harkness99 Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 (edited) Was surfing you tube and came across some highlights.. remembered his sox years... holy shit lol... 1055 ops 152 Rbi that year.... and only struck out 81 times.. I mean frank had a couple bigger years but dayam. Edited April 29, 2021 by harkness99 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wegner Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 I think the only guy I saw live at Comiskey where the ball came off the bat faster was Jim Rice. Belle had a monster year and then we dodged a bullet by him opting out the rest of that contract. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wegner Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 Reading up more on Belle's career...I had completely forgotten that he had sent his Cleveland teammate Jason Grimsley to climb through a ceiling panel to replace the corked bat that was in the umpires room. Unless I am remembering wrong, they were playing the Sox when that happened. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldsox Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 15 hours ago, wegner said: Reading up more on Belle's career...I had completely forgotten that he had sent his Cleveland teammate Jason Grimsley to climb through a ceiling panel to replace the corked bat that was in the umpires room. Unless I am remembering wrong, they were playing the Sox when that happened. That's movie material. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackout Friday Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 15 hours ago, wegner said: Reading up more on Belle's career...I had completely forgotten that he had sent his Cleveland teammate Jason Grimsley to climb through a ceiling panel to replace the corked bat that was in the umpires room. Unless I am remembering wrong, they were playing the Sox when that happened. Yep. The FBI got involved and everything. Somehow he only got suspended for a week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wegner Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 55 minutes ago, oldsox said: That's movie material. Who would you pick to play Grimsley? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reiks12 Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 I really miss 1990s baseball Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ron883 Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 2 hours ago, reiks12 said: I really miss 1990s baseball Those 1990's cleveland lineups were absurd... Always my go to in videogames. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkokieSox Posted April 29, 2021 Share Posted April 29, 2021 I heard him in a interview credit a bellman or somebody recommending he choke up on the bat a half inch. I don’t recall all the details, but essentially said he got hot after that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reiks12 Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 i didnt realize he retired at 34 years old. With another 4-5 seasons he would have had 500 home runs and 2200 hits or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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