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Hal McRae's notorious takedown "slide" of Willie Randolph during Game 2 of the 1977 ALCS.
McRae treated second base like the springboard of a gymnastics vault, catapulting himself far beyond the bag and into Randolph's side to disrupt a double-play AND allow Fred Patek to score from third and tie the game.
"I was so pissed I threw the ball into their dugout," Randolph said years later. "I'm not sure I hit anybody. I hope I did."
These kinds of vicious slides are outlawed in today's game. However, in baseball history's vast library, there exists a manual on takeout slides. It's authored by Hal McRae.
La columna de Reales de Kansas City - Semana del 6 al 12 de julio 2020
La columna de Reales de Kansas City – Semana del 6 al 12 de julio 2020
A continuación, un vistazo a los hechos más resaltantes los Reales de Kansas City en la semana del 6 al 12 de julio, un toque semanal de nuestro equipo.
En desarrollo los entrenamientos de verano
Como preámbulo a esta atípica campaña de 2020, los entrenamientos en las instalaciones del Kauffman Stadium sigue en marcha.
Ya dieron inicio los juegos interescuadras entre los jugadores activos del…
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Baseball sux LOL
When I was a kid I was a baseball fanatic -- I could name the starting lineup of the 57 Braves (Milwaukee Braves, thakyouverymuch) -- even in the 60s I was a left field bleacher bum for the Cubs (who will finally win it all this year).
But I don’t watch any more. Salaries are too high, play is too slow, and they’ve taken the balls out of the game. The kind you wear a jock for.
Consider this play that ended the Jays game
http://www.thescore.com/mlb/news/1000266
Somewhere Pete Rose and Hal McRae are laughing.
Random Baseball Card #4267: Hal McRae, designated hitter, Kansas City Royals, 1986, Topps.
Alan Eskew’s Blues: The Collateral Damage of Hal McCrae’s Infamous Meltdown
“There's a 1 1/2 -inch cut on my right cheek about an inch from my eye. My vision was blurry for a few hours. My face is still puffy, and I took two aspirin for a headache before writing this column. I visited the doctor yesterday afternoon and received a tetanus shot. He said the cut would leave a scar.” Alan Eskew April 28, 1993
If you’re reading this blog, you’re probably already familiar with what Royals manager Hal McRae did in his office after his team lost to the Detroit Tigers 5-3 on April 26, 1993. Clips like this are the reason I started this thing. In fact, this might have been the first youtube video I bookmarked.
If you haven’t seen it, I’m jealous. I wish I could see this first ballot HOF freakout for the first time again. Back in ‘93, managers and coaches didn’t do press conferences in front of a crisp banner featuring team and corporate logos. No, on this night several reporters were jammed into McRae’s office while he held court at his desk, already stripped out of his uniform- his rage simmering just below his long johns and turtleneck.
One of the reporters- sports radio host John Doolittle- asked a couple of coulda -shoulda questions common to post game pressers, the second one being why didn’t pinch hit an aged George Brett in the seventh inning. Well, that was enough for Hal.
When he was asked the question about putting Brett into the game, perhaps he was reminded of the ugly, likely racially tinged way Brett won the batting title from him on the last day of the season in 1976.
Whatever it was, McRae’s rage boiled all the way over and it sent profanity and every object that wasn’t nailed down in that small office flying. One the reporters there was Alan Eskew from The Topeka Capital-Journal.
A tape recorder hit him in the face, you can clearly see Eskew and his wound at 0:57. He walks out of this shit storm calmly and goes to file his story.
Two days later, he wrote this column. According to it, the incident caused him to file his story just 18 minutes late. I couldn’t find much else about him, but by the way he handled himself this night, not choosing to retaliate or sue, only asking for a crab dinner from McRae in Baltimore, he’s okay with me.
Of course, if Eskew had chosen to pick up a Louisville Slugger and brain McRae with it, I would have been okay with that, too.
BOX SCORE
19 May 2013
Who are the only three players in Royals history to get 50 doubles in a season?
Hal McRae, Alex Gordon and Billy Butler