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Tyson
Ed Delahanty's Death
April 14, 2009 at 05:56PM View BBCode
I found this funny - did you know that his career ended when he died, trying to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel?http://bleacherreport.com/articles/111648-greatest-baseball-players/show_full
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FuriousGiorge
April 14, 2009 at 06:25PM View BBCode
Yeah, that's not the story. He was riding a train and was kicked off for drunk and disorderly conduct on the Canadian side of the suspension bridge across the Niagara River. He was seen walking across the bridge and he either fell (or jumped, as some would have it) into the river.
barterer2002
April 14, 2009 at 06:35PM View BBCode
Yeah, I've heard it the same way that Craig tells it. Not a funny kind of ending - more tragic.
FuriousGiorge
April 14, 2009 at 06:43PM View BBCode
I'd be willing to bet that a lot of that stuff is exaggerated, although it seems pretty clear that Waddell at least had some form of undiagnosed autism (or some related disorder).
khazim
Here's the windup and... oh no! not only does the umpire call a balk on Waddell, but now it appears as if Waddell has left the playing field chasing after the #7 bus!
April 14, 2009 at 07:38PM View BBCode
no kidding...Here's the windup and... oh no! not only does the umpire call a balk on Waddell, but now it appears as if Waddell has left the playing field chasing after the #7 bus!
shep1582
Rube was a common nickname for "dumb" players, as was Dummy.
No PC police back then, methinks.
here's a better history of Ed D., from our league forum:
http://www.simdynasty.com/oldforum-viewthread.jsp?tid=188863
April 15, 2009 at 10:40PM View BBCode
rube was mentally retardedRube was a common nickname for "dumb" players, as was Dummy.
No PC police back then, methinks.
here's a better history of Ed D., from our league forum:
http://www.simdynasty.com/oldforum-viewthread.jsp?tid=188863
FuriousGiorge
April 15, 2009 at 11:53PM View BBCode
(They called people "Dummy", and it's not something we shy away from, but we don't use the phrase "deaf and dumb" anymore.)Pages: 1