well it was kind of a joke. the guy was a marketing tool, with a bad ass poster.. this for a player who was terrible. that's kind of the joke.. not to be taken serious.
I actually did remember the name when I read your post, just didn't remember how he played? I don't remember the poster and the Rambo nickname.
I tried to watch baseball last night for some reason, the batter was up, taking pitch after pitch, fouling balls off, and the one guy was having a discussion with Rick Sutcliffe about interviewing people, and Rick was talking about how he used to get so nervous that he almost quit broadcasting, and after about 8-10 pitches, the batter drew a walk, lol, and I was like why in the hell do people like this? and flipped the channel to ANYTHING ELSE.
its one of those things as a young swerve, I thought he was a bad ass, mainly due to that poster. saw him as this home run threat. finally looked up his stats and had to laugh.. I guess the pirates in mid 80's didnt' have much to market. Madlock, Parker, Jason Thompson must have all been gone and this was before Barry and Bonilla were around..
The entire team was trash that game...blaming Fleury is stupid.
Great line in the press re: Derek Bell,
The thing is, is there anyone out there who actually doesn't think he is the worst player in pirates history? I think everyone was always in agreeance he was absolutely pathetic.
Derek bell hit .173 in his only season here. He was historically awful, even for the pirates of that era.
Honestly if you would've just said lastings milledge, I wouldn't have thought twice about it. I just knew nobody has ever been nearly as bad as Derek bell lol.
Before my time but I looked at his numbers with Pittsburgh, the '01 pirates would've killed to have him on the team over Derek bell. Actually the only guys almost anywhere close to as bad as bell were some of his teammates, pat meares and warren Morris.
He was one of the best relievers in baseball for a decent while. Right now though, as a closer, he legit might be the worst closer we've had here in many, many years. The second blown save of back to backs against the o's was almost unbelievable, like I really didn't think he could be THAT bad every single night. The pirates flat out are not trying to win right now if they're throwing him out there in that role continually.
