I got really bored today and decided that I'm going to make some top 10 lists, and this is the first, My Top 10 Favorite South Park Episodes. I chose these out of my liking for them, not their timelessness, hilarity, or anything like that. And some of them I left out for a reason because well, quite frankly, I really just didn't like them. As much as most of you did, I didn't. Therefore, bitch, whine, moan, complain in comments. We'll debate. They are in an order.
10. Two Guys Naked in a Hot Tub- In this episode Stan and his family go a meteor shower party at Mr. Mackey's house. Gerald and Randy decided to participate in mutual masturbation, which Randy just can't take and blows up about. Stan unfortunately gets stuck with Butters, Pip, and Dougie, the losers of the class. They end playing games and trying to make the best of it. Soon after the ATF starts to think the party is some type of cult celebration and that they're going to kill themselves. In the end though, the kids save the day because they show the ATF it is, indeed, not a cult. Stan ends up liking the geeks but when Kyle returns from the Jewbilee he goes right back to his old ways. This is one of my favorite episodes because it completely ties in the episode before it (dropping Shelley off at Cartman's house) and the following episode (Kyle and Kenny's time at Jewbilee). It's also just mad hilarious.
9. Osama Bin Laden Has Farty Pants- The boys donate money to the Middle Eastern kids and in return get a goat. They kids head to Iraq to return the goat where they end up getting abducted by Osama bin Laden. The only person that can outsmart Osama? Cartman of course. They go through a sort of Bugs Bunny type thing, really hilarious. In the end, they end up blowing bin Laden up, forever defeating him. Don't forget, the Iraqi kids helped too. This episode made it here because it's just darn hilarious (Bugs Bunny on South Park and Osama making out with a camel) and you get see the Iraqi versions of the kids.
8. The Wacky Molestation Adventure- I haven't seen this episode in forever but I'll say what I remember. The kids end up saying that all the adults in town "mo-les-ter-red" them so they can basically get the town to themselves. Pretty soon the town turns into anarchy with the whole town splitting up into either Kyle and Stan's side or Cartman's side. A man and his wife with a broken down car roll into town in the middle of the chaos. Both of the sides are trying to get the other's book and whoever gets them wins. They were soon revealed to be lying and the families returned and South Park went back to its normal mountain town ways. This is one of my favorite episodes just because you get to see what anarchy would really turn into.
7. Spooky Fish- Another one of the great South Park Halloween episodes and probably my first South Park Halloween themed episode. Stan's "Aunt Flo" who comes every month and makes his Mom irritable decides to bring Stan a fish, which turns into a killer fish. This drives his Mother basically into insanity and begins burying the bodies in the backyard, thinking Stan has been doing it. Officer Barbrady soon catches on to what is going on, so Sheila decides she'll just lock him in the basement. The boys end up returning the fish to a pet store right on top of an Indian burial ground, but also there is a portal between two worlds. Into which a bad Kyle and Stan and a good Cartman come out. The boys end up sending the bad Kyle and Stan back, but misfire and send the good Cartman back, while leaving the regular one behind. I think this episode is great because it introduced "hella" to my vocabulary and I love Pet Sematary. Presented in "Spooky Vision" might I add.
6. Rainforest Schmainforest- This choir that sings about the rainforest, Getting Gay with Kids, comes to South Park to sing about the rainforest and why it should be preserved. Kyle, Cartman, Stan, and Kenny decided to make fun of them and end up getting forced to go on a trip to sing with them in Costa Rica about the rainforest. They end up getting taken on a tour of the rainforest where they get lost, and Cartman begins bitching and runs off. Everyone in the group finally get wicked pissed off about it. A girl, Kelly, ends up getting just a little too attached to Kenny. Also, did you know Jew's can't keep to beat? Anyway, Cartman runs into people who are loggers and use them to save everyone. They end up reworking their song and singing that song instead. I learned one of catchphrases, 5 minutes after the fact .. "Que?", from this episode. And it's hilarious watching the lady talk to people and put her head to the side. Jennifer Aniston guest voices!
