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...time, I needed a quote from the new catcher the parent team had just gotten in a trade. I asked one of the pitchers to point him out for me, since once they removed their uniforms I had a hard time telling them apart. The pitcher pointed, and I turned just in time to lock eyes with the player in question, stark naked...
...comes down to professionalism, as square as that may sound. There remains an undercurrent of sentiment that women have no place in a room with naked men, and that it violates the privacy of the players. Former Detroit Tigers pitcher Jack Morris famously said of female reporters, “The only time I want to talk to a woman when I’m naked is if I’m on top of her or she’s on top of me.” Even if you make it past the locker room door, there?...
...Boston Red Sox were battling the Cleveland Indians in the ALDS that fall, and a very public and controversial dispute arose over who should be Boston’s starting pitcher for Game Four. Pedro Martinez seemed to be the obvious choice, but manager Jimy Williams stunned Red Sox Nation by selecting reclamation project Pete Schourek to start the game...
Schourek had his brilliant season in 1995, when he was the best pitcher on a Cincinnati team that went to the NLCS. He had his moment of fame...
...some Sox fanatics tried rearranging the letters of Pete Schourek’s name, and discovered that it was an anagram for the phrase “Ruth Keep Score.” Schourek’s anagram may not rival that of fellow former Sox pitcher Bruce Hurst, whose letters could be rearranged to form “B. Ruth Curse,” but any press is good press for guys like this...