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It took a while, but the Emerald City has a new prodigal son and a new
clubhouse paleontologist. Here is a couple of things he brings to the table:
(1)Nov. 17, 1992: Drafted by Marlins in expansion draft, makes his major-league debut during the 1993 season.
(2)1994 season: Everett, playing for Marlins' Class AAA team in Edmonton, is suspended for lack of hustle and insubordination that included a verbal confrontation with his manager.
(3)1996: Playing winter ball in Venezuela, Everett was kicked off his team for charging into the stands pursuing fans he said were throwing beer at him
(4)1999 season: To date, his best year — .325, 25 home runs, 108 RBI, 27 stolen bases in just 123 games. Everett also ripped up a lineup card that didn't include his name and told manager Larry Dierker to make out a new one
(5)Aug. 14, 2001: Everett, still with the Red Sox, was fined for spitting and grabbing his crotch after hitting a home run off the Mariners' Jamie Moyer, who had hit him with a pitch earlier in the game.
(6)July, 2005: In a Maxim interview, Everett criticized gays, fans and Wrigley Field and affirmed his belief that dinosaurs never existed, an opinion that had earned him the nickname "Jurassic Carl" in Boston. His thoughts on homosexuality: "Gays being gay is wrong. Two women can't produce a baby, two men can't produce a baby, so it's not how it's supposed to be. There's no connection there. It's totally wrong. I don't care what anybody says. ... I don't believe in gay marriages; I don't believe in being gay."
I'm having a hard time choosing my favorite, as much as I like the thought of a guy running into the stands during winter ball in Venezuela or tearing up a lineup card...it's hard not to love free agency after a guy pulls a Jacko on Moyer and then a couple years later ends up a few lockers down. I'm still going to go with lucky 6, which proves that while his on-field antics my have died, Carl Everett is still a crazy bigot at heart. "YOU HEAR ME, THEY NEVER EXISTED".
Good work Bavasi...I hear your next target is Sidney Ponson, maybe you can get him and Steve Howe in a sign an trade. What's Rocker doing? Let's get the band back together man!!!
Anyway Lazlo has 20 1/2 hours left to make the most important decision of his life:
Anyway here's a little enlightenment for your Thursday (welcome back big fella):
clubhouse paleontologist. Here is a couple of things he brings to the table:
(1)Nov. 17, 1992: Drafted by Marlins in expansion draft, makes his major-league debut during the 1993 season.(2)1994 season: Everett, playing for Marlins' Class AAA team in Edmonton, is suspended for lack of hustle and insubordination that included a verbal confrontation with his manager.
(3)1996: Playing winter ball in Venezuela, Everett was kicked off his team for charging into the stands pursuing fans he said were throwing beer at him
(4)1999 season: To date, his best year — .325, 25 home runs, 108 RBI, 27 stolen bases in just 123 games. Everett also ripped up a lineup card that didn't include his name and told manager Larry Dierker to make out a new one
(5)Aug. 14, 2001: Everett, still with the Red Sox, was fined for spitting and grabbing his crotch after hitting a home run off the Mariners' Jamie Moyer, who had hit him with a pitch earlier in the game.
(6)July, 2005: In a Maxim interview, Everett criticized gays, fans and Wrigley Field and affirmed his belief that dinosaurs never existed, an opinion that had earned him the nickname "Jurassic Carl" in Boston. His thoughts on homosexuality: "Gays being gay is wrong. Two women can't produce a baby, two men can't produce a baby, so it's not how it's supposed to be. There's no connection there. It's totally wrong. I don't care what anybody says. ... I don't believe in gay marriages; I don't believe in being gay."
I'm having a hard time choosing my favorite, as much as I like the thought of a guy running into the stands during winter ball in Venezuela or tearing up a lineup card...it's hard not to love free agency after a guy pulls a Jacko on Moyer and then a couple years later ends up a few lockers down. I'm still going to go with lucky 6, which proves that while his on-field antics my have died, Carl Everett is still a crazy bigot at heart. "YOU HEAR ME, THEY NEVER EXISTED".
Good work Bavasi...I hear your next target is Sidney Ponson, maybe you can get him and Steve Howe in a sign an trade. What's Rocker doing? Let's get the band back together man!!!
Anyway Lazlo has 20 1/2 hours left to make the most important decision of his life:
Anyway here's a little enlightenment for your Thursday (welcome back big fella):
posted by Jimbo at 3:01 PM
7 Comments:
The Dinosaur thing is classic, I agree it has to be the best quote of Everett's career. Now the sonics just need to pony up for Ron Artest and bring the crazy-level of our rainy city to an all-time high. For those that want to dig further, here's an excerpt from the said article from the year 2000: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/features/cover/news/2000/07/19/everett_flashback/
Dinosaurs? "Didn't exist."
Uh, come again?
"God created the sun, the stars, the heavens and the earth, and then made Adam and Eve," Everett said last Friday, before the Red Sox lost two of three in Atlanta. "The Bible never says anything about dinosaurs. You can't say there were dinosaurs when you never saw them. Someone actually saw Adam and Eve. No one ever saw a Tyrannosaurus rex."
What about dinosaur bones?
"Made by man," he says.
Everett has trouble, too, with the idea of man actually walking on the moon. After first rejecting the notion, he concedes, "Yeah, that could have happened. It's possible. That is something you could prove. You can't prove dinosaurs ever existed. I feel it's far-fetched."
That's awesome. It reminds me of the part in Dumb & Dumber (one of my Top-5 Comedy's of all-time) when Lloyd sees a framed newsclipping of "Man Walks On The Moon":
"No way... WE LANDED ON THE MOON!"
If only C-Rett was more popular...Chapelle could have a field day with a split screen of Lil' John and C-Rett discussing anthropology to 1st graders...
You mentioned Ponson in your post. Well, below are a couple of paragraphs from this mornings PI about the M's possibly interested in Ponson:
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/baseball/252339_mari16.html
The Mariners, then, may be able to wait their way to a major signing. Seattle may be able to sign Millwood and add a second pitcher, but only at a reduced price. One possibility is Sidney Ponson, the former Orioles right-hander who is serving a five-day sentence for driving while intoxicated.
The Mariners have had internal discussions about Ponson, according to one club source, but it is unclear whether they have formal interest in signing him.
Awesome, the countdown to Armageddon has begun...
Yeah...speaking of trouble with the law...what's going on with Polly Brown...does he have time in between kitchen detail to come and type a few words...I've seen OZ, they have computers in the joint
Shane got married this past summer. Haven't met the lady, but he's happy and we e-mail every couple of months.
If we could get him to post, he would be a welcomed addition to the Lodge. Could be worth a tryout...
Let me know the email and we'll bring him in for a try-out...and then we can finally say: 8 is enough...or if Lazlo doesn't work out...the Magnificent 7
Shane "Poly Brown" Smither:
thesmithers@comcast.net
You might want to explain the challenge (one post per day for first week to prove himself) to temper his expectations in your email. Sweet. New blood.
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