5. Cow Days- In this episode these people win a trip to Cow Days. Not exactly the place they wanna go on vacation. The boys try to win some Terrance and Phillip dolls from a game there but it ends up being rigged. Kyle attempts to call shenanigans, but they come up with a better plan by entering Cartman in the rodeo to win money so they could play to their heart's delight until they got it. Cartman ends up hitting his head, getting amnesia and thinks he is a Vietnamese prostitute named Ming Li. They end up entering him in it anyway which he wins. The guy decided that rather than they play for the dolls forever they can just buy them. Turns out the dolls are shitty and they call shenanigans again, this time causing a riot ("Rabble rabble rabble!") that ruins the festival. During all this, the cows of the town steal the cow clock and begin worshipping it. The people try to put the cows in their proper place but the cows end up committing mass suicide to escape. This episode just fucking owns, nuff said.
4. Scott Tenorman Must Die- Probably one of the craziest episodes in South Park history. Scott Tenorman sells Cartman his pubes, knowing Cartman would be stupid enough to buy them. Cartman ends up embarrassing himself in front of everyone and he does everything he can to get those pubes back, being tricked by Scott at every corner. He finally decides that he's going to hold a Chili Con Carnival. Chef, himself, and Scott enter chili. Scott put pubes in his chili, hoping that he'd trick him again. Well, he was wrong. I'm not going to go into the entire plan but this episode is just plain sick. I love this episode just because it proves that Cartman isn't as stupid as we thought.
3. Cartmanland- Yet another Cartman oriented episode. Cartman's grandmother dies and leaves Cartman 1 million dollars saying the rest of the family will spend it on crack. Cartman decides to use the money to buy his own theme park, bothering Kyle to no end. Kyle ends up getting a hemorrhoid and losing all of his faith in God because the evil get good and the good get jackshit. Cartman ends up having to open the park to more people everyday, and Kyle ends up in the hospital, about to die after giving up all hope. Cartman gets so fed up by having so many people in the park he sells it back to the original owner. Then the IRS takes all his money after he fails to file his taxes and payouts and then money for Kenny's parents, who were suing. Kyle comes around in the end and his faith is restored. I love Kyle Broflovski, which is why this one is #3.
2. Hooked on Monkey Fonics- Yet another Kyle episode. There is a school spelling bee and the 2 home school kids, Rebecca and Mark. Kyle falls in love with Rebecca, annoying her parents to no end. Thinking their daughter will turn into a whore they try to keep her away from Kyle as much as possible, although he comes and sings under her window. Mark asks to go to public school, and his wish is granted. Although he gets taped to the bench. Kyle ends up kissing Rebecca which kinda drives her off the edge. She got so much pleasure from kissing Kyle that she decides to become a whore and kisses every guy she sees. This pisses Mark off and he goes to beat the shit out of Kyle. In the end though, Mark and Rebecca get viewed as cool, and fit in well at South Park Elementary. While, on the other hand, the adults tape their father to the flagpole. I'm not entirely sure if Rebecca and Kyle are still together, but it would be interesting to know. I love this episode because #1, it's Kyle and #2, Cartman's Mom gets him Hooked on Phonics .. with a monkey and a drum set that taps out word syllables!
1. The Return of the Fellowship of the Ring to the Two Towers- You've gotta read the title a few hundred times to get it, but it is a parody of Lord of the Rings. Stan's parents tell to the kids to bring LoTR to Butters, which turns out to be porno which they don't realize until they pop it in and see LoTR rather than Backdoor Sluts 9, one of the most hardcore pornos ever made. Well, they send the kids to get it back, which they do, and Butters turns into a Gollum like being. They soon run into the 6th graders who attempt to take the video. The kids do end up getting it to the table of elders, and Stan, Kyle, Cartman, Jimmy, Kenny (he's still trapped in Cartman's body), Craig, and Fillmore are commissioned to bring the tape back to the video store. But only after Talengar the Black (Token) watches it and proclaims with no explanation that "he's not playing anymore." As they go the kids end up running into kids playing Harry Potter, to whom they proclaim are "fags". Jimmy sacrifices his character's life for them to get the tape back and after all that, Fillmore and Craig decide to go play Harry Potter, leaving it down to Cartman (plus Kenny), Kyle, and Stan to get the tape back. Butters has been stalking them this whole time and offers to help them. When they reach the video he attempts to steal which makes them throw him in the chute with it. The 6th graders are about to beat the shit out of the boys when the parents show up and try to put the movie "into context", thinking they've seen it. O.O It gets interesting. Butters, as usual, is forgotten in the chute.
