At least one of the defending AL East Champs has a funny way of showing his support for an embattled teammate. Sometimes writing a book isn’t necessary if you wanna bury a colleague.
At least one of the defending AL East Champs has a funny way of showing his support for an embattled teammate. Sometimes writing a book isn’t necessary if you wanna bury a colleague.
“defending AL champs”? paging the fact checking department….
http://www.jockbio.com/Bios/Sheffield/Sheffield_bio.html
“The only thing that could stop Gary at this age [11] was his explosive temper, which he was barely able to control. Once, when he was late to practice, his coach benched him. Gary picked up a bat and chased the man all over the field.
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Off the field, Gary walked a fine line during his early teens. His parents were strict about everything, including curfews, swearing and showing respect to elders. But when Gary was out of their sight he ran with the Alleycats, rising to the top of the gang’s hierarchy by beating and bludgeoning fellow members. Fortunately, the lure of baseball was just enough to keep him from becoming another statistic, and his interest in vandalism and petty theft waned.
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Not only didn’t Gary back down from challenges, he often provoked confrontations to prove how tough he was. The scary thing was that he was not satisfied when he won a fight. He seemed bent on inflicting serious, permanent damage. Gary later admitted that he was not happy unless a skirmish ended with a lot of blood.
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Gary signed for a $152,000 bonus and appeared hell bent on spending every penny of it. He bought a gold Mercedes and had his initials inlaid in gold in his front teeth. ”
and so on
Jamie,
of course. I meant to say AL East champs.