Your Daily Trivia Question...

[Guest]

no google help.....


Question:

What was pitcher Dock Ellis the first major leaguer to wear on the field?

 

[donrusscrusademan]

no clue but Im going to guess-

his name on the back of his jersey?

 

[200lbhockeyplayer]

A Cleaver Sleeve?

 

[chowell3fan]

AssLess Chaps.....

 

[Rickzcards]

Sunglasses?

 

[leatherman]

Flip down sunglasses?

 

[Guest]

no correct answer yet

 

[chowell3fan]

what?? i even cheated and googled my answer

 

[jbhofmann]

Cup

 

[bigpops65]

curlers

 

[Card Magnet]

My dad knew this, not me.

Hair curlers.

He may also be the only one :lol: .

 

[jlecates]

I have seen photos of Dock wearing hair curlers while in uniform. I'd say that had to be a first.

 

[Guest]

Curlers


A 1999 electee to the Baseball Reliquary’s Shrine of the Eternals, Dock Ellis was often called the Muhammad Ali of baseball. During his 12-year Major League career (1968-1979), most of which was spent as a right-handed pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Ellis was outspoken and controversial. He was a passionate critic of what he perceived as racial prejudice in baseball, particularly of bigotry by ownership and management. Ellis was also flamboyant and outrageous. In 1973 after Ebony magazine ran a feature on his “Superfly” hairstyle, Ellis became the darling of America’s hairdressers. When he walked onto the field in hair curlers during pregame workouts, it made the hair on Commissioner Bowie Kuhn’s head stand on end. Kuhn sent a letter to the pitcher, ordering him to cease and desist wearing curlers onto the field of play. Ellis reluctantly shelved the curlers, after declaring, “They didn’t put any orders about [Yankees star] Joe Pepitone when he wore a hairpiece down to his shoulders.”
Following his 1999 Shrine of the Eternals induction, Dock Ellis donated to the Baseball Reliquary all of the hair curlers and permanent rods he wore in 1973.

 

[jbhofmann]

This is some funny stuff:

May 1, 1974 game against Cincinnati
Ellis attempted to hit every batter in the Cincinnati Reds lineup on May 1, 1974, in an effort to prove a point to teammates. Ellis hit Pete Rose, Joe Morgan, and Dan Driessen in the top of the first. The clean-up batter Tony Perez avoided Ellis's attempts, instead drawing a walk, and after two pitches aimed at the head of Johnny Bench, Ellis was removed from the game by manager Danny Murtaugh. Ellis's box score for the game reads: 0 IP, 0 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 0 K.[7]

 

[jlecates]

Still one of my favorites on Youtube:
[youtube:7jcti44v]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vUhSYLRw14[/youtube:7jcti44v]

 

[cgilmo]

what?? i even cheated and googled my answer

no man, you googled assless chaps

I bet you still have the google images search pulled up


turn your safe filter back on man! you don't wanna see all that!