Long, drawn out, and it's the best episodes ever bitchs. =]
3.21.2007
3.12.2007
i've decided i'm gonna change a few things about myself.
i wanna become a minimalist. it's not an actual type of thing but it's an art form for music and things, which is basically music&art which is stripped down right to it's core. very simple. i want to be a very simple person. not as complex as i am. just a very straight forward, take me or leave me person. i think that would do really good.
i also want to slow down and actually live life, which is basically making me look like a stoner. but whatever, if i do i do, who cares.
i'm gonna start shrugging off peoples problems and stop butting my nose in where it doesn't belong. and i'm just not even going to give advice, as much as it's needed and appreciated. i just seriously can't handle some shit. and everyone else's problems cause me mental stress and i just can't handle it.
i'm gonna do something bad and start keeping shit inside, it just annoys me when stuff just goes around. so it'll stay with me. i can carry my own baggage thanks.
i'm also just going to relax and be a kid. all i do is watch the news, i'm gonna start watching different channels and cartoons and stuff. get back to the grassroots of what i used to be. it's a start and maybe it will reflect into the rest of my life?
that's about it.
i wanna become a minimalist. it's not an actual type of thing but it's an art form for music and things, which is basically music&art which is stripped down right to it's core. very simple. i want to be a very simple person. not as complex as i am. just a very straight forward, take me or leave me person. i think that would do really good.
i also want to slow down and actually live life, which is basically making me look like a stoner. but whatever, if i do i do, who cares.
i'm gonna start shrugging off peoples problems and stop butting my nose in where it doesn't belong. and i'm just not even going to give advice, as much as it's needed and appreciated. i just seriously can't handle some shit. and everyone else's problems cause me mental stress and i just can't handle it.
i'm gonna do something bad and start keeping shit inside, it just annoys me when stuff just goes around. so it'll stay with me. i can carry my own baggage thanks.
i'm also just going to relax and be a kid. all i do is watch the news, i'm gonna start watching different channels and cartoons and stuff. get back to the grassroots of what i used to be. it's a start and maybe it will reflect into the rest of my life?
that's about it.
3.07.2007
3.03.2007
i've got audioslave and zack de la rocha all figured out.
a few weeks ago it was announced that chris cornell was leaving audioslave. this was announced maybe like a month or 2 after they announced that rage against the machine was reuniting for one show. mind you, outside of cornell it's ratm territory.
i sense a return of one of the most political bands in music history.
yes my friends, rage against the machine has (or could be) returning. =]
a few weeks ago it was announced that chris cornell was leaving audioslave. this was announced maybe like a month or 2 after they announced that rage against the machine was reuniting for one show. mind you, outside of cornell it's ratm territory.
i sense a return of one of the most political bands in music history.
yes my friends, rage against the machine has (or could be) returning. =]
3.02.2007
because of all these funerals it's got me thinking, what would i want my funeral to be like. so, here a few things i want.
-i want everyone to wear white, none of the black bullshit. it's annoying. funerals are for beautiful send offs, not dark ones.
-i want a white casket, a white outfit, and a white liner in my casket. i also want the funeral home where i'm at to make my room very very bright. they always leave it so dark and rank, eww.
-i'm in the mood for some mummification.
-i want an open casket and an open funeral. anyone can go, and anyone can see.
-i want everyone to put their pictures in my casket. everyone who goes has to put a picture in. so, maybe not everyone can see me, only those carrying pictures and put them in =]
-that money&card bullshit has to go.
-don't send my family any fruit baskets, they don't do much of anything except rot.
-bury me somewhere else. i don't want to be near anyone in my family. make it interesting. maybe, under a tree but in a really inconvenient spot. something weird that will cause hell =] in life, in death.
-don't cry at my funeral. if i was alive i wouldn't cry at your's. funerals are not for crying but remembering.
-please, no priest at my funeral. i don't need a man who touches little boys for a living doing my last rites. i want my service outdoors, at the cemetary, by a justice of the peace thank you very much.
-i'm not leaving a will. dispute amongst yourselves.
-here are a few things to bury me with: a guitar pick, if i have glasses then put them in, a baseball of some type, maybe wearing a boston hat, and put in something from my profession, whatever that will be.
-i want 3 songs played at my funeral: helena;my chemical romance and 2 others to be named later.
-i want my eulogy to be an open forum, i want people to stand up and say whatever they feel. don't sugarcoat and if you have something you don't like about me get it out in the open. start a riot.
and that's it for now. =]
-i want everyone to wear white, none of the black bullshit. it's annoying. funerals are for beautiful send offs, not dark ones.
