Player Profile: Jim Leyritz

Therion · May 15, 2009

The newest profile is up at http://therion.today.com. Today features the clutch hitter Jim Leyritz. I've also added a new feature to my profiles. What is it? Well, go read it and find out.

As always, comments and suggestions are welcomed.

SanDiego · May 15, 2009

Good read, it provides a short, informative little section about a player that some younger people may not know about. I'm 16, and the only reason I know who Jim Leyritz is is because his son was on my Little League T-ball team. Leyritz was a pretty cool guy and I remember at the end of the year when we had a pizza party, he autographed my ball. It has since faded away, but I still keep it in a ball holder. I remember reading about him hitting those HRs in the WS and thinking how awesome it was that I met him. It's too bad what happened with the crash, he seemed like such a nice guy. Goes to show what addictions can do to you I guess.

Jake.

P.S. It might just be me, but the title at the top of the article is just filled with some font "code."

championMan · May 15, 2009

I wish he will forgive himself for his mistake, serve his time and have a second chance.
He will always be part of history, as he hit the last HR of the 20 century.

KOBEARODLT · May 15, 2009

championMan said:
I wish he will forgive himself for his mistake, serve his time and have a second chance.
He will always be part of history, as he hit the last HR of the 20 century.

yup sure did, i actually have a ball signed by him that says last hr of the 20th century

championMan · May 15, 2009

oh KOBEARODLT did my idea on your post for cleaning your bgs holder help a bit?

KOBEARODLT · May 15, 2009

championMan said:
oh KOBEARODLT did my idea on your post for cleaning your bgs holder help a bit?

i didnt even see it was bumped back up, i figured no one knew haha, let me check it out quick!

Therion · May 15, 2009

Thanks for the input guys

What do you think of the new feature? Does it add something cool?

leatherman · May 15, 2009

KOBEARODLT said:
yup sure did, i actually have a ball signed by him that says last hr of the 20th century

Technically, the last home run of the 20th century was hit by Derek Jeter in this game from the 2000 World Series: http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes ... 0260.shtml

Leyritz had 13 postseason hits: 8 were home runs. Damn.

David

Therion · May 15, 2009

leatherman said:
KOBEARODLT said:

yup sure did, i actually have a ball signed by him that says last hr of the 20th century

Click to expand...

Technically, the last home run of the 20th century was hit by Derek Jeter in this game from the 2000 World Series: http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes ... 0260.shtml

Leyritz had 13 postseason hits: 8 were home runs. Damn.

David

Yep. He's pretty much the definition of clutch.

pujolsjunkie · May 15, 2009

Therion said:
leatherman said:

KOBEARODLT said:

yup sure did, i actually have a ball signed by him that says last hr of the 20th century

Click to expand...

Technically, the last home run of the 20th century was hit by Derek Jeter in this game from the 2000 World Series: http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes ... 0260.shtml

Leyritz had 13 postseason hits: 8 were home runs. Damn.

David

Click to expand...

Yep. He's pretty much the definition of clutch.

The master of the hit and run.

::weak drum hit::

Therion · May 15, 2009

pujolsjunkie said:
Therion said:

leatherman said:

KOBEARODLT said:

yup sure did, i actually have a ball signed by him that says last hr of the 20th century

Click to expand...

Technically, the last home run of the 20th century was hit by Derek Jeter in this game from the 2000 World Series: http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes ... 0260.shtml

Leyritz had 13 postseason hits: 8 were home runs. Damn.

David

Click to expand...

Yep. He's pretty much the definition of clutch.

Click to expand...

The master of the hit and run.

::weak drum hit::

OY! That was BAD.

thefasterblade · May 15, 2009

Dude cannot start his car without breathing into a breathalyzer. Then has the nerve to complain that the valet has a hard time using it.

pujolsjunkie · May 15, 2009

"At the track...at the wall...we are TIED!" - Joe Buck

thefasterblade · May 15, 2009

pujolsjunkie said:
"At the track...at the wall...we are TIED!" - Joe Buck

I hear that noise after the ball lands in my sleep. It haunts me.

imac220 · May 15, 2009

Austin · May 15, 2009

A sad addendum to your profile, Leyritz threatened to commit suicide the other day.
Here's the article from ESPN:
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=4167269

Therion · May 15, 2009

Austin said:
A sad addendum to your profile, Leyritz threatened to commit suicide the other day.
Here's the article from ESPN:
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=4167269

Wow. I feel bad for him only because of the situation he is in. He made his own bed but I wouldn't wish it on anyone.

An interesting thing I noticed in the article is that his charge was reduced to vehicular manslaughter. I tried to find out why and discovered that the driver that was killed in the other car actually had a blood-alcohol level higher than Leyritz did. It doesn't excuse Leyritz driving drunk but it puts a new light on the accident in my mind.

Therion · May 16, 2009

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