Another Rocky Bridges story: In 1958, he was somehow selected to the American League All Star team as the sole representative of the Washington Senators. (He hit a whopping .263 that year.)
"I never got in the game," Bridges recalled years later, "but I sat on the bench with Mickey Mantle, Ted Williams and Yogi Berra. I gave 'em instruction in how to sit."
Showing posts with label Rocky Bridges. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rocky Bridges. Show all posts
Sunday, February 15, 2015
Sunday, February 8, 2015
The Sunday Funnies
Rocky Bridges, who died on Jan. 27, was a well-traveled utility infielder-minor league manager-raconteur, a baseball lifer who always had a cheek bulging with chaw and a funny story on his lips.
Eleven seasons in the bigs split among seven teams, a lifetime batting average of .247 and probably 247 ancedotes. I'm surprised, really, that I've done the Sunday Funnies for four winters and never used a Rocky Bridges story.
So let's rectify that ...
Bridges is managing in El Paso, and he's coaching third base when one of his players, Ethan Blackaby, hits a home run. As Blackaby rounds third, Bridges extends his hand in congratulations -- and presses his well-chewed wad of tobacco into Blackaby's palm. Blackaby took the chaw in stride -- and passed it on to on-deck hitter Tom Egan at home plate
It was Egan who nearly got sick.
Eleven seasons in the bigs split among seven teams, a lifetime batting average of .247 and probably 247 ancedotes. I'm surprised, really, that I've done the Sunday Funnies for four winters and never used a Rocky Bridges story.
So let's rectify that ...
Bridges is managing in El Paso, and he's coaching third base when one of his players, Ethan Blackaby, hits a home run. As Blackaby rounds third, Bridges extends his hand in congratulations -- and presses his well-chewed wad of tobacco into Blackaby's palm. Blackaby took the chaw in stride -- and passed it on to on-deck hitter Tom Egan at home plate
It was Egan who nearly got sick.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)