolled there and I'd see him on campus and out at the bars.

[augie46]

I went to Oshkosh at the same time. One of my former roommates eventually rented a room from Tellmann.

[jlau20]

I saw Jesse Levis at the zoo once.

 

He was looking at the birds.

[Paul77]

Teddy Higuera used to wear his jersey to the "Super Mercado" grocery store when he was shopping. I always thought that was hi-larious!

[mattsr0625]

back in the late 80s early 90s my brother, cousins and i went to old county stadium the day before opening day to watch them practice. we stood in the first row around home plate just watching when i noticed a ball on the field not to far from me. i think my brother told me i should go get it. well i jumped over the fence ran over, grabbed the ball and ran back to the fence. we all took off when we heard so guy yelling "hey kid." we looked back and it was a reporter from the journal. he took my name and asked some questions nothing major. shortly after we left. that was the only ball i got until miller park opened. i still have the ball autographed by most of the players. ill never forget that.

[splitterpfj]

I was at a game in 1977 (yes, really), I got Sixto Lezcano's autograph before the game, which really put me on cloud nine, he was my first favorite player.

 

After the game, my cousin and I were trying to get more autographs as the players came out in street clothes, this guy came out, my cousin ran over and got him to sign. The player turned toward me and very politely asked me if I wanted an autograph too, I thought for sure it was Sixto, so I said "No, I already got yours." The guy just gave me an extra little look, then walked off.

 

My cousin came over and showed me the autograph he'd just gotten, in very nice penmanship it read "Bill Castro."

 

Sorry Bill.

[greeg35]

In my very much younger and more precocious years I once hit Pat Listach with a jolly rancher; however I was aiming for Doug Henry.

 

I still can't figure out why Listach was in the bullpen...

[cweber39]

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In my very much younger and more precocious years I once hit Pat Listach with a jolly rancher; however I was aiming for Doug Henry.

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What???!! I know the Henry family really well, should I tell him when I see him next?? Haha...

 

What did Listach do?

[jaybird2001wi]

When I was at UW-Whitewater as the sports editor, I had a chance to interview Doug Henry, who served as the pitching coach for the team. He resigned at the end of the year amid controversy when he punched out a UW-Oshkosh player during a brawl between UW-Whitewater and UW-Oshkosh. Pitcher Kevin Tomasiewicz of UWW hit his former teammate, who was batting for Oshkosh and the benches cleared. Henry is now with the Braves organization and Tomasiewicz is now with the Mets organization.

[DuWayne Steurer]

When I was roughly 10 years old, we went to an autograph signing at the Janesville Mall, at which the guy signing was one Earnest Riles. Not a lot of kids there, maybe 30-40 or so. My dad told him that we were going on a trip to Niagara Falls later in the summer, and that we'd be swinging through Detroit when the crew was in town.

 

This had to be 3 months later, and as my little brother and I are down by the dugout seeking autographs, Ernie pops out, sees us both, and says "Hey! The Janesville kids! I didn't think I'd see you guys here!"

 

I thought that was so damn cool that he remembered that we said we were coming. So now I have 3 Ernie Riles autographed pieces.

[dadofandrew]

You wanna know how obscure Brian Mallette is?

 

I had to look up his name on BR.com because I could not recall it, when I mentioned him in another thread a week ago.

[Big Ern2440]

I bought Doug Henry and Pat Listach a drink at GBI's in Stevens Point during the winter tour of 1992? (That period is pretty blurry).