Nice video put out a few days ago by sportswriter Jeff Pearlman on J R Richard. J R was one of those guys that, when you first saw them on the field, you just knew there was something special there even if it was raw. Same feeling I had with Vince Young, Cam Smith and other greats over time. Gone but not forgotten.
Right up there with the great intimidating pitchers I’ve seen in my 70 years alongside Gibson, Ryan, Randy Johnson, Koufax and Don Drysdale. Drysdale maybe being #1 for the simple fact that he had no qualms about hitting batters.
That was very good.
For the record Pearlman might be glad to know that Richard was inducted into the Astros team Hall of Fame in 2019.
He was there for the ceremony (13:50 mark in the video below). Doesn’t remove the stain of the poor treatment he received in previous years, but still a fitting tribute.
Damn, still hurts trading Morgan…
Fuck Jeff Pearlman. He can choke on a giant dick.
I think there may be more to that story than we know.
Pearlman has made it his life’s mission to write hackneyed hit pieces against the Astros. Seriously, fuck that clown.
Gibson would hit a guy and then he’d hit the guy’s teammate for good measure.
Morgan and Wynn were getting in trouble together, and the team chose Wynn over Morgan. My scout friend worked for the Astros then and explained that to me.
Damn…not that I didn’t like Wynn but having to watch Tommy Helms at 2nd base instead of Morgan sucked.
Sorry for posting a piece from Pearlman, didn’t know about the bad history…just thought it was a good tribute to J R and had looked up some videos after sorting through some old baseball cards which took me down memory lane. Lord, I apologize.
Would not have wanted to face either Gibson or Drysdale in their prime…this is a funny clip of Mantle and Duke Snider talking about Drysdale’s willingness to hit opposing batters.
It’s not your fault Pearlman is a hall of fame douchebag.
Now I know, thanks.