Oct 13, 2020
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Ripper Collins and Andre the Giant
“Ripper Collins is taking legal action to get the Sleeperhold banned in New Zealand. Ripper told us in an interview that he had hired two lawyers to look into incidents that have happened while Steve Rickard has been using the Sleeper in New Zealand. He went on to say the Sleeper has been banned in 48 out of 50 states in the U.S.A.; Alaska and Texas the only states where it's still allowed.“
December 20, 1960
#OTD in @chicagocubs history ▸ Cubs owner P.K. Wrigley announces that the club will not have a manger for the ‘61 season, but instead will use a “college of coaches.” The “faculty” for the upcoming campaign will include El Tappe, Charlie Grimm, Goldie Holt, Bobby Adams, Harry Craft, Vernon Walker, Ripper Collins, and Vedie Himsl, with each serving as “head coach” for part of the season.
The new “system” produced a 9th place, two 7th place, and two 8th place National League finishes in 5 years (for a combined record of 354-449 – a .441 winning percentage). In short, the College of Coaches was a disaster. Notably, the one player who openly disagreed with the plan was fireplug second baseman (and future Cubs’ manager) Don Zimmer. As a result, Zimmer found himself a member of the @mets for the 1962 season. In November 1965 Wrigley hired Leo Durocher to manage the 1966 Cubs squad, thus ending the experiment...
Ripper Collins
August 9, 1937
#OnThisDay in @chicagocubs history ▸ the Northsiders go on a visit to Chicago's Cook County Jail. Cubs' first baseman Ripper Collins thought it great fun to jokingly take a seat in the jail's electric chair. Superstitious teammates chided him for doing what they considered to be an omen of bad luck...
The next day, in the first inning, Collins fractures his right ankle sliding into home plate. The Cubs go on to loose the game 5-6 to the @pirates.
Ultimately Collins' bad luck rubbed off on the team. On August 9, the Cubs were leading the National League pennant race by six games. By the time the regular season ended on October 3, the Cubs squandered their cushion loosing the '37 National League pennant to the @sfgiants (née New York Giants) by 3 games.