-i want a white casket, a white outfit, and a white liner in my casket. i also want the funeral home where i'm at to make my room very very bright. they always leave it so dark and rank, eww.
-i'm in the mood for some mummification.
-i want an open casket and an open funeral. anyone can go, and anyone can see.
-i want everyone to put their pictures in my casket. everyone who goes has to put a picture in. so, maybe not everyone can see me, only those carrying pictures and put them in =]
-that money&card bullshit has to go.
-don't send my family any fruit baskets, they don't do much of anything except rot.
-bury me somewhere else. i don't want to be near anyone in my family. make it interesting. maybe, under a tree but in a really inconvenient spot. something weird that will cause hell =] in life, in death.
-don't cry at my funeral. if i was alive i wouldn't cry at your's. funerals are not for crying but remembering.
-please, no priest at my funeral. i don't need a man who touches little boys for a living doing my last rites. i want my service outdoors, at the cemetary, by a justice of the peace thank you very much.
-i'm not leaving a will. dispute amongst yourselves.
-here are a few things to bury me with: a guitar pick, if i have glasses then put them in, a baseball of some type, maybe wearing a boston hat, and put in something from my profession, whatever that will be.
-i want 3 songs played at my funeral: helena;my chemical romance and 2 others to be named later.
-i want my eulogy to be an open forum, i want people to stand up and say whatever they feel. don't sugarcoat and if you have something you don't like about me get it out in the open. start a riot.
and that's it for now. =]
2.26.2007
sometimes i feel that i get treated like god, or the messiah or w/e you wanna say. and i don't like it. makes me feel like i'm an egotistacal maniac who is bent on destroying the world. i feel like i have a fucking ego when i'm told i don't.
people tell me all the time that i'm so cool and that i rock and all that. i think it's crock. i don't agree. i'm no better than anyone else in this world.
you people need to stop putting yourselves down in front of me while raising me onto another pedestal higher than your own. it's fucking annoying.
people tell me all the time that i'm so cool and that i rock and all that. i think it's crock. i don't agree. i'm no better than anyone else in this world.
you people need to stop putting yourselves down in front of me while raising me onto another pedestal higher than your own. it's fucking annoying.
last friday my friend julie was bringing her friend kayleigh home from a party when they got into a massive car accident and kayleigh was killed. the whole school has been depressed all day and it's amazing. julie locked herself in her room and hasn't come out since. and kayleigh's mom locked herself in her room and won't come out until kayleigh comes home. kayleigh is supposedly still logged on to her computer.
my feelings are thus. to put it frankly, i don't really care. yeah, i'll talk about it but that's because i'm curious. i'm done after today, i've learned all that i want to know. and this doesn't make me the least bit sad. speaking of which, death just doesn't fucking faze me. and everyone has been yelling at me all day about being inconsiderate. is telling the fucking truth being inconsiderate? seriously answer me that. and you people seriously don't understand what the fuck i've been through.
so before you even go to tell to me to be more considerate, seriously dude, go kill yourself.
my feelings are thus. to put it frankly, i don't really care. yeah, i'll talk about it but that's because i'm curious. i'm done after today, i've learned all that i want to know. and this doesn't make me the least bit sad. speaking of which, death just doesn't fucking faze me. and everyone has been yelling at me all day about being inconsiderate. is telling the fucking truth being inconsiderate? seriously answer me that. and you people seriously don't understand what the fuck i've been through.
so before you even go to tell to me to be more considerate, seriously dude, go kill yourself.
2.24.2007
this post is dedicated to probably one of the most reliable baseball/softballs i've ever owned. this ball has been through hell and high water.
he was there when lauren elbowed kyle in the balls. when we were using it as a weapon to hit kiefer. when i threw my first knuckle ball. when i actually played my first actually practice of softball/baseball.
today that softball has passed at the age of 2 years old. he passed when, while throwing a fastball, he flew under the fence, and got jammed between my neighbor's fence and the dirt stopper wooden wall (i'm sure you know what that is, it has logs and stuff). what seperates me from it is a fence and a large set of bushes. forever losing the ball.
he is survived by 1 player, 3 baseball gloves, and 3 tennis balls.
you will forever be in my thoughts. along with lauren's.
he was there when lauren elbowed kyle in the balls. when we were using it as a weapon to hit kiefer. when i threw my first knuckle ball. when i actually played my first actually practice of softball/baseball.
