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Anyone watch the reggie Jackson doc on prime
Posted on 4/7/23 at 8:12 pm
Posted on 4/7/23 at 8:12 pm
Was he as nice as the show portrayed him to be?
I enjoyed it but did the media make him out to be the bad guy?
I enjoyed it but did the media make him out to be the bad guy?
Posted on 4/7/23 at 9:21 pm to nicholastiger
Bo Jackson said Reggie a whiny bitch so I’m gonna go with the doc must be fluff
Posted on 4/7/23 at 10:29 pm to Sput
Bo Jackson is right. Reggie was a regular at the restaurant I worked. Everyone’s least favorite customer
Posted on 4/7/23 at 11:09 pm to nicholastiger
Two Reggie stories
1. Supposedly there was a throw down fight on the As plane between two players after a tough loss.
Another player is trying to break up the fight and asks Jackson to help. "Let them fight" he snapped. "Neither of them will win us any games"
2) I saw him walk right by me when I was working outside Busch Stadium. He's unmistakable. Anyway some yahoo leans over a railing and yells "Hey you. Are you Reggie Jackson?"
Reggie pauses and stares at him blankly for one second. "No" And then keeps walking.
1. Supposedly there was a throw down fight on the As plane between two players after a tough loss.
Another player is trying to break up the fight and asks Jackson to help. "Let them fight" he snapped. "Neither of them will win us any games"
2) I saw him walk right by me when I was working outside Busch Stadium. He's unmistakable. Anyway some yahoo leans over a railing and yells "Hey you. Are you Reggie Jackson?"
Reggie pauses and stares at him blankly for one second. "No" And then keeps walking.
Posted on 4/7/23 at 11:26 pm to molsusports
Reggie: "Why am I arguing with you? I have an IQ of 160."
Mickey Rivers: "Out of what, a thousand?"
Mickey Rivers: "Out of what, a thousand?"
Posted on 4/8/23 at 4:45 am to FightinTigersDammit
The Bronx Zoo is a great book about the '78 Yankees written by Sparky Lyle. Reggie was portrayed pretty much as an egotistical a-hole. Once he was in the on deck circle and reached down to be cool and one hand a foul ball and it tore off his thumb nail. Later he told reporters he saw some kids by the fence and was trying to protect them.
Posted on 4/8/23 at 10:22 am to UncleFestersLegs
One superstar that actually delivered in the clutch, every time. Most people talk about his time with the Yankees and remember video replays of his antics with Billy Martin. By the way, Billy Martin was a 24 Karat A-hole of the greatest degree.
Reggie was a part of the coolest, hippest, baseball team in the history of MLB. The Mustach-wearing, uniform-changing Oakland A's were good enough the win 3 straight world titles. From Vida Blue to Blue Moon Odoms to Rollie Fingers to Catfish Hunter, they were the greatest show on the planet. That Reggie Jackson fit right in with the most entertaining show a ticket could buy.
Reggie was a part of the coolest, hippest, baseball team in the history of MLB. The Mustach-wearing, uniform-changing Oakland A's were good enough the win 3 straight world titles. From Vida Blue to Blue Moon Odoms to Rollie Fingers to Catfish Hunter, they were the greatest show on the planet. That Reggie Jackson fit right in with the most entertaining show a ticket could buy.
Posted on 4/8/23 at 10:46 am to FightinTigersDammit
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Mickey Rivers
Would have paid good money to see Les Miles vs Mickey Rivers in a quote contest.
Posted on 4/8/23 at 10:59 am to bamameister
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Reggie was a part of the coolest, hippest, baseball team in the history of MLB.
If there was no free agency and players weren't greedy that A's team could've won 10 World Series in a row (they won 3 in a row, 72, 73, 74)...and you never hear of the Big Red Machine (a powerhouse in 1972) but didn’t capture its first World Series until Oakland sold off its team in 75.
But the owner was cheap, sold off his team and the stars like Reggie wanted the money.
There's a doc on the 70s Oakland sports teams, Rebels of Oakland.
Posted on 4/8/23 at 11:16 am to nicholastiger
From what I've heard from people who have encountered him at baseball card shows he was nice and polite when he was getting paid to make an appearance and was nice to people who paid for his autograph.
Now a story is that once Reggie was walking his dog in NYC and he was getting in the elevator with his dog in his building and two ladies were in the elevator. He said "sit" and the two ladies sat down.
Now a story is that once Reggie was walking his dog in NYC and he was getting in the elevator with his dog in his building and two ladies were in the elevator. He said "sit" and the two ladies sat down.
Posted on 4/8/23 at 11:23 am to UncleFestersLegs
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The Bronx Zoo is a great book about the '78 Yankees written by Sparky Lyle
My favorite baseball book. Some absolute great stories in there.
Posted on 4/8/23 at 3:22 pm to Warheel
Iirc, Craig Nettles and Reggie got into a brawl inside the clubhouse.
This post was edited on 4/8/23 at 3:23 pm
Posted on 4/8/23 at 4:15 pm to nicholastiger
It’a good documentary……
…..up to the point that it becomes about racism and inequity like everything else in America in 2023.
…..up to the point that it becomes about racism and inequity like everything else in America in 2023.
Posted on 4/9/23 at 7:49 am to mizzoubuckeyeiowa
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If there was no free agency and players weren't greedy that A's team could've won 10 World Series in a row (they won 3 in a row, 72, 73, 74)...and you never hear of the Big Red Machine (a powerhouse in 1972) but didn’t capture its first World Series until Oakland sold off its team in 75.
This is completely false. The only guy of the Oakland core gone in '75 was Catfish Hunter. All of the other guys were there, and the A's got swept in the playoffs by Boston. Cincinnati won in '75 and then again in '76.
Reggie and Ken Holtzman were traded to Baltimore before the '76 season because at that point free agency had been instituted and Reggie had one year left until his contract was up and was eligible for free agency. So Charlie Finley traded him, and he tried to do the same at the '76 trade deadline (which was June 15 in those days) by selling Rollie Fingers and Joe Rudi to Boston, and Vida Blue to the Yankees. Commissioner Bowie Kuhn voided those deals and all of those players stayed the rest of the season with Oakland, which finished second in the AL West in '76.
The club didn't truly break up until after the '76 season. Fingers signed with San Diego, Rudi went to the Angels, Sal Bando signed with Milwaukee, Bert Campaneris went to Texas, And Reggie signed with the Yankees. Blue was traded to San Francisco after the '77 season, but only after a trade to Cincinnati was voided.
Finley was notoriously cheap. As much as I can't stand the players union for many things, to call the A's players greedy is not completely accurate. Finley was essentially his own front office save for a young teenage assistant named Stanley Burrell, otherwise known as MC Hammer.
The story about Catfish Hunter becoming a free agent is rooted in Finley reneging on a deal to pay Hunter annuities as stated in his contract and wanting to pay the money up front once he realized how much the annuities would cost him. Case went to an arbitrator, who ruled Hunter a free agent. The players eventually got free agency over another case where Andy Messersmith of the Dodgers didn't sign his renewed contract, and the case went to an arbitrator, who ruled for Messersmith and the players to set the precedent for free agency.
This post was edited on 4/9/23 at 8:02 am
Posted on 4/10/23 at 12:27 pm to nicholastiger
Reggie Jackson is a piece of shite. Crude, crass and physically abused at least one woman I know. I stand by it and have said it to his face. He's also a coward, he took it and just turned and walked away.
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