Gaylord Perry Passes Away

[Dtwncbad]

https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2022/12/gaylord-perry-passes-away.html
 

I loved this guy.  So entertaining.

Big respect Gaylord!

Edited December 1, 2022 by Dtwncbad

[tdawg87]

RIP Gaylord.

[Redondo]

RIP Gaylord 

[Swordsman78]

Loved his book 'Me and the spitter'. RIP

[Lou]

So people hate the Astros yet love Gaylord Perry.

Interesting.

[Second Base]

The last great (and disgusting) spit-baller. 

[Slegnaac]

28 minutes ago, Lou said:

So people hate the Astros yet love Gaylord Perry.

Interesting.

When the Astros pass there will be plenty of RIP posts.

[tdawg87]

57 minutes ago, Slegnaac said:

When the Astros pass there will be plenty of RIP posts.

Plane crash?

[Dtwncbad]

3 hours ago, Lou said:

So people hate the Astros yet love Gaylord Perry.

Interesting.

I just hate the Astros because they are a damn good team in our division.  I really don’t care much about the big scandal.

[gurn67]

I'll never forget the time he struck out Reggie Jackson with a spitball, and Reggie went ballistic! I was watching the game live on TV at the time. Reggie was like "Why don't you just let him use a bucket out there?"

 

[Brandon]

Never met a better Gaylord

[SlappyUtilityMIF]

Gaylord Perry Legend of the Game! 

RIP!

[EDinTUSTIN]

Gaylord Perry may have been known because of the spitball, but that was also exaggerated and overblown. Fact is, he was a very talented pitcher. Also, unless you have talent to begin with, putting spit on a ball will not cause it to do anything out of the ordinary. He was the first pitcher to earn Cy Young Awards in both leagues, the second coming with the Padres at the age of 40. He won over 300 games in his career, and is among the leaders in strikeouts. He pitched until he was almost 44 years old, and never once had a sore arm. He was tough; he was talented, and even in his 40's he was still effective. So, yeah. He has a reputation, and maybe deservedly so. But he also was a very talented, smart, and skilled pitcher. He was also a very good defender from the mound. He earned his way into the HOF.

[Duren, Duren]

He and his brother Jim were really solid pitchers for many years. Gaylord became known for the spitball, but he had a good mix of pitches and used his spitball reputation to psyche out batters. Quite the colorful character though and part of baseball lore.

[Tank]

Saw a crazy stat showing that in a 3 or 4 year run he had 111 complete games - one hundred and eleven. Let that sink in. 
 

The fun thing about watching him pitch was trying to see when and how he was loading up the ball. In the end, I think it ended up being more bark than bite. 

[ten ocho recon scout]

5 hours ago, Brandon said:

Never met a better Gaylord

It's crazy that a man named Gaylord will forever be known for his spitter.

[Lou]

1 hour ago, ten ocho recon scout said:

It's crazy that a man named Gaylord will forever be known for his spitter.

[HanfordGuy]

RIP