today that softball has passed at the age of 2 years old. he passed when, while throwing a fastball, he flew under the fence, and got jammed between my neighbor's fence and the dirt stopper wooden wall (i'm sure you know what that is, it has logs and stuff). what seperates me from it is a fence and a large set of bushes. forever losing the ball.
he is survived by 1 player, 3 baseball gloves, and 3 tennis balls.
you will forever be in my thoughts. along with lauren's.
i feel so stupid right now >.<
i screwed up a lot of the numbers on my biography for jimmy piersall. i made myself look like a fucking idiot. and then i forget to include a picture D= it's so horribly stupid. luckily tim got the numbers, and i hope they don't get mad because the bio isn't up yet, or they post one before they get mine. make all my hard work go for nothing.
if my numbers are wrong, then what if the rest of the bio is wrong?
i screwed up a lot of the numbers on my biography for jimmy piersall. i made myself look like a fucking idiot. and then i forget to include a picture D= it's so horribly stupid. luckily tim got the numbers, and i hope they don't get mad because the bio isn't up yet, or they post one before they get mine. make all my hard work go for nothing.
if my numbers are wrong, then what if the rest of the bio is wrong?
3 music soundtrack surveys =D
| My Life: The Soundtrack | |
| Opening Credits:: | saying sorry;hawthorne heights |
| Average Day:: | better together;jack johnson |
| Spending time with friends:: | but it's better if you do;panic! at the disco |
| Driving:: | bat country;avengd sevenfold (we can't stop here! we're in bat country!) |
| Bad day:: | the ghost of you;my chemical romance |
| Fight scene:: | plateau;nirvana (meat puppets cover) |
| Mental breakdown:: | last kiss;pearl jam |
| Life is okay:: | no way back;foo fighters |
| Graduation:: | schism;tool |
| Longing for love:: | animals;nickelback (sick dude =D) |
| First glance/new crush:: | photograph;nickelback (looking at old pictures and seeing someone i like?) |
| Secret love:: | headstrong;trapt |
| First date:: | passive;a perfect circle |
| Falling in love:: | times like these;foo fighters |
| Love scene:: | upside down;jack johnson (kinky) |
| Breaking up:: | kiss me i'm shitfaced;dropkick murphys (greattt) |
| Long night alone:: | i'm still here;johnny rzeznik |
| Wishing for love to return:: | one week;barenaked ladies (perfect) |
| Fighting to get him/her back:: | dani califronia;red hot chili peppers |
| Proposal:: | bother;stone sour |
| Wedding:: | i stand alone;godsmack (someone got left standing) |
| Reflecting on life:: | serenity;godsmack |
| Reflecting on love:: | if you talk too much (my head will explode);people in plane (nice) |
| Death scene:: | it's time to dance;panic! at the disco (yay! happy death!) |
| Closing credits:: | far away;nickelback |
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| Soundtrack to my life: This Is The Real Me | |
| Opening Credits | |
| Waking Up Scene: | we're all to blame;sum41 |
| Car Driving Scene: | creatures (for a while);311 (violent road rage) |
| High School Flashback Scene: | sad but true;metallica |
| Nostalgic Scene: | pardon me;incubus (noice) |
| Bitter, Angry Scene: | a boy brushed red .. living in black&white;underoath |
| Break-up Scene: | counting bodies like sheep to the rhythm of the war drum;a perfect circle |
| Regret Scene: | yellow ledbetter;pearl jam |
| Nightclub/Bar Scene: | cable car (over my head);the fray |
| Fight/Action Scene: | by the way;red hot chili peppers |
| Lawn Mowing Scene: | pain;3 days grace (do i like die mowing the lawn or something) |
| Sad, breakdown scene: | falling for the first time;barenaked ladies (greattt) |
| Death Scene: | fat lip;sum41 |
| Funeral Scene: | baba o'reilly;the who |
| Mellow/Pot-smoking Scene: | still frame;trapt |
| Dreaming About Someone Scene: | take it away;the used (someone bad i expect) |
| Sex Scene: | vicarious;tool |
| Contemplation Scene: | monkey wrench;foo fighters |
| Chase Scene: | aenima;tool |
| Happy Love Scene: | st. anger;metallica (ironic) |
| Happy Friend Scene: | tessie;dropkick murphys (red sox buddies! =D) |
| Closing Credits: | otherside;red hot chili peppers |
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| The Soundtrack to Your Mushy Love Life | |
| When you first meet each other:: | niki fm;hawthorne heights |
| Hanging out together:: | even in his youth;nirvana |
| How you fall in love:: | our lady of sorrows;my chemical romance |
| When you want the person:: | box full of sharp objects;the used |
