BobDylan Posted April 30, 2004 Share Posted April 30, 2004 Hopefully this hasn't been posted but... I was listening to Dan Patrick on the radio and he was talking about how former White Sox 1B Jeff Liefer was locked in the bathroom for 15 minutes during a AAA game yesterday. Apparently they had to hold the game up looking for him before resuming play. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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ChiSox_Sonix Posted April 30, 2004 Share Posted April 30, 2004 omg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted April 30, 2004 Share Posted April 30, 2004 Come on guys, let me out. This isn't funny Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldmember Posted April 30, 2004 Share Posted April 30, 2004 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomsonmi Posted April 30, 2004 Share Posted April 30, 2004 That ain't right... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
POTUSChris Posted April 30, 2004 Share Posted April 30, 2004 That's too funny! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witesoxfan Posted April 30, 2004 Share Posted April 30, 2004 Poor guy. This would be a great time for a punchline, but I can't do it to Lief. Seems like too nice a guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CWSGuy406 Posted April 30, 2004 Share Posted April 30, 2004 Yeah he was on with Bernstien and Mulligan. LOL, he said when he finally came back onto the field, the guys from the other team threw toilet paper at him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1549 Posted April 30, 2004 Share Posted April 30, 2004 Who's orginization is he in? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elcaballo45 Posted April 30, 2004 Share Posted April 30, 2004 Who's orginization is he in? I believe its the Indianopolis Indians, which is a AAA team for Cincy? I think that seems right... That interview on the Score with Liefer was hilarious, he said that he had to knock out the hinges with a tool they passed through the air vent and knock the door down. Thats good stuff... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Beast Posted April 30, 2004 Share Posted April 30, 2004 Hopefully this hasn't been posted but... I was listening to Dan Patrick on the radio and he was talking about how former White Sox 1B Jeff Liefer was locked in the bathroom for 15 minutes during a AAA game yesterday. Apparently they had to hold the game up looking for him before resuming play. lmao Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSteve Posted April 30, 2004 Share Posted April 30, 2004 I believe its the Indianopolis Indians, which is a AAA team for Cincy? I think that seems right... That interview on the Score with Liefer was hilarious, he said that he had to knock out the hinges with a tool they passed through the air vent and knock the door down. Thats good stuff... I know he has been with the Brewers organization, Devil Rays too. IIRC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danman31 Posted April 30, 2004 Share Posted April 30, 2004 The Indianapolis Indians are the AAA team of the Milwaukee Brewers. That makes sense right? LOL Liefer is batting .322 so far this season. I remember when I saw him hit a bomb against the Sox this Spring Training. The Sox got killed thanks to Shingo and Koch, but that made my day. I really want him to do well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greasywheels121 Posted April 30, 2004 Share Posted April 30, 2004 Ha good ol' Leifer. How'd he leave Montreal? Was he traded or cut? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danman31 Posted April 30, 2004 Share Posted April 30, 2004 All I know is that Liefer signed a minor league deal with the Brewers. So either his contract ran out or they cut him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witesoxfan Posted April 30, 2004 Share Posted April 30, 2004 Ha good ol' Leifer. How'd he leave Montreal? Was he traded or cut? I believe they put him on waivers, Tampa claimed him, and then didn't offer him a contract this offseason, so he was let loose. Milwaukee then signed him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSteve Posted April 30, 2004 Share Posted April 30, 2004 I believe they put him on waivers, Tampa claimed him, and then didn't offer him a contract this offseason, so he was let loose. Milwaukee then signed him. Thats how I see it too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg775 Posted May 1, 2004 Share Posted May 1, 2004 How come Liefer never made it? Comments? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cwsox Posted May 1, 2004 Share Posted May 1, 2004 Hopefully this hasn't been posted but... I was listening to Dan Patrick on the radio and he was talking about how former White Sox 1B Jeff Liefer was locked in the bathroom for 15 minutes during a AAA game yesterday. Apparently they had to hold the game up looking for him before resuming play. Do you have Prince Albert in the can> Better let him out!!!!!! once when I was on internship I had my first and worst kidney stone attack in the church basement john between services - as I crouched bent over the can unable to move and thinking I was dying, I pictured them waitng for me to show up for the second service and of course I would never appear and they would find me dead on the tiolet, my vestments pulled up over my waist and my pants at my knees. That image so motivated me to not be remembered that way that I pulled it together enough to crawl upstairs and finish the 2nd service before I went to the hospital... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
witesoxfan Posted May 1, 2004 Share Posted May 1, 2004 How come Liefer never made it? Comments? I do believe that he never got a chance to play fulltime, with the exception of 2001 of course. Played part time in 02, traded to Montreal in 03, and was done after that. He seemed like he could turn into a pretty solid player in his career. He just never figured it out. In fact, I believe he beat Konerko out for the 1B job in 1999, but got hurt, and Konerko got it, and quite simply never lost it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
southsider2k5 Posted May 1, 2004 Share Posted May 1, 2004 How come Liefer never made it? Comments? Really I see a lot similarities between Russ Branyon and Jeff Leifer. I think if Jeff played everyday he would hit about .240 and hit 30 HRs. I don't think he would ever hit for much average, but a ton of power. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danman31 Posted May 1, 2004 Share Posted May 1, 2004 Really I see a lot similarities between Russ Branyon and Jeff Leifer. I think if Jeff played everyday he would hit about .240 and hit 30 HRs. I don't think he would ever hit for much average, but a ton of power. Exactly. You could lop Richie Sexson into that category. The question is whether Liefer will remain Russell Branyon or become Richie Sexson (or at least close). On a side note I really see Joe Borchard becoming Branyon. Again he could become Sexson, but I don't see it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBAHO Posted May 1, 2004 Share Posted May 1, 2004 Here's an article about Liefer's adventure from the Associated Press I found, The wait for the bathroom never was supposed to be this long. But that's what happened when former big leaguer Jeff Liefer got locked inside a dugout bathroom, forcing a 20-minute delay in Thursday night's triple-A game between the Indianapolis Indians and Louisville. "I went to the restroom, a perfectly normal thing to do during the game," Liefer said yesterday. "When I went to leave, the handle didn't want to work on the door, so I was stuck." Indians teammate Matt Erickson was waiting in line and heard the first baseman say he was trapped. The umpires agreed to delay the start of the fourth inning while maintenance workers at the Indianapolis ballpark opened a vent above the door and handed Liefer tools to unscrew the handle. When Liefer and the Indians ran back onto the field, a gift of toilet paper was waiting from the Louisville dugout. During the delay, fans at Victory Field were told something was going on. "They announced that an Indians player was being temporarily detained in the clubhouse, which can be interpreted a million different ways, I suppose," Liefer told WTHR-TV. "The place erupted when I came back out on the field," he said. "When I got back out there everybody knew what happened. Maybe it just kind of spread, I don't know." Liefer, 29, was a 1995 first-round pick by the Chicago White Sox and played in the majors for them from 1999-02. Last season, he split time between Montreal and Tampa Bay. "Maybe his California lifestyle had something to do with him getting locked in there, I don't know," former Montreal teammate Jamey Carroll said before the Expos' game against Los Angeles on Friday night. Said former Expos teammate Brian Schneider: "I mean, I might be embarrassed if that happened to me, but Lief's a great dude, and that's a good story right there." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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