Player Profile: Glenallen Hill

[Therion]

The newest profile is up at http://therion.today.com. Today features admitted steroid user Glenallen Hill. As always comments are welcomed and encouraged.

 

[G $MONEY$]

He was a favorite of mine when he played in Toronto.

 

[darkman]

Same here. I was a big of this guy...His name was kind of cool..

 

[Card Magnet]

Another good read

 

[leatherman]

I met Hill back in 1989 when he was a member of the Syracuse Chiefs. They had a lot of future big leaguers on that team: Manny Lee, Nelson Liriano, Todd Stottlemyre, Rob Ducey, Pat Borders, and Alex Infante, just to name a few. It was a rain delay, and that was usually a good time for me to get autographs from the players in the clubhouse. Hill was one of the nicer guys, and I always liked to get single signed baseballs of the players I liked. When I handed him the ball, he starting teasing around, asking why anyone would ever want his autograph. He chose to sign the ball Llih Nellanelg (Glenallen Hill backwards) so that I "would never be able to sell it." I have it with my collection of signed balls at work. If I remember, I'll bring it home today and scan it.

David

 

[Mighty Bombjack]

Hill is still manning the first base coach position for the Rockies. You mention the coach in the Rockies system who was killed by a line drive, but I believe Hill himself was actually hit by a line drive as well, ending up with a broken arm.

 

[Therion]

Hill is still manning the first base coach position for the Rockies. You mention the coach in the Rockies system who was killed by a line drive, but I believe Hill himself was actually hit by a line drive as well, ending up with a broken arm.

I don't know that it broke his arm, but he was hit by a foul ball almost at the same time as Coolbaugh.

 

[ronfromfresno]

I always like G-Hill as a Giant, terrible in RF though.

 

[boomo]

i always remember the story with him and the spiders.
he did'nt like spiders

 

[masonphillip]

I remember Glenallen hitting a HR onto the rooftops on Waveland, what a bomb.

 

[Therion]

i always remember the story with him and the spiders.
he did'nt like spiders

You have to admit that it is funny hurting yourself over a nightmare LOL

 

[MacK]

Ha, I remember him

 

[leatherman]

I remember Glenallen hitting a HR onto the rooftops on Waveland, what a bomb.

490 feet. Bet that guy wasn't planning on going home with a souvenir.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... 9029122909

 

[masonphillip]

I remember Glenallen hitting a HR onto the rooftops on Waveland, what a bomb.

490 feet. Bet that guy wasn't planning on going home with a souvenir.

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... 9029122909

Crazy, I think Sosa actually hit one over those buildings one time but I'm not sure about that.

 

[ballerskrip]

Glenallen HIll hit one down one of the side streets in Left Field. They have a marking on the Street where it landed... I can't imagine hitting a ball that far......

skrip

 

[leatherman]

Ha, I remember him

May 29, 1999: Glenallen Hill hits a solo HR in the bottom of the ninth off Cardinals closer Rickey Bottalico to tie the game, 3-3. Bottalico goes on to lose the game on a double by Mark Grace: http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes ... 5290.shtml

 

[Therion]

Bump for the evening crew.

 

[Therion]

Last bump for the Night Crew.

 

[jarcar]

Great read, was a fan of him as well when he was with the Jays.