| The first kiss:: | figured you out;nickelback |
| Being happy together:: | sugar, we're going down;fall out boy |
| In love and just being together:: | the horizon has been defeated;jack johnson |
| Thinking and missing that person:: | better man;pearl jam |
| When you first make love:: | living each day like you're already dead;atreyu |
| Your first fight:: | love song;311 |
| The feeling of being alone without that person:: | a certain shade of green;incubus |
| Should you be torn apart from each other:: | beautiful disaster;311 |
| Hurt and the break up:: | false pretense;the red jumpsuit apparatus |
| Missing each other:: | sitting, waiting, wishing;jack johnson |
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i just finished the jimmy piersall for top 100 red sox which you might wanna check out for some pretty cool information. so, here is the jimmy piersall biography in all it's glory =]
Jimmy Piersall, CF, #2, (1950-1958)
Career Stats:
1734 G, 104 HR, 591 RBI, .272 Avg., .332 OBP, .386 SLG
November 14, 1929 was the date and Waterbury, CT was the place where James Anthony Piersall, a boy who was going to grow up to be a centerfielder in the MLB, was born.
He started out as a high school basketball player at Leavenworth High School. During his time there the team went to the 1947 New England Championship. He landed 29 points in the final game.
He signed a minor league contract with the Sox in 1948 at the age of 18. He would play his first major league games 2 years later in 1950, he only played six games but during that time he was one of the youngest baseball players. He managed to earn the nickname “The Waterbury Wizard”, much to his teammate’s chagrin.
During his first years in MLB his bipolar disorder began to show itself and become prevalent, which is would do a few more times after that. Prior to a May 24th game against the Yankees he got into a brawl with Billy Martin. He also managed to get into a fight with Mickey McDermott, at that time his teammate. After all this odd behavior they sent him down to the Birmingham Barons. Not after he disciplined Vern Stephens’ 4 year old son in the Red Sox clubhouse.
During 3 week time period on the Barons he got kicked out of 4 games. His last one after firing a water gun at home plate to celebrate a teammates homerun and, after being ejected, heckling umpire Neil Strocchia from the grandstand roof. From all of this he received a 3 day suspension and 3 days later checked himself into Westboro State Hospital in Mass. He spent the rest of the baseball season in the hospital. He blamed his condition on his father for pressuring him too much about baseball.
He made his return in 1953 and got voted 9th in MVP voting for that year. The year following that he took Dom DiMaggio’s place in the outfield and stayed in the starting line-up until 1958. During this time, in 1954 and 1956 he got voted into the AL All-Star team. He also managed to clinch a Gold Glove for his outfielding in 1958. In 1956 he managed to pull a league high 40 doubles in 156 games played. He also managed to rake in 93 runs, 87 RBIs, and a .293 batting average.
He got traded to the Cleveland Indians for Vic Wertz and Gary Geiger on December 2, 1958. He, oddly enough, got stuck on the same team as Billy Martin. In 1959 the Indians battled a back and forth battle with the White Sox and in the end only ended up placing 2nd. After coming off this good season, things began to change.
Following up to his being ordered to get a psychiatric check on June 26, he heckled an umpire, threw a ball at the White Sox scoreboard, wore a little league helmet at a Tigers game, and started a few rows with the Yankees. He came back on July 23rd but got his last ejection of the season for causing problems in the outfield while Ted Williams was batting. After a meeting and a few front office changes he finally got back down to earth.
The 1961 season turned into a good one for him, he managed to earn another Gold Glove. He also managed to hold a .322 batting average, placing himself 3rd. Unfortunately, this season was also marred by his antics. He tried to go after Jim Bunning after he hit him with a pitch (more than likely on accident). He also ended up throwing a helmet, altogether costing him $200 in fines. On September 5th of that season he father passed away from a heart attack. 2 days after the funeral for his father he headed out to New York only to heckled, himself, by fans. On Sept. 10, after continued annoyance from fans, he finally punched one and attempted to kick another. After all this he still earned $2500 for good behavior.
