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Slewbacca · 08-02-2008, 11:41 AM

My favorite team is the Houston Astros. Unfortunately,for me,they are going to be BAD for a long time to come.

Bill V
I have a great story about Willie McCovey. After graduating from college and just before med school, I worked as a bell hop at the Marriott near the Astrodome. Most of the visiting teams stayed there. One night, I had to drive over to pick up a couple of kids whose parents had dropped them off at the game. As I was starting to drive away, a big dude carrying a Giants bag stopped me and asked for a ride to the Marriott and I let him in. That was unusual as the team provides transportation back to the hotel. Traffic was horrible so I strike up a conversation with the guy in the front seat and ask him if he was a player and what was his name. He responded and said "I am Wille McCovey." It turns out that he was due up in the 9th inning with the Giants trailing by one run and 2 outs and men on 1st and 2nd. The Astros had a left handed pitcher in and the manager decided to play the percentages and brought in a right hand batter(Mike Ivey I think) who proceeded to strike out on 3 pitches.

Mr McCovey said to me"It is frustrating when you know you can still play and they don't give you a chance. I am going to retire at the end of this roadtrip." He wound up retiring about 1 week later when the team got back to San Francisco. He was very classy despite being pi$$ed off.

08-02-2008, 11:41 AM	#20
Slewbacca AlwNW1X Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 15	My favorite team is the Houston Astros. Unfortunately,for me,they are going to be BAD for a long time to come. Bill V I have a great story about Willie McCovey. After graduating from college and just before med school, I worked as a bell hop at the Marriott near the Astrodome. Most of the visiting teams stayed there. One night, I had to drive over to pick up a couple of kids whose parents had dropped them off at the game. As I was starting to drive away, a big dude carrying a Giants bag stopped me and asked for a ride to the Marriott and I let him in. That was unusual as the team provides transportation back to the hotel. Traffic was horrible so I strike up a conversation with the guy in the front seat and ask him if he was a player and what was his name. He responded and said "I am Wille McCovey." It turns out that he was due up in the 9th inning with the Giants trailing by one run and 2 outs and men on 1st and 2nd. The Astros had a left handed pitcher in and the manager decided to play the percentages and brought in a right hand batter(Mike Ivey I think) who proceeded to strike out on 3 pitches. Mr McCovey said to me"It is frustrating when you know you can still play and they don't give you a chance. I am going to retire at the end of this roadtrip." He wound up retiring about 1 week later when the team got back to San Francisco. He was very classy despite being pi$$ed off. Last edited by Bill V.; 08-02-2008 at 12:59 PM.