It was a snowy day, circa 1970, when Lois -- who made breakfast porridge cool by casting Mantle in a famous spot -- got a call to immediately remove Mickey from the bar of the Pierre Hotel on Fifth Avenue in New York.
On their way out, a blonde hostess asked The Mick for his autograph. For her son, she explained.
Mantle responded by grabbing her breasts.
Lois apologized profusely on his friend’s behalf, hustled him through the revolving door, and gave the hostess $100 for her troubles.
Then he found Mickey at the curb, his face just inches from the gray slush, but grinning.
“Fine place for America’s hero,” said Mantle. - fox sports
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•Prior to joining the Tigers, he served as special assistant to Pittsburgh Pirates General Manager Dave Littlefield... appointed to the position on January 23, 2002 after spending nine seasons with the Florida Marlins.
•Served as the interim general manager for the Marlins during the 2001 off-season following David Dombrowski’s departure to Detroit and negotiated with and signed all five arbitration-eligible players to contracts for the 2002 season.
•Named Florida’s vice president and assistant general manager in July 2001.
•Under Avila’s guidance, the Marlins drafted 2003 World Series MVP Josh Beckett in the first round of the June 1999 draft, while the Marlins also selected Tigers lefthander Nate Robertson in the fifth round...in the first round of the June 2000 draft, the Marlins drafted the Midwest League’s top hitting prospect in 2001 and one of the youngest players to play in the Futures Game in San Diego first baseman Adrian Gonzalez -- the second round of the June 2000 draft also netted 2002 minor league player of the year, infielder Jason Stokes. - Tigers
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When his OPS was 1.392 after his first 43 plate appearances (with 7 walks!), the top two outcomes looked more feasible. Then he snapped back to reality. His OPS hit a season low .635 on May 23rd, and despite a brief hot streak in June, he once again performed near replacement level overall. Hindenburg. Carlos Beltran returned in July, and Angel Pagan shifted to the corner outfield spots. Frenchy's playing time diminished and he didn't like it one bit -- he sort of requested a trade. A couple weeks later, the front office obliged and shipped him to Texas for Joaquin Arias. Much like the Braves trading him away, this wasn't about what the Mets received in return. It was about delicately ridding the team of a major problem. A worst-right-field-production-in-the-league problem.
If the prep talent in this year’s draft is a little unclear at the top, that may soon change as the 2011 draft will be the last under the current Collective Bargaining Agreement between Major League Baseball and the Player’s Association.
Significant changes to the draft are reportedly in the works, including the potential legislation of a hard bonus cap, which may end up driving a number of top high-school prospects not taken in the first round to the college ranks in the future.- perfectgame.
A Maricopa County Superior Court jury returned a death sentence Friday against former minor-league baseball player Fabio Gomez just days after he told jurors that his murder conviction was racially motivated.
It was the second time that Gomez, 42, was sentenced to death for the 1999 bludgeoning death of Joan Morane, 36, who lived next door to Gomez in a Chandler apartment complex. His first sentencing, in 2003, was reversed on appeal.
Gomez is a native of the Dominican Republic, and he calls himself a contemporary of Chicago Cubs legend Sammy Sosa. But in 10 years as a ballplayer, Gomez's best showing was two half-seasons in AAA ball. He left the game in 1996, and in 1999 he was unemployed and living with his girlfriend and infant son in a Chandler walk-up apartment. - azcentral
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