On October 5th Piersall was sent to the Washington Senators. He didn’t spend much time there because of playing decline. He was sent to the Mets on May 23, 1963. He got sent back to a reserve role while playing for the Mets. During his Mets career he also hit his 100th homerun, which he celebrated by running around the bases backwards (in order of course).
A month after reaching 100 homeruns he got released by the Mets and then signed by the Los Angeles Angels. He retired an Angel and moved to the Angels front office on May 8th, 1967.
After his career he did a little TV commentating for the Angels but was fired was criticizing the team just a little too much. He also wrote a book about bipolar disorder and how he handled it, Fear Strikes Out. It was also made into a movie. In the end, Piersall decided not to endorse the movie because it didn’t display the facts right. He also wrote The Truth Hurts which is about the White Sox and his leaving. He now does a radio show in Chicago and got invited to the White House for the honoring of the 2004 Red Sox Championship.
And odd little tidbit I noticed and I’d figure I’d share is that he’s the godfather of former Congressman Mark Foley.
Jimmy Piersall, CF, #2, (1950-1958)
Career Stats:
1734 G, 104 HR, 591 RBI, .272 Avg., .332 OBP, .386 SLG
November 14, 1929 was the date and Waterbury, CT was the place where James Anthony Piersall, a boy who was going to grow up to be a centerfielder in the MLB, was born.
He started out as a high school basketball player at Leavenworth High School. During his time there the team went to the 1947 New England Championship. He landed 29 points in the final game.
He signed a minor league contract with the Sox in 1948 at the age of 18. He would play his first major league games 2 years later in 1950, he only played six games but during that time he was one of the youngest baseball players. He managed to earn the nickname “The Waterbury Wizard”, much to his teammate’s chagrin.
During his first years in MLB his bipolar disorder began to show itself and become prevalent, which is would do a few more times after that. Prior to a May 24th game against the Yankees he got into a brawl with Billy Martin. He also managed to get into a fight with Mickey McDermott, at that time his teammate. After all this odd behavior they sent him down to the Birmingham Barons. Not after he disciplined Vern Stephens’ 4 year old son in the Red Sox clubhouse.
During 3 week time period on the Barons he got kicked out of 4 games. His last one after firing a water gun at home plate to celebrate a teammates homerun and, after being ejected, heckling umpire Neil Strocchia from the grandstand roof. From all of this he received a 3 day suspension and 3 days later checked himself into Westboro State Hospital in Mass. He spent the rest of the baseball season in the hospital. He blamed his condition on his father for pressuring him too much about baseball.
He made his return in 1953 and got voted 9th in MVP voting for that year. The year following that he took Dom DiMaggio’s place in the outfield and stayed in the starting line-up until 1958. During this time, in 1954 and 1956 he got voted into the AL All-Star team. He also managed to clinch a Gold Glove for his outfielding in 1958. In 1956 he managed to pull a league high 40 doubles in 156 games played. He also managed to rake in 93 runs, 87 RBIs, and a .293 batting average.
He got traded to the Cleveland Indians for Vic Wertz and Gary Geiger on December 2, 1958. He, oddly enough, got stuck on the same team as Billy Martin. In 1959 the Indians battled a back and forth battle with the White Sox and in the end only ended up placing 2nd. After coming off this good season, things began to change.
Following up to his being ordered to get a psychiatric check on June 26, he heckled an umpire, threw a ball at the White Sox scoreboard, wore a little league helmet at a Tigers game, and started a few rows with the Yankees. He came back on July 23rd but got his last ejection of the season for causing problems in the outfield while Ted Williams was batting. After a meeting and a few front office changes he finally got back down to earth.
The 1961 season turned into a good one for him, he managed to earn another Gold Glove. He also managed to hold a .322 batting average, placing himself 3rd. Unfortunately, this season was also marred by his antics. He tried to go after Jim Bunning after he hit him with a pitch (more than likely on accident). He also ended up throwing a helmet, altogether costing him $200 in fines. On September 5th of that season he father passed away from a heart attack. 2 days after the funeral for his father he headed out to New York only to heckled, himself, by fans. On Sept. 10, after continued annoyance from fans, he finally punched one and attempted to kick another. After all this he still earned $2500 for good behavior.
On October 5th Piersall was sent to the Washington Senators. He didn’t spend much time there because of playing decline. He was sent to the Mets on May 23, 1963. He got sent back to a reserve role while playing for the Mets. During his Mets career he also hit his 100th homerun, which he celebrated by running around the bases backwards (in order of course).
A month after reaching 100 homeruns he got released by the Mets and then signed by the Los Angeles Angels. He retired an Angel and moved to the Angels front office on May 8th, 1967.
After his career he did a little TV commentating for the Angels but was fired was criticizing the team just a little too much. He also wrote a book about bipolar disorder and how he handled it, Fear Strikes Out. It was also made into a movie. In the end, Piersall decided not to endorse the movie because it didn’t display the facts right. He also wrote The Truth Hurts which is about the White Sox and his leaving. He now does a radio show in Chicago and got invited to the White House for the honoring of the 2004 Red Sox Championship.
And odd little tidbit I noticed and I’d figure I’d share is that he’s the godfather of former Congressman Mark Foley.
yessss #4 for the day. well, here is some very interesting fun facts =]
-The collecting of beer mats (coasters) is called tegestology.
-Like fingerprints, everyone’s tongue print is different.
-Bluebirds can’t see the color blue.
-A kangaroo can only jump if its tail is touching the ground.
-Oils from the orange roughy, Hoplostethus atlanticus, a deep-sea fish from New Zealand, are used in making shampoo.
-The animal responsible for the most human deaths worldwide is the mosquito.
-A moth has no stomach.
-In a study of 200,000 ostriches over a period of 80 years, no one reported a single case where an ostrich buried its head in the sand, or attempted to do so.
-135 million cars travel the nation’s roads and interstates each day.
-Nearly 20% of all vehicles stolen had the keys in them.
-In the gyms they called her “La Guitarra” because her body curved like a guitar. (jennifer lopez)
-Rumored to have her body insured for $1 billion, and had her rear protected with a $300 million policy. (jennifer lopez)
-Was nearly killed three years ago when he broke his back in a fall out of a window and fell three floors. He was told he may not walk again. He was operated on, and twelve days later he walked out of the hospital. (orlando bloom)
-Sean Connery once worked as a coffin-polisher.
-The largest toy distributor in the world is McDonald’s.
and that's it for now. maybe more later?
-The collecting of beer mats (coasters) is called tegestology.
-Like fingerprints, everyone’s tongue print is different.
-Bluebirds can’t see the color blue.
-A kangaroo can only jump if its tail is touching the ground.
-Oils from the orange roughy, Hoplostethus atlanticus, a deep-sea fish from New Zealand, are used in making shampoo.
-The animal responsible for the most human deaths worldwide is the mosquito.
-A moth has no stomach.
-In a study of 200,000 ostriches over a period of 80 years, no one reported a single case where an ostrich buried its head in the sand, or attempted to do so.
-135 million cars travel the nation’s roads and interstates each day.
-Nearly 20% of all vehicles stolen had the keys in them.
-In the gyms they called her “La Guitarra” because her body curved like a guitar. (jennifer lopez)
-Rumored to have her body insured for $1 billion, and had her rear protected with a $300 million policy. (jennifer lopez)
-Was nearly killed three years ago when he broke his back in a fall out of a window and fell three floors. He was told he may not walk again. He was operated on, and twelve days later he walked out of the hospital. (orlando bloom)
-Sean Connery once worked as a coffin-polisher.
-The largest toy distributor in the world is McDonald’s.
and that's it for now. maybe more later?
2.23.2007
i just had a random thought. about my future. as much as i'm a people person, what if i became a recluse or a loner? everything sounds like it would be so much more intimate and nice. you can take in more and aren't distracted by what the person does or says. "wish you were here" evoked this thought in my head. rather odd really that it would be that song. but the descriptive language boyd uses gets you thinking, "if you're alone and you see all this, is it just as good as that?" it probably is. but it's better.
alright, here is what this blog is going to consist of: (i figured i'd lay all this down now)
-poor capitalization
-really annoying posts.
-lots of netspeak because i'm an asshole.
-lots of mentions of furcadia (so do you're research now)
-news items i find humorously stupid
-really good david letterman top 10 lists
-lots of red sox
-or just baseball in general
-and just about anything i want.
i'll post more later =]
-poor capitalization
-really annoying posts.
-lots of netspeak because i'm an asshole.
-lots of mentions of furcadia (so do you're research now)
-news items i find humorously stupid
-really good david letterman top 10 lists
-lots of red sox
-or just baseball in general
-and just about anything i want.
i'll post more later =]
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